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| Van Pelt Library, Room 241 (Class of 1955 Multimedia Conference Room)
The disaster in northeastern Japan has exposed the reality of liberal democratic secularism. Liberal democratic society is dependent on exclusion to maintain harmonious order within its borders. Through post-secular…
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| Penn Museum Rainey Auditorium, 3620 South Street, Philadelphia
After the recent grand economic bust in Japan, the homeless population has grown. This short film introduces you to the lives of men who live on the outskirts of the city, and of Japanese society, while…
China’s contemporary rural migration has brought to Chinese cities over 200 million adults and more than fifty percent of these adults’ children by 2011. What are the educational opportunities for children of rural…
This talk analyzes the role of Buddhist maps in the construction and contestation of worldviews in medieval and early modern Japan. By attending to the ideological implications of objects of visual and material…
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| Stiteler Hall, B21, University of Pennsylvania
*CANCELLED* Starting at 7:00pm, Dr. Douglas Spelman of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States will speak on "US-China Relations: Challenges Ahead." Both the US and China will soon experience…
