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Tsagaan Sar Mongolian Lunar New Year Celebration

- | ONLINE via Zoom:
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Enjoy a virtual celebration between our Mongolian Studies community at Penn, and including many friends in the broader Mongolian community! Enjoy Mongolian music and dance performances!

Korean Studies Colloquium: "Placing South Korea’s COVID Practice in Context: Korean Public Health Ambitions, (1959-present)"

- | John P. Dimoia, Associate Professor, Seoul National University

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World War II Film Series Watch Party: "In This Corner of This World" (2016)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HEREPlease NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided. Film is streaming now on Amazon Prime, Netflix, and other platforms.

"In This Corner of this World", 2016
この世界の片隅に (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni)
Directed by Katabuchi Sunao
February 24, 7:00 PM

A young woman in Hiroshima marries and struggles to maintain her will to live…




World War II Film Series Watch Party: "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HEREPlease NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided. Film is streaming now on Hulu or other platforms.

This animated masterpiece follows two children struggling to survive in the aftermath of World War II.

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CEAS Humanities Colloquium: Wayne Soon, “Global Medicine in the Republic of China, 1946-1970” (Joint with HSS Workshop series)

- | Wayne Soon, Assistant Professor of History, Vassar College
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CSCC Speaker Series: "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law"

- | Michael Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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CEAS ICEA Series: "Between Foreign and Family: Return Migration and Identity Construction among Korean Americans and Korean Chinese"

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Dr. Helene Lee, Associate Professor, Sociology at Dickinson College

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World War II Film Series Watch Party: "The Burmese Harp" (1956)

- | ONLINE via Zoom. REGISTER HERE
Please NOTE: Access to the film itself will not be provided. Film is streaming now on the Criterion Channel, and is also available for streaming at the Internet Archive

"The Burmese Harp", 1956  
ビルマの竪琴 (Biruma no…




East-Southeast Asia Colloquium: "BRI (Yi dai yi lu) as Method: Forging Theoretical Agendas and Implications for Area Studies"

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James D. Sidaway, Professor of Political Geography, National University of Singapore

Taking stock of earlier and current case studies this paper focuses on theoretical implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, as it edges closer to its second decade in 2023. Amongst the questions considered…




CEAS on RACE: Toward an Anti-Racist Examination of East Asia, Part II

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Toward an Anti-Racist Examination of East Asia, Part 2: Lessons from the Language Classroom

Center for East Asian Studies Dialogue