Past Events

Past Events




Japan Week: CEAS Open House

- | Ikebana International | 642 Williams Hall

Come viisit the Center for East Asia and learn about our events, opportunities, and more. There will be a special Ikebana demonstration by Ikebana International. 

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Japan Week: Ramen Workshop

- | Lindsay Steigerwald, Neighborhood Ramen | Quaker Kitchen

Join Lindsay Steigerwald from Neighborhood Ramen, a local ramen shop in Philadelphia, for some ramen! This event is goig to be held in conjunction with JAPN0500 and is pre-registration only.




Japan Global Issues: Empire: "Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors"

- | Fisher-Bennet Hall 401 | 3340 Walnut Street

Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (桃太郎 海の神兵) was released in 1945. In English, the film is sometimes referred to as Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors. It is the first Japanese feature-length animated film, directed by Mitsuyo…




CSCC Event: "Where is China's Economy Headed?"

Hanming Fang, Joseph M Cohen Term Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Korean Studies Colloquium: "K-Pop, Transpacific Music Historiography, and The Otherwise Modern"

Bo kyung Blenda Im, Yale University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




CSCC Event: "Rule by Campaign: Do Laws on the Books Matter in China?"

John Wagner Givens, Associate Professor of International Studies, Spelman College
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Penn Wharton China Center: "Machine Learning: How to Do It Well?"

Konrad Kording, Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- | Online event




Distinguished Global Lecture: "The Taiwan Straits Crisis and its Influence on Japanese National Security"

Tomohisa Takei, Admiral (retired) and the 32nd Chief of Staff Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Special advisor to the CEO of SAMPA KOGYO K.K.
- | 419 Fischer-Bennet Hall | 3340 Walnut Street

Ever since Chiang Kai-shek led Kuomintang forces across the Taiwan Strait in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has aimed for Taiwan's unification with the Chinese mainland. By contrast, Japan has never articulated a…




Japanese Language Program: Pikachu Bon-Dance

- | College Green




Korean Studies Colloquium: "Korean Ginseng and Ecological Linkages in Early Modern East Asian Trade"

Wenjiao Cai, University of Pennsylvania
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310