Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events




Niche Tanks and Coastal Sprawl: Species, Technology, and Economics of Shrimp Aquaculture in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Lijing Jiang, Johns Hopkins University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

In recent years, large coastal shrimp farms in Southeast Asia, once celebrated symbols for the Blue Revolution, have become a stand-in culprit for massive mangrove destruction and coastal pollution. Media reports…




Performing Democracy in the Graveyard: The Kwangju Uprising, the May Mothers, and Chesa Activism

Korean Studies Colloquium
Hayana Kim, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




Rethinking “Women”: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans in 1970s–1980s Japan

Humanities Colloquium
James Welker, Kanagawa University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

In the early 1970s, Japan saw the emergence of three dynamic and overlapping…




Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418




The Vietnamese Revolution in Perspective: 50 Years Since the End of War in Vietnam

Vietnam Roundtable
Peter Zinoman, UC Berkeley, Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania
- | Location TBD




The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418,




The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class: The Global Limits of Capitalism

Issues in Contemporary East Asia
Teemu Ruskola, University of Pennsylvania
- | Location TBD




Japan Reborn: Race, Sex, and Eugenics from Empire to Cold War

Japan Global Issues
Kristin Anne Roebuck, Cornell University
- | Location TBD




China and Climate Change: Transnational Science, Politics, and Policy in Historical Perspectives

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Zuoyue Wang, Professor of History, California State Polytechnic University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418




Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Ji Li, John S. & Marilyn Long Chair of US-China Business and Law, UC Irvine
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418