Upcoming events
Policy-focused Graduate School Application in the U.S.
Date and Time: 11.30 Tuesday at 9 PM EDT / 12.1 Wednesday at 10 AM China Time
Language: English
About the Panel:
The UCBRC is curating a policy-focused graduate school application panel to help prospective applicants demystify the application process and gain firsthand insights about various graduate programs, the application process, and tips for international students.
Panel Details:
The panel will feature guest speakers who are matriculated students from policy-oriented graduate programs (such as the Master of Public Policy, Master of International Policy, and Master of Public Affairs)
Audience members would be predominantly Chinese international students
The event will be hosted via Zoom and is open to anyone interested in learning about the process of applying to policy-related graduate study programs in the U.S.
Go to https://wj.qq.com/s2/9331722/86e8/ to RSVP!
UCBRC Spring Social in Beijing
The US-China Better Relations Coalition (UCBRC) is excited to organize our first in-person social in Beijing! We invite community members based in Beijing to join us for an afternoon of networking, discussions, and fun. Meet members of the UCBRC community, UCBRC team, and our local partners, engage in relevant conversations on current issues, and enjoy some snacks in the relaxing courtyard atmosphere!
Date: Sunday, May 30th, 2pm - 5pm
Location: Culture Yard (北京市东城区石雀胡同10号)
Dress code: Dress in the spirit of spring!
Please click this link to sign up: https://wj.qq.com/s2/8429404/b2bd/. Note that we currently have 10 spots available for the greater community, which will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis. All remaining sign-ups will be placed on a waitlist.
Love | Screen Exhibition Opening Roundtable
Upon the opening of Love | Screen exhibition, on Saturday, March 6 at 10:30 am Beijing time (March 5 @ 9:30 pm EST), we will invite four artists in the exhibition to participate in a panel discussion on ways in which social media has influenced our perception and expression of "love." The event is open to the public.
As social media gradually comes to dominate social life, and in-person communications are eclipsed by screen chats, how do we fulfill our needs for love? Are there any genuine feelings behind a virtual picture? The four artists participating in the panel this time explore such abstract concepts through moving images, anchoring their own understandings of love in narratives of the videos. Among these artists, three made videos based on the "body," and all four of them paid intimate attention to the individual subjects behind the screen. In an age of rapid technological advancements, their works demonstrate care to the inner selves instead of an urge to connect outward. For them, corporeal experiences become an emphatic means of communication with the environment.
Following such themes, we hope to provide every participant the chance to focus back to their true inner selves in the panel discussion. Through conversations with the artists, we will get to learn stories behind their artmaking and individual experiences. Together, we wish to explore different opinions on love, and retrieve our authentic feelings despite the sweeping influence of the internet.
“Love | Screen” Exhibition Online Roundtable
Friday, March 5 @ 9:30 pm EST
Saturday, March 6 @ 10:30 am BJT
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFBxv6GrdOwmHmVWbX_4k1_JH0dT1n981RBLVw7Z-KHMjZZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Future Trends in EU-China Relations with Ivo Ganchev
Please join UCBRC for a virtual discussion and Q&A with Ivo Ganchev on March 1st at 8:00pm EST/March 2nd at 9:00am BJT. Ivo Ganchev is the Executive-Director of the Bulgaria-China Chamber of Commerce, Partner at Trade Bridge Group, and an Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership at Beijing Union University. The discussion will cover current affairs in EU-China relations, including the recent Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, joint cooperation on COVID-19, and the future of EU-China relations under the Biden administration in the U.S. The discussion will also highlight future challenges and opportunities for cooperation between China and Eastern European countries (17+1).
Date and Time: 3/1/2021 8:00 PM EST; 3/2/2021 9:00 AM Beijing Time
Zoom link:
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/91071468891?pwd=dXlGejNYYVhQTklXc0M1ZzQrRC9sQT09
Meeting ID: 910 7146 8891
Passcode: 074839
How to empower women through the arts: building a women’s art museum in China
On January 27 EST, the UCBRC will be collaborating with the iMUSE Conference to present an online event featuring independent curator Jiete Li. Jiete will be talking about art, female empowerment, and Chinese and American art scenes. She will also be sharing about her academic background, curatorial experiences, as well as her future goals and aspirations.
