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Korea Day @ Penn

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The Penn Korean Language Program and the James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies are excited to announce Korea Day at Penn – a special event for Democracy Prep Bronx High School students on November 8th 2024. The…



The Outbreak of the Jōkyū War (1221)

Triangulating Myth and History in Medieval Japan
Michael McCarty
- | Williams Hall 623
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

In the Jōkyū War of 1221, retired emperor Go-Toba declared war on the Hōjō warrior family in attempt to destroy Japan’s first warrior government, the Kamakura bakufu, which had shared power with the imperial…



Through the Looking-Glass

A Glimpse into the Linguistic Ecology of Hainan Island
Dr. Zeng Xiuwei May 曾綉薇
- | Cohen Hall 402
249 S 36th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Textual records about Hainan Island are scarce due to its remoteness and inhabitation predominantly by non-Han peoples until the 10th century CE. That the island has been settled by people of different ethnic groups…