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📖 Free Book Talk Event with the Chinese American Museum 📆Saturday, March 30th ⏰From 11am-12pm 📍Chinese American Museum, 238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616, Located on the 4th floor Join Dr. Li for a discussion based on her book “Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating theContemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States” (Rutgers University Press, 2023), which examines how contemporary Chinese diasporic narratives address the existential loss of home for immigrant communities at a time of global precarity and amid rising Sino-US tensions. Learn more, 🔗 in bio!

🆕 The Routledge Companion to Global Renaissance Art (available in Open Access) 🎨 This companion, edited by Stephen J. Campbell and Stephanie Porras, examines the global Renaissance through object-based case studies of artistic production from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in the early modern period. 👉🏻My essay in the publication discusses the production, sale, and transport procedure of Netherlandish carved altarpieces in the early sixteenth century, by closely studying the Antwerp altarpiece in Botkyrka as a case-study.   👉 https://lnkd.in/etprVWd6

Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future. Ba Jin The work of prolific Chinese writer Ba Jin often took the form of social commentary. His most famous novel, “Jia,” criticized the traditional Chinese family system. His work labeled him a counterrevolutionary during the country’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and he was ostracized from society. In the early 2000s, Ba Jin called for the creation of an official Cultural Revolution museum to document the impact of the era, believing this would prevent China from repeating past mistakes. (Though a museum did open in 2005, it was covered up by the Chinese authorities less than a decade later.) With this quote, Ba Jin points out that no experience exists in a vacuum. By reflecting on where we’ve been, we can chart the course ahead to steer us in a better direction

This is my note of synthesis for the class French Culture and French Civilization (ICN Business School), where I debate about the richest neighborhood in Paris: the XVI arrondissement.

Visit the first online maritime museum: https://lnkd.in/dX5TzbQk The Greek Shipping Miracle, the first online maritime museum, was established in 2014 by author, maritime historian and former shipowner George M. Foustanos as an effort to raise awareness about the Greek shipping industry and its long-standing contribution to both the Greek and the global economy. This educational website enables visitors to explore the modern and contemporary history of the world’s leading merchant marine power in the familiar format of a museum layout.

🌍 Curious about Europe's identity? 🌍 What is Europe? What do we Europeans recognize as part of a common heritage, and what not? These compelling questions and more are explored by our (House of European History) director, Constanze Itzel, in this insightful talk! 👉 Watch the full talk here: https://lnkd.in/en6qJU4Z

Did you know that arts and culture possess the power to bridge gaps between societies? Their universality allows them to transcend language barriers, fostering empathy and facilitating better understanding of varied cultures. Art, a tool for visual storytelling, illuminates social issues, stimulates discourse, and engages globally diverse audiences. On the other hand, cultural representations shape and largely contribute to cross-border understanding, which is often enhanced via cultural exchanges and diplomacy. However, the journey isn't all smooth sailing. Issues of cultural appropriation, accessibility, and representation pose challenges. Curious to know more? Our blog delves further into the role of arts and culture in nurturing cross-border understanding, discussing the challenges and potential of these fascinating mediums in building more inclusive societies. Full Article found here : https://lnkd.in/gwACpGy5

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'Questioning Traumatic Heritage: Spaces of Memory in Europe and South America' is the latest #OpenAccess title from our 'Heritage and Memory Studies' book series. The edited volume investigates an array of traumatic heritage sites and spaces of memory, including museums, former detention camps, and sites of commemoration, in Europe, Argentina, and Colombia, to investigate how various traumatic pasts can be preserved and transmitted through space, and which kind of actions might be taken both to improve knowledge of the past and to serve as an opening to a discussion of current social issues. Learn more about the book, and the series as a whole, on our website: https://lnkd.in/eJvFQwUB

Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is a comprehensive approach that involves a multifaceted task. It requires the collaboration of various stakeholders, such as communities, legal frameworks, educational institutions, and funding bodies.