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…
USCET held an elections expert briefing – featuring Dr. James Thurber of American University, Dr. Bill Schneider of Third Way, and Mr. James Grimaldi of the Wall Street Journal – at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 25, 2012. Minister-Counselor Liu Weimin opened the event to a room of almost 100 Chinese…
James McGregor, CEO of advisory firm James McGregor Inc, senior counselor at APCO Worldwide, and USCET Advisory Council member, has published his second book entitled No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers. This publication offers an insightful analysis of China’s current economic system, one which McGregor describes as “authoritarian capitalism,” and the significant challenges it poses towards…
On Monday, October 22, 2012, Morehouse College welcomed USCET President Julia Chang Bloch to discuss the importance of US-China relations and the worldwide implications of successful diplomacy, as well as the importance of international education initiatives. Ambassador Bloch’s visit to the all-male College campus in Atlanta, GA was part of Morehouse College’s Coca-Cola Leadership Lecture…
USCET is pleased to provide an English translation to a recent interview with Professor Wang Jisi, published in the American Studies journal on occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of American Studies under Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Professor Wang is dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University,…
The School of English and International Studies (SEIS) at Beijing Foreign Studies University is proud to announce the launch of the American Studies Faculty Development Program, which will be held from July 16-27, 2012. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and the U.S.-China Education Trust, this two-week intensive program aims to train qualified college faculty…
