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| Wolf Humanities Conference Room (Williams Hall 623)| 255 S. 36th St
Nawruz (Nowruz) is often translated 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, including parts of…
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| Annenberg School for Communication 111 | 3620 Walnut Street
In this talk, I propose a theory of Buddhist “para-charisma” by analyzing the case of an iconoclastic monk in Vietnam. My argument draws from twenty months of ethnographic research conducted in Ho Chi Minh City…
Do you wonder how studying Chinese can benefit your career prospects and how learning about China can translate into professional expertise? What is it like to work at the intersection of government, trade, and…
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| Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 200| 133 S. 36th Street
After fiercely protecting farmers for decades, the Japanese government began pursuing agricultural liberalization after the Great Recession (2007-2009). Why? I argue that hard times make invisible costs of…
