Past Events

Past Events




CSCC Speaker Series "Disenfranchised: The Rise and Fall of Industrial Citizenship in China"

- | Joel Andreas, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Room 200, Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 S. 36th St

In this book talk, Professor Andreas recounts the tumultuous events that have shaped and reshaped authority relations in Chinese factories over the past seven decades. He introduces a general…




Distinguished East Asia Lecture "Gendering AI and Robots: Robo-Sexism vs. 'Womenomics' in Japan

- | Jennifer Robertson, Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 Huntsman Hall, G60

In humans and humanoid robots alike, gender—femininity, masculinity—constitutes an array of learned behaviors that are cosmetically enabled and enhanced. In humans, these behaviors are both socially and historically…




Daedalus Quartet: Migration through Music

- | The Arts Cafe, Kelly Writer's House (3805 Locust Walk)

The Daedalus Quartet, Penn’s quartet-in-residence, explores migration through music, illustrating how centuries of cultural cross-pollination has enriched our artistic and spiritual life. Music truly has no borders,…




Korean Studies Colloquium "Gangnam, the Dreamland of South Korea's Global/polarization in Literary and Audiovisual Narratives"

- | Pil Ho Kim, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Williams Hall 623

Please check Korean Studies' website for more details. 




Penn Global China Policy Dialogue with John Pomfret (time change)

- | John Pomfret, Journalist, author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present

"US-China Tensions in Historical Perspective"

Note that this event has changed time from 4:30pm to 9:30am. A light breakfast will be served.




Technology Issues in US-China Relations

- | Hanhua Zhou, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences;
Samm Sacks, Council on Foreign Relations; Mark Cohen, UC Berkeley School of Law
Room 200, Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 S. 36th St.

Please see CSCC website for more details




A Conversation with Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan

- | Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York
Huntsman Hall, Room G60

 Based on his long experience on the front lines of US-Japan relations, the ambassador will speak about the past, present, and future of bilateral ties




CEAS ICEA Series "Families Together and Apart: Divorce, Child Custody, and Contested Disconnection in Contemporary Japan"

- | Allison Alexy, Assistant professor, University of Michigan
Stiteler Hall, Room B26

In contemporary Japan, police and law enforcement are often reluctant to assist in family conflicts. Law enforcement representatives instead push family members to settle problems on their own. Given such a…




Religious Studies Lecture "Toward a “Pacific Era”: Peace and Empire in the Pan-Pacific Young Buddhists’ Associations Conferences of the 1930s"

- | Justin B. Stein, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bukkyo University (Kyoto)Cohen 204

In recent years, research into the links between Japanese Buddhism and Japanese colonialism has become a distinct subfield. At the same time, Japanese American studies has begun to look at Japanese migration to…




CSCC Speaker Series "Avoiding A Thucydides Trap in Sino-American Relations (…and Eight Reasons Why That Might Be Difficult)"

- | Gregory Moore, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

In 2015 Harvard’s Graham Allison wrote an evocative article discussing the “Thucydides Trap” in relations…