All events
Thursday, October 4, 2018
The Influence of the Republican Period on the Painting of Ming China
Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies | October 4 | 4-6 p.m. | Heyns Faculty Club
Craig Clunas, FBA, Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford
Patricia Berger, Professor Emerita, Chinese Art, UC Berkeley
Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
The creation of a modern Chinese art in the first half of the twentieth century necessarily required the creation of its opposite - ‘traditional Chinese art’, that which by definition was not modern. The materials out of which traditional Chinese art, and in particular ‘traditional Chinese painting’ were constructed were many and various, including the actual art of the past, and the copious... More >
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Friday, October 5, 2018
China's Crisis of Success
Colloquium: Center for Chinese Studies | October 5 | 4-6 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), IEAS Conference Room (510A)
William H. Overholt, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University
Thomas Gold, Professor, Sociology, UC Berkeley
Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
In his new book, China's Crisis of Success, William Overholt shows that China's rise has reached a threshold where success has eliminated the conditions that enabled miraculous growth. Continued success requires re-invention of its economy and politics. The old economic strategy based on exports and infrastructure now piles up debt without producing sustainable economic growth, and Chinese... More >
Exhibits and Ongoing Events
ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION: PLACE, CULTURE, TIME - DESIGN IN DRASTICALLY CHANGING CHINA
Exhibit - Multimedia: Center for Chinese Studies | August 29 – October 21, 2018 every day | 210 Wurster Hall
Environmental Design, College of
ON VIEW: AUG 29-OCT 21. Works of He Jingtang over the past three decades and their profound reflections on place, culture, time, and future urban development. Panel Discussion (at Bancroft Hotel) & Opening Ceremony on AUG 30. Free and open to all!
