One or two readings on China per day, chosen by Angilee Shah and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, editors of Chinese Characters
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05
Oct
Chinese Characters’ West Coast launch hosted by the USC US-China Institute and USC Office of Religious Life in Los Angeles (Sept. 27, 2012)
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Sep
21
Sep
The Art of the Profile: Telling China’s Story, One Life at a Time
Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine and Chinese Characters co-editor) Angilee Shah (journalist and Chinese Characters co-editor) James Carter (St. Joseph’s University and Chinese Characters contributor) will talk about bringing narratives to life.
Seminars are 11:45am-1:00pm in the Overseers Room or the Seaver Classrooms of the Huntington Library. Please RSVP if you plan to attend so you can get the pre-circulated readings and reserve a lunch.
Sept 27 in Los Angeles: The USC U.S.-China Institute and USC Office of Religious Life presents a book talk with editors Angilee Shah and Jeffrey Wasserstrom and contributor James Carter. Followed by a reception.
HuffPost Live hosts a conversation on a dispute between Japan and China over islands in the East China Sea, including comments from Chinese Characters contributor James Carter.
20
Sep
James Carter, who contributed the chapter “Looking for Lok To” to Chinese Characters, was profiled yesterday by Jeff Gammage in the Philadelphia Inquire. Meet Carter, along with contributor Megan Shank and co-editor Angilee Shah at a noon talk on Friday in Philadelphia.
19
Sep
James Carter, Angilee Shah and Jeff Wasserstrom, contributors to the anthology, Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land, will give a reading and discuss their work at Pomona College (scroll down the events page for exact location and contact information). Carter is professor of history at St. Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania and his chapter in Chinese Characters looks at the life of a religious figure who has moved between China and the U.S. Shah is a journalist whose work has been featured in LA Weekly, the Far Eastern Economic Review and Mother Jones, among other outlets. Wasserstrom is professor of history at UC Irvine and author of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (2010).
13
Sep
Angilee Shah and Megan Shank meet with James Carter on his home turf at Saint Joseph’s University to talk about creating the book, China and crafting narratives. At noon in Drexel Library.
12
Sep
The International Law and Human Rights Society at the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University hosts a discussion and reception at 5:15pm in Room 240.
Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land contributor James Carter and co-editor Angilee Shah will discuss everyday life in China today and why it should matter to American readers. Carter is professor of history at St. Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania and his chapter in Chinese Characters looks at the life of a religious figure who has moved between China and the U.S. Shah is a journalist whose work has been featured in LA Weekly, the Far Eastern Economic Review and Mother Jones, among other outlets.
06
Sep
While following the footsteps of Tan Xu, a prominent monk who brought Buddhism to Chinese living in colonies and former colonies at the beginning of the 20th century, historian James Carter met Tan Xu’s disciple, Lok To. Lok To worked with Chinese communities abroad during the Cultural Revolution, when many religious institutions were forced to close. But by the 1980s, the Communist Party sought to revive certain traditions. Monks like Lok To, even though he ultimately spent most of his life in the Bronx, became crucial to reviving Chinese Buddhism.
Carter’s chapter in Chinese Characters follows the footsteps of Lok To’s extraordinary life. On Sunday, September 9, at the Woo Ju Memorial Library in Carmel, New York, Carter will discuss Tan Xu, Lok To and the role of Buddhism in modern China. Register online with the Buddhist Association of the United States.
