Past Events

Past Events




CEAS Humanities Colloquium: "Village China: Three perspectives on the modern history of rural China"

- | Michael Szonyi, Harvard University
Annenberg 110

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The history of modern China is conventionally told according to a three-part structure: Republic, Maoist period, and Reform.  Many…




CSCC Event: "Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise"

- | Judith and Marshall Meyer Lectures on China’s Economy
Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Professor of Economics, Stanford University
CSCC Conference Room, 133 S. 36th St, Room 418

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Korean Studies Colloquium: "Korean Diasporic Citizenship: Two Tales of Political Incorporation in Japan and the United States"

- | Erin Aeran Chung, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Williams Hall 623 

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CSCC Event: "National Committee on US-China Relations CHINA Town Hall 2021"

- | Avery Goldstein, David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations
Yue Hou, Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences
Scott Moore, Director, Penn Global China Program
PCPE Rm. 100, 133 S. 36th St

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Screening of Hao Wu's 2019 Film All in My Family followed by Q&A with the director

- | Prince Theater at the Annenberg Center

In celebration of LGBT History Month, you are invited to an in-person screening of All in My Family (2019), a short film directed by Hao Wu about his family’s reactions to his decision to have children via surrogacy…




From Foundations to Frontiers - a look at contributions of Chinese Americans over 175 years

- | ONLINE via ZOOM

A special upcoming presentation and panel discussion for all members of the Penn community will be held virtually on October 19 at 4pm, featuring three members of the Penn faculty and the Committee of 100, a…




Japan Global Issues Film Series: "Disorientation and Re-orientation: Short Films by Tomonari Nishikawa"

- | Tomonari Nishikawa, Binghamton University
401 FBH

Born in Nagoya, Japan. Nishikawa’s film explores the idea of documenting a scene in the public space through a chosen medium/format, often focusing on the filmmaking process. His work has been screened at film…




Civil Liberties in China: The Uyghur Crisis

- | World Forum, Perry World House (3803 Locust Walk)
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Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority in China’s Xinjiang region, are facing increasingly severe human rights abuses by President Xi Jinping’s government. They are subjected to intense surveillance, arbitrary…




Korean Studies Colloquium: "Ever-Pending: U.S. Literature of the Long Korean War"

- | A.J. Yumi Lee, Assistant Professor, Villanova University
Williams Hall 623  

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CEAS ICEA Series: "Time and Migration: How Aging Taiwanese Immigrants Remake Intergenerational Intimacy"

- | Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Villanova University
Annenberg 110 and streaming live on ZOOM (click here for zoom access)
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How do long-term migrants negotiate their needs as they grow older? How does transnational migration create a context of incorporation that shapes later-life transitions? Based on life history interviews with 58…