UCLA Center for Chinese Studies

05/22/2026

Check out UCLA doctoral student Xianda Huang's recent op-ed on the Trump-Xi Summit: https://theconversation.com/from-beef-ribs-to-a-heavenly-walk-xi-trump-summit-symbolism-underscored-american-power-and-chinese-tradition-282945?fbclid=IwY2xjawR9bfVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeLHf3gj-0t9NmIjhrQPO452FIPW3fzLc241-zSYOgf8VCbO6GQcWFmmdPYI4_aem_Atu35cW_UAEGuY6OcMV4Iw

A cultural historian of modern China explains the meaning behind some of the venue choices during President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.

05/10/2026

https://www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17707

04/13/2026

The (Real) First Great Divergence: Citizen and Subject in Greece and China, and a Mycenaean-Shang Developmental Split
Jordan Christopher is a Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Archaeology at Loyola Marymount University.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (Pacific Time)
Bunche Hall 10383

04/13/2026

https://www.getty.edu/calendar/screening-of-color-and-ink/

Film about the Chinese artist Chang Dai-chien followed by a conversation with the filmmaker

04/07/2026

Four lectures at UCLA CCS this week:

The Unhistoriable: Experiments of Collective Government in Mid-imperial China and Beyond
Talk by Shoufu Yin, University of British Columbia.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Time)�Royce Hall 243

Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the U.S. Legal System
Talk by Ji Li, University of California, Irvine School of Law.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�3:30 PM - 4:30 PM�UCLA Law School Room 2467

Reconfiguring Gendered Labor Regimes: Production and Social Reproduction in Transnational Semiconductor Manufacturing
Discussion with Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University.
Thursday, April 9, 2026�5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Pacific Time)�Haines 279

Judicial Territoriality: Chinese Procurators amid Institutional Reforms
Talk by Qiang Fu, University of British Columbia.
Friday, April 10, 2026�1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (Pacific Time)�Bunche Hall 10383

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The Center for Chinese Studies promotes cutting-edge scholarship in all disciplines, fosters a research and teaching environment free from political and financial pressures, and makes the results of scholarly investigations available for use beyond academic circles. We aim to become the strongest in...

03/21/2026

https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2026/devoted-you-love-unto-waste

Double feature including a coming-of-age tale engaging with the changing economic and social realities of Hong Kong’s booming 1980s, and Hong Kong New Wave director Stanley Kwan's haunting portrait of urban disillusionment starring Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat.

03/09/2026

The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: Translating Eco-Literature into Virtual Reality
Writer Wu Ming-yi and Filmmaker Singing Chen in Person!
Monday, March 9, 2026�1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)�Bunche Hall 10383

03/03/2026

Upcoming CCS Events:

Book Talk: "Chinese Global Environmentalism"
Alex Wang, UCLA
Wednesday, March 4, 2026�4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific Time)�UCLA Law School, Rm 1447

Who are the Tanguts and why do they matter? Writing, Religion, and Cultural Exchange in the Xia Kingdom
Nikita Kuzmin, Visiting Scholar Elling Eide Center
Thursday, March 5, 2026�4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific Time)�Royce Hall, Room 243

Strange Synchronicities and Familiar Parallels in Asia, 1600–1800: Joseph Fletcher's Plane Ride Revisited
Conference
Friday, March 6, 2026�9:00 AM - 5:00 PM�Clark Memorial Library

The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: Translating Eco-Literature into Virtual Reality
Wu Ming-yi (writer) and Singing Chen (filmmaker)
Monday, March 9, 2026�1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)�Bunche Hall 10383

The Center for Chinese Studies promotes cutting-edge scholarship in all disciplines, fosters a research and teaching environment free from political and financial pressures, and makes the results of scholarly investigations available for use beyond academic circles. We aim to become the strongest in...

03/03/2026

https://crowdfunding.ucla.edu/amb/kleehuh

Help UCLA raise $15,000 for the project: Chinese American Culture Night 2026. Your gift will make a difference!

02/25/2026

Reinventing Chinese Commercial Cinema: In Conversation with Dayyan Eng

Wednesday, February 25, 2026�9:30 AM - 10:45 AM (Pacific Time)�Haines Hall 39