Past Events

Past Events




Distinguished Global Lecture: “Japan and Expansion of the Liberal International Order to the Global South”

- | Nobukatsu Kanehara, Former Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
McNeil 286-7 (3718 Locust Walk)
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The liberal international order emerged on a global scale at the end of the last century. The principles appeared with American independence and the French revolution in the latter 18th century. But humanity had to…




CSCC Event: "The End of Zero Covid - Personal Notes on life on the ground during the tumultuous last phase of Zero Covid and its aftermath"

- | Deborah Seligsohn, Villanova Univeresity 
CSCC Conference Room (133 S. 36th St., Room 418)
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CSCC Event: “Xi Jinping’s Power Concentration and Implications for Chinese Foreign Policy”

- | Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver
CSCC Conference Room, 133 S. 36th Street, Room 418
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Issues in Contemporary East Asia: “ "Higher Education and Social Stratification in Contemporary China: Family Origins and Changing Returns to College Education”

- | Xiaogang Wu, NYU Shanghai 
Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 (3340 Walnut Street)
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The expansion of higher education and its impact on social stratification has increasingly received attention among stratification scholars. A classic question is “whether a college degree is still the great…




Japan Global Issues: “Voters, Candidates, and Gender Representation in Japan”

- | Daniel M. Smith, Columbia University 
Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 (3340 Walnut Street)
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Why is women’s political representation in Japan so low, and what can be done to increase it? In this talk, Daniel M. Smith will provide an overview of the state of women’s representation in Japan, and present new…




CSCC Event: "China's Shifting Nuclear Policy and Its Implications for International Security"

- | Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CSCC Conference Room, 133 S. 36th St, Room 418
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Korean Studies Colloquium: “Among Women across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War”

- | Suzy Kim, Rutgers University 
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Korean Studies Colloquium: “The Mobilization Clinic: The Governmentality of the Korean Developmental State in the KoreaAID Project in Ethiopia”

- | Young Su Park, Haverford College
623 Williams Hall
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Mongolian Studies Colloquium: "Two Khans, a Tibetan Mahasiddha, and the Origins of the Reincarnate Lamas Traditions of Inner Asia"

- | Charles Manson, Oxford University
William Hall Room 623 (Wolf Humanities conference room)
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The life and writings of a Tibetan meditation master who became the Buddhist priest to two Mongol emperors and is recognized as one of the earliest reincarnated lamas in Tibet. Karma Pakshi is considered influential…




CSCC Event: “Superpower Rivalry and the Compliance Dilemma”

- | Ji Li, UC-Irvine Law School 
CSCC Conference Room, 133 S. 36th Street, Room 418
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