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Fictitious Computing: Data Processing, Economic Modelling, and the Matrices of Cinema in 1950s-70s Taiwan

EALC Speakers' Colloquium
Shaoling Ma, Cornell University
- | Williams Hall 623 255 S. 36th Street

Prior to Taiwan’s electronics exportation boom and global domination in the semiconductor…



Niche Tanks and Coastal Sprawl: Species, Technology, and Economics of Shrimp Aquaculture in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Lijing Jiang, Johns Hopkins University
- | Williams Hall 623 255 S. 36th Street

In recent years, large coastal shrimp farms in Southeast Asia, once celebrated symbols for the…



Performing Democracy in the Graveyard: The Kwangju Uprising, the May Mothers, and Chesa Activism

Korean Studies Colloquium
Hayana Kim, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310

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The Center for East Asian Studies supports the study of East Asia at Penn and to the Philadelphia community.

FLAS Fellowships

FLAS fellowships are the centerpiece of CEAS’ promotion of East Asia Studies across campus and will total nearly $1 million over the current funding cycle (2022-26). This year (2024-25), CEAS is supporting four summer (3 Chinese, 1 Cantonese) and nine academic year FLAS awards (2 Chinese, 5 Japanese, 1 Korean, 1 Mongolian).