Chinese Culture Online Lectures
Online Monthly Lectures The Chinese Cultural Center at SDSU in collaboration with the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum has presented the following Chinese American Experience and Beyond Zoom programs. The lecture series brings together historians, authors, filmmakers, and cultural experts to explore Chinese, East Asian, and diasporic histories, with topics spanning immigration, identity, war, culture, and the arts.
Upcoming lecture Chinese Woodblock print 02/21/2026 10:00 a.m. PST One of the globally significant inventions in history was printing to disseminate knowledge and literacy. It started with woodblock printing and moveable type.
PRESENTER: LILY BIRMINGHAM ; MODERATOR: BOB STEIN ; DISCUSSANT: LINDA DIBENEDETTOD
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1/18/2025 Never Go Hungry Again! 3/15/2025 In Memory of The 100th Anniversary of The Passing of Sun Yat-Sen 4/19/2025 China Burma India (CBI) Theater: World War II’s Forgotten Theater 5/17/2025 Maritime Silk Road: Voice from the UAE(United Arab Emirates) 6/21/2025 Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong 7/19/2025 A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest
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9/20/2025 Three Generations of Leadership in San Diego’s Early Chinatown 10/19/2025 Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum 11/15/2025 Lost weekend A Love Story : John Lennon and May Pang Back to Top 2024
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1/20/2024 The Literati Influence on Contemporary Chinese Art
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2/11/2024 Li Sao: 2,300-Year-old Literary Gem Still Shines Today
Back to Top 3/16/2024 Dragon Boat Festival and the Symbolism in Poem “Li Sao”
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04/20/2024 Landscape of AAPI Films: the past, present, and future
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05/11/2024 Maritime Silk Road
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06/15/2024 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in Hawaii and other early Chinese Hawaiians
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07/20/2024 MODELS THAT MAKE CHINESE AMERICAN HISTORY COME ALIVE
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08/17/2024 Farmers and Voices : Visual Archieves, Oral Histories, And Family Memories In Modern East Asia and Chinese American Experiences
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09/28/2024 The Peranakan Chinese: of Ancient Journeys, Monsoons and Myriad Cultures
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10/19/2024 Driven Out:The Long War Against Chinese Americans
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11/16/2024 Jewish Presence In Twentieth Century China
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01/21/2023 “The Story of Lim Lip Hong (1840/43-1920): Railroad Contractor, Mine Owner, Rancher, Butcher, and Venture Capitalist”
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02/18/2023 Developer of China's Air Force Back to Top
03/18/2023 “WOMEN OF SAN DIEGO’S ASIAN PACIFIC HISTORIC DISTRICT”
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04/15/2023 Decoding Chinese Opera
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05/20/2023 Chinese Laundries in San Diego
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06/17/2023 My Kyrgyzstan Days
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07/15/2023 Xuanzang and the Real Journey to the West
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09/16/2023 The Lure of The Chinese Snuff Bottles
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10/21/2023 Zodiac Heads from the Garden of Perfect Brightness and the Negotiation of Cultural Heritage
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11/18/2023 Snuff Bottles from San Diego
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January 15, 2022 China in the Netherlands: Global Trade, EXotic Procelian, and Common kitchen tiles
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February 26, 2022 China in the Red Bishop: the epic story of 20th century China through the life of Bishop Robin Chen Back to Top
March 20, 2022 Visualizing the Past - John Less’ Depictions of His Holocaust Refuge in Shanghai, p4 of the Jewish people in China mini-series
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April 16, 2022 Do it Yourself: how to find your 3,000 year old Chinese Family Roots
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May 06, 2022 Interviewing Figure Skating Champion, TIffany Chin
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June 18, 2022 The All-American Crew: A True Story of a World War II Bomber and the Men Who Flew It
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July 16, 2022 The Road to Happiness: Does it go through Daoism, Confucianism, or Buddhism
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August 20, 2022 Messages Revealed: Dragons, Phoenix and other Symbols expressed in the Art of China
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September 24, 2022 China³, p.VI : Traces of the Maritime Silk Road
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October 15, 2022 Ornamental Barbarians
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Novmber 20, 2022 The Haggadah Of The Kaifeng Jews
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December 17, 2022 “The Story of Eureka’s Chinatown and the Case of Wing Hing VS the City of Eureka
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Jan 16, 2021 Oh, those glazes! - Qing Dynasty Ceramics
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Feb 06, 2021 How many types of Cloisonné are there? Back to Top
Feb 21, 2021 THE CHINESE AND THE JEWS
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Mar 06, 2021 Chinese Language School
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Mar 20, 2021 From Foundation to Frontiers
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April 03, 2021 Tang Dynasty Ceramics - Sancai glaze and More
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April 17, 2021 New Laser-Based Methods for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Terracotta Warriors and Silk-Road Mummies
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May 01, 2021 Five Generations of a Jewish family in Shanghai: the Jewish communities of China
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May 15, 2021 Archaeological Findings in SD Chinatown
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June 05, 2021 Chinese Northern and Southern Paintings
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June 19, 2021 A Garden of Words: Calligraphy and The Huntington’s Chinese Garden
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June 26, 2021 Chinese Tea Culture and Teapots
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July 17, 2021 The Kim-Loo Sisters and their time
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August 07, 2021 On the last ship from China, part of the Jewish people in China mini-series
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August 21, 2021 Contributions to U.S. Academia, part of the Chinese Americans at SDSU mini-series
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September 04, 2021 China³ lecture series
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September 18, 2021 We will not stay silent anymore!
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October 02, 2021 China³ lecture series
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October 16, 2021 Angel Island, part of the Chinese Americans at SDSU mini-series
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November 13, 2021 China³ lecture series, p. III, Porcelain as a medium for transcontinental exchange (Ming dynasty - Republic of China)
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November 20, 2021 The Extraordinary Life of Ma Sicong, China’s Greatest Violin Virtuoso
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December 04, 2021 China³ lecture series, p. IV (Ceramics from the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
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Oct 3, 2020 Walking Tour of the Asian Pacific Historical District
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Oct 17, 2020 Three Coins – a Chinese Americans story
Back to Top Nov 7, 2020 Heavenly Jade - Jade, Stone of Heaven
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Nov 21, 2020 Virtual Realities: Extreme Illusionism in Qing Court Painting
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Dec 12, 2020 (中文講座Mandarin lecture) 中國名片—景德鎮瓷器上的中外文化
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Dec 19, 2020 The Beauty and Danger of Chinese Lacquer
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