Past Events

Past Events




Korean Studies Colloquium with Peter Kwon: Converging Streams in the “Miracle on the Han River”: Civilian-Military Undercurrents in South Korea’s Techno-Industrial Transformation

- | Peter Kwon, University at Albany
Via Zoom *Registration required: please register via the following link

Title: Converging Streams in the 'Miracle on the Han River': Civilian-Military Undercurrents in South Korea's Techno-Industrial Transformation




CSCC Webinar Series: "New Perspectives on US-China Relations: Technology"

- | Sheena Greitens, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin; Rob Williams, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Executive Director of the Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University; Julia Voo, Cyber Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Moderated by Neysun Mahboubi, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania
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CEAS Humanities Colloquium "Burning One’s Way Beyond: Exploring the Materiality of Paper Boats"

- | Yuhang Li, Associate Professor of Chinese Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Abstract

In religious ceremonies in early modern China, people burn boats made of paper and reeds on water or near water, resulting in a major urban spectacle. This talk will introduce two…




Penn Forum on Japan Critical Race Studies in/of Japan “Showing Up to Withhold: Economies of Enslavement and Spectacular Restraint in Medieval Japanese Performance"

- | Reginald Jackson, University of Michigan, Director: Accelerated M.A. Program in Transcultural Studies, Director of Graduate Studies: Center for Japanese Studies, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
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How might dramatic portrayals of slavery help us rethink the relation between subjectivity, labor, and performance? I consider such portrayals through readings of the writings of master Noh actor, playwright, and…




CSCC Speaker Series: Public Assembly via Affective Technologies: Like Buttons, Sentiment Analysis, and the Transmission of Positive Energy

- | Angela Wu, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
Virtual talk via Zoom


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CSCC Webinar Series: "New Perspectives on US-China Relations: Climate & Environment"

- | Alex Wang, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles; Deborah Seligsohn, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University; Jonas Nahm, Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment, Johns Hopkins University
Moderated by Avery Goldstein, David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
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CEAS ICEA Series "Failed Foreign Interventions? Transnational Making and Unmaking of Health Politics in China"

- | Yan Long, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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Do foreign interventions matter in changing China’s authority structure? Many scholarly models cast external interventions as “cures” for all that ails struggling local communities and activists in repressive…




Korean Studies Colloquium with Jinsook Kim: Namuwiki, Gender Equalism and Antifeminist Disinformation in the Post-Truth Era

- | Jinsook Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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This study investigates the dissemination of reactionary antifeminist disinformation and the networked practices of misogynistic users under the guise of “gender equalism” mediated by Namuwiki, South Korea’s most…




CEAS Classroom Series: "Women, Goddesses and Gender Affinity in Spirit Writing"

- | Elena Valussi, Loyola University Chicago
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Prof. Valussi has written on Chinese gender, religious, and intellectual history including the influence of women's Qigong in the United States, interpretation of Nüdan in historical context, and the impact of gender…