The Center for East Asian Studies supports the study of East Asia at Penn and to the Philadelphia community.
We currently offer a program in which Penn experts present one-hour lectures to classes on a variety of topics pertaining to East Asia, at no cost to your school. For more information and to request a speaker please contact the Center.
Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, recount their personal experiences of surviving the Atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago to a large audience from Penn, high school, and the Philadelphia communities.
CEAS offers a number of workshops for K-12 educators on East Asia-related topics, as well as globally themed content.
Penn Libraries have acquired the Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books with the help of CEAS faculty Julie Nelson Davis. She worked closely with Kislak Center curators to bring the Tress Collection to Penn, says Will Noel of the Libraries.
Penn MLA graduate Jonathan Singleton and CEAS faculty Yoko Nishimura were featured in a recent Penn News story, together with a collection of ancient Japanese ceramics originally showcased at the 189
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