Event date:
January 27, 2021 8:30-9:30pm EST
Zoom ID: Register as a member on the Join Us page to receive Zoom information
- Introduce Jiete
- Jiete – 20 mins powerpoint presentation (personal experiences + highlights)
- Q&A dialogue – 20 mins Jiete & Yanni (see below for question list)
- Open Q&A with audience
Bio: Jiete Li worked as the Carpenter Foundation Fellow at the National Gallery of Art and a curatorial researcher at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC from 2017 to 2020. She took part in curating and producing exhibitions, such as “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” at NGA and the touring exhibitions of Asian female artists, Hung Liu and Maya Lin. Following her dream to establish a women’s art museum in China, she returned to Beijing last year and initiated "In Light of Shadows," an online platform connecting and empowering Chinese female artists. In the span of several months, "In Light of Shadows" has grown to become a start-up team of 14. Under the leadership of Jiete, whose curatorial practice continues to center female, underrepresented, and marginalized voices, "In Light of Shadows" aims to narrate stories of women's art, advocate for emerging female artists, and create an inclusive and inspiring community of artists, curators, and enthusiasts.
Intercollegiate U.S. China Journal First Issue Launching
The Intercollegiate US-China Journal is thrilled to announce the launch of our first issue, Interdependence, which you can read at https://www.iucj.org/en/issue-1. We will be celebrating the launch of our first issue on 1/19/2021 at 8PM Eastern. You are invited to join our virtual celebration, where we will hear the authors featured in Interdependence introduce their work and share their views on US-China relations and different global affairs in a moderated panel discussion.
Zoom link：https://brown.zoom.us/j/92272988237，Meeting ID：922 7298 8237,
come if you can make it!
▲「 About the First Issue Interdependence」
In our heavily globalized world, mutual dependency has become an integral element of contemporary society. These dependencies manifest in a number of ways and on multiple levels—in economic relationships, but also in more unique ways shaped by recent developments, including those sparked by rapid technological innovation, the acceleration of anthropogenic climate change, and immense healthcare challenges in the midst of a current pandemic. Our first issue featured 9 articles including personal reflections, interviews, and research papers. While our journal is primarily focused on the United States and China, discussions of interdependence involve a wide range of topics including but not limited to global cooperation and conflicts, technological advancement, COVID Pandemic, Climate Change and Sustainable Development.
▲「 Overview of the journal articles」
Into the Brave, Uncharted World
--- Liqi Xu, Georgetown ‘21
The Future of Sino-U.S. Energy Trade—Boom or Bust?
--- Andrew Cobb, Tsinghua ‘21 | Huanzhang Wu, Tsinghua ‘22
Implications of the Technology Race
--- Jackson Barkstrom, Brown ‘21
Outlook on Global Public Health’s Covid-19 Response
--- Interview with Ashish K. Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health
Promoting Technology Development in China
--- Yichuan Shi, MIT ‘23 | Yiling Shi, NYU Shanghai ‘22 | Chenglong An, Sichuan International Studies University ‘21 | Peter Winston Michalak, Harvard ‘21 | Carmen Chan, Wellesley ‘22
Investing in a Greener Future: U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Action
--- Interview with Huang Zhong, co-founder of the Sustainable Finance Institute | Cary Krosinsky, author of Modern China
Baikal Sinophobia: A Threat to the Russo-Chinese Strategic Partnership
--- Alexander Naumov, George Mason University ‘20
Private Equity in China: The Impact of Regulatory Systems on Private Equity Firms
--- Hannah Bradford，University of Texas at Austin ‘21 | Riley McKinzie, University of Texas at Austin ‘22
What the World Owes to Laos
--- Laura Navarro, Duke Kunshan University ‘22
To subscribe to our journal, please go to https://www.iucj.org/en/home and sign up with your email address!
▲「 About IUCJ」
The Intercollegiate US-China Journal is a bilingual, semiannual academic journal that provides a platform for students across the globe to publish interdisciplinary, academically rigorous research. The IUCJ’s core mission is to improve understanding of the United States’ and China’s domestic and international affairs—including security, politics, culture, technology, economics, and the environment—through both comparative and relational approaches. As part of the United States-China Better Relations Coalition, the Intercollegiate US-China Journal partners with research institutions and prominent US-China scholars to uphold the Journal’s standard of scholarly excellence.