In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Japanese Studies: Institute of East Asian Studies | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture: Center for Chinese Studies | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.