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Department News
A tour of the ancient world—in Mandarin
The Penn Museum offers tours of its exhibits in Mandarin, increasing cross-cultural access to its invaluable assemblage of objects on display, the only known museum in Philadelphia with regularly scheduled tours in the langua
Nancy Steinhardt Wins College Art Association Award
Professor Steinhardt has been named the 2019 recipient of the 2019 College Art Association Award for Distinguished Teaching of Art History. The award was present on February 13 in New York during the CAA's annual conference. Awardees wer
The Japanese Language Program's Tadoku Project
The JLP's Tadoku project helps our students try to read more challenging texts and enjoy reading in Japanese. See the full article in the Penn Library Newsletter.
Two Students Make It to Final Round of J.LIVE Talk
Barbara Chen (Undergraduate, Arts & Sciences) and Zizhou Wang (MA Student, EALC) proceeded to the final round in the speech competition called J.LIVE Talk, organized by George Washington University.
Mongolian Language Taught at Penn
The Daily Pennsylvanian published an article about the Mongolian course being offered through EALC. This is the first time Mongolian has been offered at Penn.
Chinese Placement Test Results
Test Date: August 24, 2018
Fall 2018 Placement Exam Information
Chinese: There will be a second test for those students who could not make the first test on Friday, August 31, 2018 at 10:00AM in Fagin Hall, Room 103
Japanese: Monday, August 27, 8:00AM to 10:00AM in Williams 315
Dr. Paul Goldin Consulted on Ivanka Trump Tweet
POLITIFACT, a Pulitzer prize-winning fact-checking organization, consulted Dr. Paul Goldin on the origin of a recent Ivanka Trump tweet. "Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it." Ms.
Eugene Park interview on anticipated summit between President Trump and North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un
One day in May or early June, President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un at an unprecedented summit to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program.
Mark Bookman turns his attention to mapping barriers across campus
PhD candidate, Mark Bookman, has turned his research focus into a vital and badly needed program here at Penn - that is, access for everyone.
Events
More than "A Feeling of Beauty": Aesthetics in Natsume Sōseki’s Early Literary Thought
Professor Anri Yasuda, The George Washington University
Natsume Sōseki, perhaps the most renowned writer of early-twentieth century Japan, stated that his aim in writing the novel Kusamakura (1906) had been purely aesthetic: “I would be satisfied if a kind of…
Commodore Perry’s Expedition as a Shopping Trip: The First Japanese Books in America
Professor Emeritus Peter Kornicki, University of Cambridge
What was Perry’s crew doing while he was negotiating, and what was everybody, including Commodore Perry himself, doing when the ships visited Shimoda and Hakodate? They were shopping! They…
Ingrained Habits: The (Bio) politics of American Wheat Promotion and the Transformation of Japan Diet and Identity, 1956-1960
Professor Nathan Hopson, Nagoya University
This presentation explores the history and politics of US-funded food demonstration buses (“kitchen cars”) in postwar Japan, 1954-1960. The kitchen cars’ express mission was to transform the Japanese national diet by…
