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| Gary Locke, Former U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Washington State Governor
Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics Auditorium (133 S. 36th St.)
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| Chunyuan Li, Harvard University
Claudia Cohen Hall 402 (249 South 36th Street)
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Economic history requires the use of numbers and units. Nevertheless, numbers and units themselves as recorded in Chinese historical sources could be problematic, due to misprints and copyists’ errors, variations in…
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| Jade d'Alpoim Guedes, University of California San Diego
Virtual Event
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The lessons from archaeology are critical in allowing us to situate our current climate crisis in context. Using an example from China and Southeast Asia, this talk will illustrate both how our current climate crisis…
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| Simon Berger, School of Advanced Studies in Social Science (EHESS), Paris
Perelman Center Political Science and Economics 200 (133 S. 36th Street, Philadephia) and online via Zoom
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Many sources report the almost compulsive tendency of the Mongols to count themselves and the enemies they had just defeated and conquered. This constant numbering had to do with the famous decimal…
Ji Li, Associate Professor of History, University of Hong Kong
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| Claudia Cohen Hall 402| 249 South 36th Street
To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God’s Empire adds a new perspective through the remarkable personal archive of Alfred Marie…
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| Ji Li, University of Hong Kong
Claudia Cohen Hall 402 (249 South 36th Street)
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To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God’s Empire adds a new perspective through the remarkable personal archive of Alfred Marie…
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| Penn Museum (3260 Spruce St)
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From Penn Museum's website:
The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make…
