Looking to expand your library with the stories of Chinese authors? Interested in exploring literary themes while connecting with other Chinese language and culture enthusiasts? Then, Books and Boba is for you! The CIUS Center is excited to announce our fourth meeting of Books and Boba, a casual, community book club that explores Chinese culture through contemporary novels and classic literature. For our June 2019 meeting, we will be reading Dr. Lilian Willens' Stateless in Shanghai. We are excited to announce that Dr. Willens will be joining us…

Join us for a presentation and lecture exploring Russian immigration to China during the 19th century with, Dr. Lillian Willens, author of Stateless in Shanghai. Dr. Willens will be giving a one-hour presentation followed by a Q&A. Summary of Lecture: At the end of the 19th century, Russians of various ethnicities moved to Harbin, China to manage the Chinese Eastern Railroad. The Russian population helped develop the economy of Harbin and as a result, during the Bolshevik Revolution waves of Russian refugees…

The CIUS Center invites you to join us for our 2019 Friends of the CIUS Center Community Picnic and Crab Boil! Our community of global education advocates, organizational partners, event attendees, and volunteers are an integral part of our organization's development and we are excited to share our appreciation! Join us for an afternoon of fun and food as we prepare to kick-off a busy season of fall programming!

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the CIUS Center Community! TheChinese Mid-Autumn Festival is traditionally a time to celebrate the gathering of friends and family during the brightest full-moon of the year! For the CIUS Center, this is an exciting opportunity to welcome members of the CIUS Center community from near and far for an evening of food, fun, music, art and great conversation. This celebration will also kick-off our2019 Confucius Institute National Honors Gala Weekend! With Confucius Institute colleagues from across…

  Join the Confucius Institute U.S. Center for an informative and engaging discussion with three industry experts and YOU. Our panelists have spent their careers working within their communities as educators, advocates, researchers, and mental health providers. We are honored to be bringing these esteemed guests together so we can learn from their experiences and research while also exploring our audience's voices. The evening will begin with our panelists answering questions which, later on, our audience members can chime in…

Join us for a traditional Chinese Tea House experience as we celebrate the Lantern Festival! We are excited to kick-off this year with a community celebration in partnership with Valley Brook, DuPont Circle's newest Chinese Tea Shop! Valley Brook is passionate about sharing authentic Chinese tea and tea culture with the Washington, DC community. Headquartered in Fujian and Virginia, Valley Brook specializes in oolong tea, black tea and white tea and proudly preserves the traditional tea-making techniques. Join us for…