Cosponsored with East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Manduhai Buyandelger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| Williams 421| 255 S. 36th St.
In Mongolia, elections run the country instead of the country running its elections. Electoral campaigns are not just a prelude to governing: they are the de facto governing; they reshape Mongolian social…
Persian and Central Asian celebration of the Spring Equinox
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| Arch 208| 3601 Locust Walk
Nawruz (Nowruz) is often described 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,…
Knowledge by the Slice (Penn SAS/Perry World House)
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| Perry World House | World Forum and Zoom | 3803 Locust Walks Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Arts & Sciences' long-running Knowledge by the Slice lunchtime series offers educational talks led by our insightful faculty experts. Did we mention there’s pizza? So, come for the discussion and have a…
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…
Prior to Taiwan’s electronics exportation boom and global domination in the semiconductor industry, computers helped process data for the island-state's state and private entities, modeled the national economy…
