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Protestantism and the Modernization of China, 19th to 20th Centuries

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Se Yan, Peking University
- | Annenberg School for Communication 111 | 3620 Walnut Street

We examine whether the spread of Protestantism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had a persistent impact on China’s recent economic…




Himalayan Lunar New Year Celebration

Co-sponsor with South Asia Center
- | Wolf Humanities Center | Williams Hall 623

CEAS and SAC are hosting an in-person open house. We will be joined by Chef Treley Parshingtang from the restaurant "White Yak," so please stop by!

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…