Past Events

Past Events




*CANCELLED* CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections - featuring U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, and Douglas Spelman of the Kissinger Institute - "US-China Relations: Challenges Ahead"

- | Stiteler Hall, B21, University of Pennsylvania

*CANCELLED*
Starting at 7:00pm, Dr. Douglas Spelman of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States will speak on "US-China Relations: Challenges Ahead." Both the US and China will soon experience…




Film Screening - "Return of Godzilla"/ゴジラ

- | Claudia Cohen Hall Room 402

Hashimoto Kōji, 1984

Godzilla reappears to attack fishing boats, a Soviet submarine, and Tokyo.
* CEAS Monsters of Japan Film Series




Donald L. Baker, Professor of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia - "Rulers and Rituals: Supernatural and Secular Foundations of Political Power in Korea"

- | Room B21, Stiteler Hall

An ancient Chinese text, the Zuozhuan commentary to the Chunqiu [Spring and Autumn Annals], states that “the great affairs of a government are force and ritual.” Koreans over the centuries have taken that message to…




Film Screening - "Godzilla vs the Smog Monster"/ゴジラ対 ヘドラ

- | Claudia Cohen Hall Room 402

Banno Yoshimitsu, 1971

Pollution coalesces into monstrous form and attacks Tokyo Bay; Godzilla comes to the rescue.
* CEAS Monsters of Japan Film Series




Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme - Information Session

- | Williams Hall, Room 24

Are you interested in Japan? Are you interested in living in Japan and teaching English?  If so, come to the informational meeting held at the University of Pennsylvania.  The Japanese Consulate in New York…




Song Hongbing 宋洪兵, Professor at Renmin University - "The Significance of Han Feizi for Contemporary China"

- | 844 Williams Hall

The thought of Han Feizi has value and significance for China that should not be underestimated. Of course, it takes a new research perspective and courage to face the truth of the issue. This topic touches upon…




Penn Law Annual Certificate/Joint Degree Fair

- | The Goat

Penn Law is unique in its approach to legal education, offering students a variety of opportunities to complement their study of the law with study in other disciplines. You have these opportunities in your own law…




Film Screening - "Destroy All Monsters" (Blu-ray)/怪獣総進撃

- | Claudia Cohen Hall Room 402

Honda Ishirō, 1968

Giant monsters controlled by aliens attack cities throughout the world; only Godzilla resists the alien control.
* CEAS Monsters of Japan Film Series




Adam Smith, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania - "The Emergence of Early Chinese Literary Genres from Bronze Age Scribal Practice"

- | Stiteler Hall B26

The long inscriptions on bronze vessels from the Warring States tomb of King Cuo of Zhongshan occupy a distinctive position in the history of early Chinese textual genres. They belong simultaneously to two different…