Past Events

Past Events




Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context

Kim Center for Korean Studies
- | Kim Center for Korean Studies | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310

May 10-11, 2024

The “Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context” conference serves as a unique platform for sharing cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration, and engaging in thought-provoking discussions…




Understanding Japanese Material Texts: Metadata and Digital Humanities Impacts

Tress Collection Workshop
Paula Curtis, UCLA, Amaury A. García Rodríguez, Collegio de Mexico, Kyoko Kinoshita, Tama Art University, Ann Sherif, Oberlin College, Julie Nelson Davis, University of Pennsylvania, Linda H. Chance, University of Pennsylvania
- | In the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, 627 Van Pelt Library. [Admission with RSVP ONLY by 3pm on May 7th] | 3420 Walnut St, Room 627

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Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Yingyao Wang, Assistant Professor of Socioloy, University of Virginia
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Burmese Buddhist Exceptionalism and the Violence of Religious Tolerance

East Southeast Asia Colloquium Co-sponsor with Religious Studies
Alicia Turner, York University
- | Annenberg School for Communication 111 | 3620 Walnut Street

Early European accounts of Burma expressed shock at the presence of what they understood to be liberal modern values imbedded in what would soon be a…




Conversations with Musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Kim Center Event
- | The Benjamin Franklin Room (Event) & Golkin Room (Reception), Houston Hall

The event will begin promptly at 3 PM with a moderated conversation between panelists and the Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies, Dr. Hyunjoon Park. Join us to hear about David, Christine and…




6th Annual EALC Graduate Student Research Colloquium

- | The Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall | 3417 Spruce Street

Please join the EALC department for the 6th Graduate Student Research Colloquium Conference, featuring a keynote speech by Dr. Seiji Shirane!

Hear about the research graduate students at Penn…




Seeking Truths and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarian Rule in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Jeremy Wallace, Professor of Government, Cornell University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th St




Temple Tracks: Labor, Piety, and Railway Construction in Asia

East-Southeast Asia Colloquium Co-sponser with Southeast Asia Reading Group and South Asia Studies
Vineeta Sinha, National University of Singapore
- | Annenberg School for Communication 110 | 3620 Walnut Street

Temple Tracks presents a textured tale of the complex ties between labour, mobility and piety. Here, I use the history of colonial railway…




High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Govern Its Economy

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Angela Zhang, Associate Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th St

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The Art of Vernacular Reading in Choson Korea: Kugyol for Memory, Eloquence, and Adornment

Korean Studies Colloquium
Si Nae Park, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite #310

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