Past Events

Past Events




CEAS Humanities Colloquium: “Sovereignty!: Japanese Independence after the Meiji Restoration (1868) and the San Francisco Peace Treaty (1951)”

- | Kaoru Iokibe, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
 
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Penn-Fudan Virtual Series on Global Issues and Governance: "Real Estate Taxes: A Comparative Discussion--China's New Pilot Rollout and the US Experience"

- | Online

Online event featuring the following speakers: Yijia Jing (Fudan University), Dan Guttman (Tianjin University), Ping Zhang (Fudan), Qiang Ren (Central University of Finance and Economics), Maisy Wong (Wharton), and…




Japan Global Issues Series: "Why the Fishhead Faces Left and Other Tales: Learning from Food Workers in Japan"

- | Merry White, Boston University
Stitler B10- The Forum
 
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Note this event was postponed from October

An ongoing study of the experiences of food workers in Japan – domestic, industrial, artisanal and more – includes stories of people who work in food as craft, art…




Korean Studies Colloquium: "Heterogeneous Cultural Logics Shared by South Koreans: Using Explicit and Implicit Responses from Surveys"

- | Ji Hye Kim, Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Williams Hall 623

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CEAS East-Southeast Asia Colloquium: "The Wa People Between China and Southeast Asia"

- | Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University
 Online via Zoom
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The Wa have an unusual history. It's the story of a people of approximately one million, trying to maintain themselves while navigating a neighborhood of big, powerful, pushy states and empires, in the borderlands…




2021 Freedom Crossing Film Festival 3rd weekend: Crossing Truth and Freedom, film screening and workshop with film critic Hao Jian

- | STREAMING ONLINE
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From the event organizers: "Freedom Crossing Film Festival (FCFF) is a stage for storytelling and that nourishes free dialogue across all kinds of boundaries. Over the past two years, we have celebrated a diversity…




CEAS Humanities Series: “Knowing Exotica: Edible Birds’ Nests and the Cultures of Knowledge in Early Modern China”

- | Meng Zhang, Vanderbilt University
Annenberg 110
 
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How did new things become known? This talk traces the convoluted processes through which edible bird’s nests—the quintessential item associated with luxurious Chinese dietetics till this day—started as curious…




Korean Studies Colloquium: "A Plurality of Care: The Politics of Postpartum Care Practices in Contemporary South Korea"

- | Yoonjung Kang, Moon Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Korean Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Williams Hall 623 

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2021 Freedom Crossing Film Festival 2nd weekend: Crossing Love and Nature, film screenings, discussions, and Q&A with directors

- | STREAMING ONLINEFor more information about series films including how to register CLICK HERE

Week 2 of the festival begins on Thursday, Nov 11th at 7p Eastern, with a dialogue between FCI co-founder and biologist Lee Vandivier and renowned canine psychologist and author of Dog is Love…




CSCC Event: "Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship, and the Making of a Rural Land Market"

- | Julia Chuang, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
CSCC Conference Room, 133 S. 36th St, Room 418

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