Thomas Kellogg is director of the East Asia Program at the Open Society Foundations. He is also a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School. At the Open Society Foundations, Kellogg focuses most closely on civil society…
Federico Marcon studies early modern Japan and is interested in the interaction of social, economic, and intellectual dynamics in the creation of scientific knowledge in the early modern world. Professor Marcon was…
This paper discusses the establishment and function of a unique institution in the history of Chinese medicine – the Imperial Pharmacy (惠民藥局) and how it impacted medical practice. Established in 1076 during the great…
Taiwan’s system of community-level governance has origins in institutions of local control employed by both the Nationalist Party (KMT), in its period of authoritarian rule, and before that the Japanese colonizers.…
Joshua Rosenzweig’s scholarship focuses on issues of human rights in contemporary China, including criminal justice and reaction to political dissent. He has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and served…
Greg Scarlatoiu will address the history, current state, and future prospects of the North Korean human rights situation as well as the oppressive apparatus employed to maintain the status quo in North Korea. The…
This year's Modern Japan History Workshop is co-sponsored by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies and will be held at the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 18, 10 am to 5:45 pm…
Are you interested in an internship and/or a job in Japan? Join us at the Panel where we learn from our fellow students who had these experiences. The talk will include the topics such as job hunting, work, use of…
