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(De)constructing Ideology: The Cultural Revolution and Beyond
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Nov 2022-Mar 2023

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Calendar
Dec
03 OTIS True Stories Dec 2022
Dec
07 Living the Revolution Dec 2022
Dec
10 Unfolded Narratives Workshop Dec 2022
Dec
11 Film Screening: The White-Haired Girl (1971-72) Dec 2022
Dec
21 Finding Truth: A Discussion With the “In Search of Truth” Student Council Dec 2022
Jan
11 Art and Ideology: A Conversation with Artist Zhang Hongtu Jan 2023
Feb
01 Blood Letters and Dueling Visions of Salvation Feb 2023
Mar
05 Revolutionary Friendship is as Deep as the Ocean Mar 2023
Apr
02 David Bowie in the Soviet Union Apr-Oct 2023
Apr
02 Vietnam in Transition, 1976 – Present Apr-Oct 2023
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In Search of Truth

With this series of virtual interviews, our student council explore the concept of truth in an era of fake news, culture wars, conspiracy theories, and alternative facts.
2022
In Search of Truth Student Council Round Table
The Collection
Schalmei, 1975

East Germany
Diplomatic Gifts

Schalmei (shall-my) was an instrument popular in East German schools, factories and small town brass bands. Easy to learn and play, the Schalmei had been closely associated with the struggles of the German labor movement between the World Wars.

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Living the Revolution
What was it like to be a Red Guard?  How did one perform the loyalty dance? What was daily life like under the constant shadow of Mao? In this panel, historian Yongyi Song an…
December 7, 2022 | 12:00pm
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Film Screening: The White-Haired Girl (1971-72)
Join us for a screening of the 1971-72 model performance ballet, The White-Haired Girl (白毛女), which tells the story of the peasant girl Yang Xi’er’s suffering at the…
December 11, 2022 | 5:00pm
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Revolutionary Friendship is as Deep as the Ocean
In this panel, Robeson Taj Frazier, Associate Professor of Communication at USC, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor of History at UCI, and Catherine Clark, Associat…
March 5, 2023 | 1:00pm
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