USCET conducted China’s first data journalism workshop tailored for teachers this week! This was the first of its kind in China, and the interest and need for such trainings was overwhelming. USCET had received over 90 applications from 61 universities and 5 media organizations. The 5-day intensive workshop prepared journalism professors from across the country…
USCET partnered with the Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS) to host the symposium, “New Model of Major Power Relations: Next Generation Voices” in June 2015 in Beijing. This event marked the fifth in a series of symposiums that have been organized together with IISS since 2006. The event was a unique opportunity for distinguished…
This spring, USCET was in China to work with its American Cultural Centers at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Northeast Normal University, and traveled to other parts of China for more activities. Read more about our trip below! USCET Asian Americans in the Arts program in China The most recent installment of our Asian Americans in…
Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch and Advisory Council member Kurt Campbell were part of an esteemed panel of 4 experts discussing today’s China, as part of the weekly international affairs television program, This is America and the World, hosted by Dennis Wholey. This session was also featured as one of the “TV Highlights” in The Washington Post. You…
The US-China Education Trust (USCET) is delighted to announce that Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, has joined its Advisory Council. Dr. Campbell currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Asia Group, LLC, a strategic advisory and investment group specializing in the Asia-Pacific region. He…
From November 11 to November 22, 2013, USCET traveled to China to host a series of events promoting American Studies in China. Altogether, USCET completed programs at nine major Chinese universities and two major media outlets. In addition, USCET convened its 10th Anniversary ASN Conference at The University of Hong Kong and 15th Anniversary FY Chang Lecture at Peking University Law…
USCET founding president, Julia Chang Bloch, was one of many past presidents of the Organization of Chinese American Women (OCAW) that gathered to celebrate the launch of a publication chronicling the history of OCAW, which was founded in 1977 and is the largest and longest standing ethnic Chinese women’s group in the United States. The…
The Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project was launched online on May 10, 2013. This was also the 144th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah, that linked the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Visit this website for more information. This website is the product of tremendous effort from subject…
Yao Guigui, Director for the Center of American Culture Studies at Jianghan University, Wuhan, China, was USCET’s first American Studies Fellowship recipient under the programming for American Society and Culture. She conducted research on gender and religion as a visiting scholar at Yale University during the fall 2012 semester under the mentorship of American Studies…
Three publications have been created as a result of excellent paper submissions from ASN Conferences (2006, 2007) and a women and diplomacy conference (2003). Click here to access the recently posted H-Diplo Roundtable Review, a peer-review of all three publications. The conferences and their respective volumes are as follows: Bridging the Sino-American Divide: American Studies…
