Among different cultural elements which formed and developed Koguryŏ tomb murals, the so called "sŏyŏk 西域"(the western region) culture has not been fully explored yet. As part of the process of expanding the…
With the impasse in the WTO's Doha Round, the rapid proliferation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the Asia-Pacific has had a profound influence on legal systems and geopolitics in the region. This talk…
The focus of the talk will be the 1950s/1980s PRC survey work that generated a figure of somewhere between 100,000-200,000 Chinese adherents to Tibetan Buddhism in the Qinghai-Gansu borderlands. While these…
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| Class of 1978 Pavilion, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, sixth floor 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Saturday, March 19, 10am - noon, Kislak Center, 6th floor, Van Pelt Library
Early Modern Print Culture through a Japanese Prism: A Celebration
Domestic consumption is vital to all market economies but became particularly important in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868), given the heavy constraints on foreign trade and real estate transactions an capital formation.…
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| International House of PhiladelphiaSouth America Room, 2nd Floor3701 Chestnut Street,Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
2016 is an important year for the future of agriculture and development. The new Sustainable Development Goals, or “SDGs”, will shape the next 15 years of policies, programs and funding. More than any other…
The arbitration tribunal in the Philippines vs. PRC dispute over the South China Sea is likely to issue its final award later this year. The issues before the tribunal include China's claim to historic rights, the 9-…
