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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




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…




Fictitious Computing: Data Processing, Economic Modelling, and the Matrices of Cinema in 1950s-70s Taiwan

EALC Speakers' Colloquium
Shaoling Ma, Cornell University
- | Williams Hall 623 | 255 S. 36th Street

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…




Tsagaan Sar Mongolian Lunar New Year Celebration

Co-sponsored by EALC
- | Rodin College House Rooftop Lounge | 3901 Locust Walk

Join us to celebrate Tsagaan Sar, the "white month," the Mongolian Lunar New Year. Enjoy Mongolian-style milk tea, dumplings, and other snacks! There will be presentations about Tsagaan Sar cultural practices. The…




Buddhism and Violence: The Korean Buddhist Military Chaplaincy

Korean Studies Colloquium
Jonathan C. Feuer, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
- | 3600 Market Street, Suite 310




The Judicial System of China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Xin He, Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong
- | PCPSE Room 418 | 133 S. 36th St

From the Invisible to the Visible: Food and Life Politics in Global Korea

Distinguished East Asia Lecture
Hyaeweol Choi, University of Iowa
- | Annenberg 110 | 3620 Walnut Street

Food serves as a junction for a vast array of entities, structures and practices,…




Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan

Documentary screening and conversation with filmmaker
Naomi Mizoguchi
- | Rainey Auditorium (Penn Museum) | 3260 South St

Discover the lives of the Ainu people in their town of Biratori in Hokkaido and their efforts to keep their culture alive. 

After the screening, join us for a Q&A with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker…




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 | 133 S. 36th St

From Empire to Nation-State: War, Emulation, and National Identity in China

Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Peng Peng, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Global Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
- | CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418