Past Events

Past Events




Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418




Rethinking “Women”: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans in 1970s–1980s Japan

Humanities Colloquium
James Welker, Kanagawa University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

In the early 1970s, Japan saw the emergence of three dynamic and overlapping…




Whitther South Korean Democracy?: Democratic Backsliding, Executive Power, and Constitutional Governing

Knowledge by the Slice (Penn SAS/Perry World House)
- | Perry World House | World Forum and Zoom
| 3803 Locust Walks Philadelphia, PA 19104

Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running Knowledge by the Slice lunchtime series offers educational talks led by our insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there’s pizza? So, come for the discussion and have a…




TBA

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Miao Li, Professor of Sociology, Shandong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute
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Performing Democracy in the Graveyard: The Kwangju Uprising, the May Mothers, and Chesa Activism

Korean Studies Colloquium
Hayana Kim, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




Niche Tanks and Coastal Sprawl: Species, Technology, and Economics of Shrimp Aquaculture in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Lijing Jiang, Johns Hopkins University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

In recent years, large coastal shrimp farms in Southeast Asia, once celebrated symbols for the Blue Revolution, have become a stand-in culprit for massive mangrove destruction and coastal pollution. Media reports…




Fictitious Computing: Data Processing, Economic Modelling, and the Matrices of Cinema in 1950s-70s Taiwan

EALC Speakers' Colloquium
Shaoling Ma, Cornell University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

Prior to Taiwan’s electronics exportation boom and global domination in the semiconductor industry, computers helped process data for the island-state's state and private entities, modeled the national economy…




Tsagaan Sar Mongolian Lunar New Year Celebration

Co-sponsored by EALC
- | Rodin College House Rooftop Lounge | 3901 Locust Walk

Join us to celebrate Tsagaan Sar, the "white month," the Mongolian Lunar New Year. Enjoy Mongolian-style milk tea, dumplings, and other snacks! There will be presentations about Tsagaan Sar cultural practices. The…




Buddhism and Violence: The Korean Buddhist Military Chaplaincy

Korean Studies Colloquium
Jonathan C. Feuer, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




The Judicial System of China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Xin He, Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong
- | PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th St