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Hiromi Kinoshita, Associate Curator of Chinese Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art - "Rethinking the PMA’s Chinese Collection"

- | Stiteler Hall B21

Largely formed through gifts and purchases starting from the World’s Fair held in Philadelphia in 1876, the PMA’s Chinese collection reflects the vision and taste of the directors, curators and donors at the time it…




Hopkins-Nanjing Center Information Session (led by Sallie You, Hopkins-Nanjing Admissions Coordinator)

- | Williams Hall Room 202

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is the only graduate program of its kind –
a collaborative effort jointly administered by The Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University. Students take international relations,…




Frank Dikotter, Chair Professor of Humanities, University of Hong Kong - "The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957"

- | Meyerson Conference Room, Van Pelt Library 2nd Floor

In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing’s Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every…




Rights Litigation, Law and Political Reform in China Conference

- | Penn Law School, Fitts Auditorium (Golkin 100)

Registration: https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/events/46833-rights-litigation-law-and-po...

China's "rights…




Jong Chol An, Research Fellow at the East Rock Institute - "Contested Memory of Imperial Korea: The Post-1945 Controversy over Royal Properties in South Korea"

- | Stiteler Hall B21

* James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies, Korea Current Affairs Forum

Michelle Breslauer, Institute for Economics and Peace - "Measuring Social & Economic Factors that Develop a More Peaceful Society"

- | McNeil Building Room 286-7, 3718 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania

Michelle Breslauer of the Institute for Economics and Peace will return to Philly to share the Global Peace Index and other tools used to measure peace. Learn about relationship between peace, business and prosperity…




"Educational Issues for Minority Populations In Western China," Delegation visit, Dean Sude and Professor Teng Xing, Minzu University

- | CSCC Conference Room, Fisher-Bennett 345

12:00-1:00pm: "Research on Educational Policies for Ethnic Minorities with Cultural Sensitivity----Cases from Ethnic Minority Areas in Western China."

Speaker: Professor Sude, Professor and Dean of the School…




CSCC Annual Conference - “China’s Challenges: The Road Ahead”

- | Penn Law School, Silverman 245, Levy Conference Room

Penn Law School, Silverman 245, Levy Conference Room

 Twelve experts on political, social, economic, and legal developments in contemporary China and its role in the world present papers examining key…




Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, "Saving Face" Film Screening, followed by Q&A and Panel

- | Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Reception to follow, Cafe 58, Irvine Auditorium)

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker. Her recent films include SAVING FACE, TRANSGENDERS: PAKISTAN’S OPEN SECRET AND PAKISTAN’S TALIBAN GENERATION,…




Aihe Wang, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Associate Professor in the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong - "Other Modernism, Other Communities: Underground Art During Mao’s Cultural Revolution"

- | Williams Hall 844

This talk examines underground art and art communities during China’s Cultural Revolution. Centered on the Wuming (No Name) painting group active in the 1970s, it examines the interconnections between such…