Past Events

Past Events




Korean Studies Colloquium: "Korean Ginseng and Ecological Linkages in Early Modern East Asian Trade"

Wenjiao Cai, University of Pennsylvania
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




CSCC 10th Annual Conference: "US, China, and the Global South"

- | Penn Law School | Silverman 147




Penn Climate Week: "Book Talk: 'Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone'"

Ryo Morimoto, Princeton University
- | Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 200 | 133 S. 36th Street

"There is a nuclear ghost in Minamisōma." This is how one resident describes a mysterious experience following the 2011 nuclear fallout in coastal Fukushima. Investigating the nuclear ghost among the graying…




Penn Climate Week: "The Lost Green Games: The Environmental Legacy of a Radically Reimagined Tokyo 2020 Olympics"

Robin Ketlinski, LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York
- | Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 200 | 133 S. 36th Street

Environmental sustainability was a central component to planning Tokyo’s 2020 Summer Olympics. The organizing committee’s sustainability concept of “Be better, together: For the planet and the people” encompassed…




Korean Studies Colloquium: "New Directions for Development: A Latecomer"s Guide to Navigating the Regulatory Thicket"

Su Yeone Jeon, University of Pennsylvania
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| 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




CEAS Dialogue: "CEAS on AI: Digital Learning in the East Asia Classroom"

- | Cherpack Lounge | 543 Williams Hall

Echoing the recent excitement/anxiety over digital learning, the Center for East Asian Studies begins our 2023-24 programming with an in-house discussion of AI and the digital humanities in the East Asia classroom.…




Issues in Contemporary East Asia: "The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Affirmative Action: Evidence form Imperial China"

Melanie Meng Xue, London School of Economics
- | Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 200 | 133 S. 36th Street

We study the short- and long-term effects of affirmative action policies in the context of China. During imperial China, official positions were awarded to the most academically talented individuals through a multi-…




CSCC Event: "Global Development: A Useful Notion?"

Zha Daojiong, Professor of International Studies, Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Korean Studies Colloquium: "Cooking Up Korean Identity: Recipes for Cultural Authenticity"

Justin Sprague, West Chester University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




Kim Center Event: "Show and Tell"

- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310