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Bonnie B. C. Oh, Distinguished Professor of Korean Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

- | B21 Stiteler Hall, University of Pennsylvania

"The term 'comfort women' is a euphemism for enforced sex slaves for the Japanese military during their 15-year war in 1931-1945, which overlapped with WWII in Asia. Eighty percent of the 200,000 enslaved women were…




CSCC Policy Roundtable: "Is Xi Jinping Changing China's Course? Reforms Under the New Leadership in Beijing"

- | Irvine Auditorium, Amado Recital Hall

In November 2013 China's ruling Communist Party, headed by Xi Jinping, held a widely anticipated meeting of its central committee. This plenary session approved a sixty point decision outlining a new wave of reforms…




CSCC Friday Forum: "The Political Process of Chinese Land: Partial Reform, Vested Interests and Small Properties"

- | CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

Shitong Qiao, J.S.D. Candidate, Yale Law School; Research Scholar, U.S.-Asia Law Institute of New York University School of Law.

Becoming An Adult In East Asia: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approaches Conference

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This conference is supported by the Population Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies at Penn, and The Academy of Korean Studies.

For Conference program and registration information, visit conference…




February 27, 2014: Giant Robots Japanese Film Series - Denjin Zabōgā

- | Annenberg Hall, Room 111

Directed by Izuki Noboru, 2011. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

A young man with a motorcycle that has the ability to transform into a karate-fighting robot hunts down a gang of evil cyborgs to…




Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization - "Customs' Evolving Role in Ensuring Connectivity at Borders"

- | 270 Jon M. Huntsman Hall

Starting with a revenue collection funtion, Customs has evolved its mission to include a contribution to economic competitiveness by improving transparency and efficiency of supply chain while protecting health,…




Dr. David M. Robinson, Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies, Professor of History, Colgate University - "Empire's Shadow: The Ming Court in Eurasia

- | Stiteler Hall, Room B21

Talk abstract: The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) was one of a constellation of successor states to emerge out the collapse of the Mongol empire in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Polities and peoples in much of…




Giant Robots Japanese Film Series - Godzilla X Mechagodzilla

- | Annenberg Hall, Room 111

Directed by Tezuka Masaaki, 2002. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

To protect Japan from yet another monster attack, this time from a new and malevolent member of the Godzilla (Gojira) species,…




Zhongdang Pan Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison - "Projecting the Family-Nation Globally: A (Re)analysis of CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala"

- | Annenberg School for Communication, Room 500, 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

For more than 30 years, the annual variety show on Chinese Central Television (CCTV) called Spring Festival Gala (Chunwan) has been a state-sponsored enactment of the Chinese nation. For its 2014 installment, some…




Giant Robots Japanese Film Series - Uchū bōeigun (The Mysterians)

- | Annenberg Hall, Room 111

Directed by Honda Ishirō, 1957. Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to…