Exploring the History of Chinese-American Women Nightclub Performers
Luka Yuanyuan Yang, Director, Lynette Shen, film scholar
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| Public Trust| 4017 Walnut St
Join us at the Public Trust for Chinatown Cha-Cha, a film screening exploring the history of Chinese-American women nightclub performers and their lasting cultural legacy, on Tuesday…
Peter Zinoman, UC Berkeley, Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania
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| Stiteler Hall 261| 208 S. 37th St. Rm. 261
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, two scholars of Vietnamese studies will reflect on the history and politics of the conflict.
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,…
