Past Events

Past Events




From Manuscript to Manga: Ainu Representation in Media

Opening Reception
- | Research Data & Digital Scholarship Exchange, first floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

The Ainu are the Indigenous peoples traditionally connected to the northern islands of Japan and parts of Russia. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, American, European, and Japanese scholars collected objects,…




Lunar New Year Open House

A focus on Vietnamese traditions during the Lunar New Year
- | 642 Williams Hall (CEAS office) | 255 S. 36th Street

Hosted by CEAS and Penn Vietnamese classes, with crafts, games, and activities and some Vietnamese refreshments. Come by and help us celebrate the year of the Golden Snake!




Backlash Against Gender Quotas to Enhance Women's Political Representation in South Korea

Korean Studies Colloquium
Ki-young Shin, Professor, Ochanomizu University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




CultureFest! Lunar New Year

- | Penn Museum | 3260 South St

Ring in the Year of the Snake at our 44th annual Lunar New Year celebration. Bring the whole family to experience vibrant Asian traditions during a full day of festivities, including storytelling, art-making, live…




"How to write a comprehensive history of Medieval Central Asia?"

EALC Colloquium
Étienne de la Vaissière, École des Hautes Étude en Science Sociales (Paris)
- | 543 Williams Hall (Cherpack Lounge) | 255 S. 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

The publication last year of Asie centrale 300-850 is an attempt to provide a total but detailed history of Early Medieval Central Asia, i.e. to deal in a few hundred pages with…




Gender Matters in the Judiciary: Adjudicating Sexual Assault in Korea

Korean Studies Colloquium
Holly Jo, Assistant Professor, Moravian University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




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Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Valeria Karplus, Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th Street




Freedom Crossing Film Festival

Crossing Temples and Prisons
- | Online

This year CEAS and Penn Museum are co-sponsoring the Freedom Crossing Institute Film Festival, which will have an in-person component on Saturday, November…




"Nikah" Film Screening

2024, 56 mins, Uyghur with English Subtitles
Mukaddas Mijit, Director, David Dettmann, CEAS
- | Penn Museum Widener Lecture Hall | 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

It is 2017 in the Uyghur Region. Dilber, a 27 year-old single woman, watches her younger sister Rena marry, while facing pressure to get married as well. Dilber’s mother resolves to find a husband quickly, and…




Freedom Crossing Film Festival Live at Penn Museum

Live at Penn Museum
(All Day) | 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104

This year CEAS and Penn Museum are co-sponsoring the Freedom Crossing Institute Film Festival, which will have an in-…