Past Events

Past Events




The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class: The Global Limits of Capitalism

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Teemu Ruskola, University of Pennsylvania
- | Annenberg 111 | 3620 Walnut Street

This talk draws on a book project by the same title. It seeks to offer a structural…




The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418,




The Vietnamese Revolution in Perspective: 50 Years Since the End of War in Vietnam

Vietnam Roundtable
Peter Zinoman, UC Berkeley, Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania
- | Stiteler Hall 261 | 208 S. 37th St. Rm. 261

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, two scholars of Vietnamese studies will reflect on the history and politics of the conflict. 




Governing by Elections? Self-Polishing, Gender Regimes, and Campaigning in Mongolia

Cosponsored with East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Manduhai Buyandelger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- | Williams 421 | 255 S. 36th St.

In Mongolia, elections run the country instead of the country running its elections. Electoral campaigns are not just a prelude to governing: they are the de facto governing; they reshape Mongolian social…




Rethinking Authenticity in Korean Language Education

2nd Pedagogy Workshop for Korean Language Teachers in Philadelphia
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

Guest Speaker: Sun-Hee Lee, Wellesley College

Case Presentations: Sunmi Jung Oh, Drexel University; Susie Kim, Princeton University

Organized by: Korean…




Nawruz (Nowruz) Celebration

Persian and Central Asian celebration of the Spring Equinox
- | Arch 208 | 3601 Locust Walk

Nawruz (Nowruz) is often described simply as "Persian" or "Iranian" New Year, but it is celebrated from the Uyghur regions of Western China all across Central Asia through to Iran and beyond,…




Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418




Rethinking “Women”: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans in 1970s–1980s Japan

Humanities Colloquium
James Welker, Kanagawa University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

In the early 1970s, Japan saw the emergence of three dynamic and overlapping…




Whitther South Korean Democracy?: Democratic Backsliding, Executive Power, and Constitutional Governing

Knowledge by the Slice (Penn SAS/Perry World House)
- | Perry World House | World Forum and Zoom
| 3803 Locust Walks Philadelphia, PA 19104

Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running Knowledge by the Slice lunchtime series offers educational talks led by our insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there’s pizza? So, come for the discussion and have a…




TBA

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Miao Li, Professor of Sociology, Shandong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute
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