Past Events

Past Events




Queer Throughlines in Family, Activism, and Kinship

Korean Studies Colloquium
Ju Hui Judy Han, Assistant Professor in Gender Studies, University of California Los Angeles
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310

This is a hybrid event. See here for more information.




Hostage Diplomacy and U.S.-China Relations: The Legacy of The Peking Express

Co-sponser with CSCC
James Zimmerman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- | PCPSE Room 200 | 133 S. 36th St

We are pleased to announce a book talk by Beijing-based author and lawyer James Zimmerman about his book, The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the…




Foreign Law Firms in China 2024: Opportunities and Challenges

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
James Zimmerman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street

This is an in-person event with informal lunch provided. See here for more information.




The Uses of Useless Books

EALC Speakers' Colloquium
Nathan Shockey, Associate Professor of Japanese, Director of Asian Studies, Affiliate of the Center for Experimental Humanities, Bard College
- | David Rittenhouse Library A4 | 209 S 33rd Street

This is an in-person event. See here for more information.




"Shin Godzilla" Film Screening

Japan Global Issues: Nuclear Arms
Julia Alekseyeva, University of Pennsylvania
- | Fisher-Bennett Hall 401 | 3340 Walnut Street

Director: Hideaki Anno

*This is an in-person event




Critical Reflections on Thirty Years of the Internet in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Shaohua Guo, Associate Professor of Chinese, Carleton College, Rongbin Han, Associate Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia, Elaine Yuan, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Thirty Years of the Internet in China: A Retrospective

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th St




"The Future is Not Female: (In)visible Inequalities in Elite Japanese Firms

Japan Global Issues: (In)visible Inequalities
Hilary J. Holbrow, Assistant Professor of Japanese Politics and Society, Indiana University
- | Annenberg School for Communication 111 | 3420 Walnut Street

Japan's foreign population has grown exponentially since the liberalization of its border control policy in 1989. But, because political discourse paints the foreign population as temporary, research on non-citizens…




A Call for a New Earth from Donghak 東學 (Eastern Learning), Learning from Korean Indigenous Philosophy of Life

Korean Studies Colloquium
Jea Sophia Oh, Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Chester University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310

See here for more information. 




Reinventing Family: Democracy, Development, and Demographic Crisis in South Korea

Korean Studies Colloquium
Paul Y. Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite #310