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World War II Film Series Watch Party: The Human Bullet (1968)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HEREPlease NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided, but it can be streamed on available platforms.

The Human Bullet, 1968,
written and directed by Okamoto Kihachi

This satirical look at the absurd side of World War II deals with the topic of human torpedoes and suicide missions.  The unnamed…




CEAS Special Event: "Black Markets to Blood Banks: Institutionalizing Blood Management in 1970s South Korea"

- | Inga Diederich, UC San Diego

CEAS E-SE Asia series: "China and Southeast Asia: A Contemporary History"

- | Prasenjit Duara, PhD, Oscar Tang Family Distinguished Chair at Duke University

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CSCC Speaker Series: "Anxious China: Inner Revolution and Politics of Psychotherapy"

- | Li Zhang, Professor of Anthropology, University of California at Davis

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Tsagaan Sar Mongolian Lunar New Year Celebration

- | ONLINE via Zoom:
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Enjoy a virtual celebration between our Mongolian Studies community at Penn, and including many friends in the broader Mongolian community! Enjoy Mongolian music and dance performances!

Korean Studies Colloquium: "Placing South Korea’s COVID Practice in Context: Korean Public Health Ambitions, (1959-present)"

- | John P. Dimoia, Associate Professor, Seoul National University

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World War II Film Series Watch Party: "In This Corner of This World" (2016)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HEREPlease NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided. Film is streaming now on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and other platforms.

"In This Corner of this World", 2016
この世界の片隅に (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni)
Directed by Katabuchi Sunao
February 24, 7:00 PM

A young woman in Hiroshima marries and struggles to maintain her will to live…




World War II Film Series Watch Party: "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HEREPlease NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided. Film is streaming now on Hulu or other platforms.

This animated masterpiece follows two children struggling to survive in the aftermath of World War II.

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CEAS Humanities Colloquium: Wayne Soon, “Global Medicine in the Republic of China, 1946-1970” (Joint with HSS Workshop series)

- | Wayne Soon, Assistant Professor of History, Vassar College
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CSCC Speaker Series: "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law"

- | Michael Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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