Past Events

Past Events




What Isn’t Shintō? A Scholarly Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania

- | Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 401

In an historical moment characterized by attempts to “green” Shintō by linking it to environmentalism or to mobilize Shintō concepts in the service of rightwing Japanese nationalist agendas, the exigency of…




Grand Opening of Perry World House, the President of Mongolia

- | Jon M. Huntsman Hall, The Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium (G06), 3730 Walnut St.

Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania is a global research center that aims to advance interdisciplinary, policy-relevant approaches to the world's most urgent global affairs challenges. Drawing on the…




Japanese Popular Culture Film Screening, Ghost in the Shell

- | Cohen Hall 402

Oshii Mamoru, dir. Ghost in the Shell

 




Jingzhou Tao, "Whither Reform in China? An Insider's Perspective"

- | ANNS 111, Annenberg School for Communication

CSCC Speaker Series




Guobin Yang, “The Revolutionary Ethic and the Spirit of Factionalism in the Chinese Cultural Revolution”

- | McNeil Building 103

Sociology at Penn 2016-2017 Colloquium Series




Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series, Gamera the Invincible

- | Myerson Hall B4

Yuasa Noriaki, dir. Gamera the Invincible

 




Japanese Popular Culture Film Screening, Paprika

- | Cohen Hall 402

Kon Satoshi, dir. Paprika

 

Paprika (Japanese: パプリカ) is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's…




Yinan He, "China's national identity discourse and foreign policy"

- | ANNS 111, Annenberg School for Communication

CSCC Speaker Series

Yinan He is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Lehigh University.




Giant Monsters of Japan Film Series, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

- | Myerson Hall B4

Honda Ishirō, dir. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster




Jeff Wasserstrom, " The Presence of the Past in a Fast-Changing China"

- | CSCC Conference Room (Fisher-Bennett 345)

This talk will draw on material from the author's new edited volume, The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern…