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Modern China Lecture Series

“The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures”
November 3, 2020

RAFFMA, in collaboration with the Department of History, will present a lecture by Justin M. Jacobs, associate professor of history at American University, entitled “The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures” on Monday, Nov. 9, at noon.

A Hong Kong anti-extradition law protest on July 1, 2019.  Photo: Wikimedia Commons by Studio Incendo.
June 26, 2020

Angelina Yanyan Chin of Pomona College will discuss the future of Hong Kong as China moves to restrict its residents’ democratic freedoms at a World Affairs Council Inland Southern California program on June 30 on Zoom.

Maggie Greene, assistant professor of history from Montana State University.
May 20, 2020

The role of traditional culture and cultural reform in Maoist China will be the topic of the next Modern China Lecture presented by Maggie Greene, assistant professor of history at Montana State University.

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February 27, 2020

Julia Strauss will present “State Formation in China and Taiwan: Bureaucracy, Campaign, and Performance” at 2 p.m. Monday, March 2, in the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-4005.

Author Arthur Dong
February 6, 2020

“Hollywood Chinese: A Book and Film Presentation with Oscar®-nominated Filmmaker/Author Arthur Dong,” will take place Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the university’s John M. Pfau Library.

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November 14, 2019

At CSUSB, the program is sponsored by the World Affairs Council Inland Southern California, CSUSB College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Modern China Lecture Series, the CSUSB History Club and Phi Alpha Theta.

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January 23, 2017

Feb. 8: Minxin Pei will present “The Origins and Dynamics of Crony Capitalism in China: Insights from 260 Cases of Collusive Corruption.”

Angela Chin
October 26, 2017

“The Cultural Revolution and ‘Diasporic Trauma’ in Hong Kong,” by Angelina Chin, associate professor of history at Pomona College, will take place at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the John M. Pfau Library, PL-5005.

A Frenchman’s View of Chinese Opera
November 20, 2017

A Frenchman’s View of Chinese Opera, Circa 1900,” will be presented by Andrea S. Goldman on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in University Hall at CSUSB. The event is free and open to the public.