Past Events

Past Events




ICEA Colloquium: Prasenjit Duara - "Spiritual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcendence in Contemporary Asia"

- | CSCC Conference Room, Perelman 418, 133 S. 36th St.

The crisis of global modernity has been produced by human overreach that was founded upon a paradigm of national modernization. Today, three global changes: the rise of non-western powers, the crisis of environmental…




Japanese Monster Movies Series: The Great Yokai War

- | Williams Hall Room 220

Film screening of Miike Takeshi's 2005 film --Ancient monsters respond to a resurrected overlord...




Penn Wharton China Center Student Engagement Conference

- | Huntsman Hall G06

In response to interest and requests from various student groups, we will be holding the first-ever PWCC Student Engagement Conference on campus in Philadelphia for Chinese students, as well as U.S. and international…




CSCC Speaker Series: Ling Chen, “Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China”

- | Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics, Rm 100, 133 S. 36th St.

Although China is a global manufacturing titan, the "made in China" model has begun to wane. Starting in the 2000s, China shifted from attracting foreign investment to promoting domestic firms. This shift led city…




Japanese Monster Movies Series: Gamera, Guardian of the Universe

- | Williams Hall Room 220

Film screening of Kaneko Shusuke's 1995 film -- a giant turtle saves the world from huge flesh-eating bats




(CANCELLED) CSCC Speaker Series: Yao Lu, “Migration, Social Institutions, and Popular Resistance in Rural China”

- | CSCC Conference Room (Perelman 418 - 133 S. 36th St)

How does migration shape collective resistance in migrant-sending communities (rural China)? This study integrates perspectives from social movements and migration to develop a framework in which migration…




Japanese Monster Movies Series: Nausica of the Valley of the Winds

- | Williams Hall 220

Film screening of Hayao Miyazaki's 1985 animated film depicting giant insects and poisonous mold that threatens a village




Japanese Monster Movies Series: Return of Godzilla

- | Williams Hall 220

Film screening of Hashimoto Koji's 1984 film with Godzilla attaching a power plant, submarines, and Tokyo.




2018 China Town Hall: "US-China Relations: Can We Avoid Calamity?"

- | Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics, 133 36th St

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State and Former National Security Advisor; Douglas Spelman, Senior Advisor, Kissinger Institute on China and the United…




Japanese Monster Movies Series: Godzilla vs the Smog Monster

- | Williams Hall 220

Film screening of Banno Yoshimitsu's 1971 film with Godzilla coming to the rescue as pollution coalesces and attacks Tokyo