Past Events
Through the Looking-Glass
A Glimpse into the Linguistic Ecology of Hainan Island
Dr. Zeng Xiuwei May 曾綉薇
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…
The Outbreak of the Jōkyū War (1221)
Triangulating Myth and History in Medieval Japan
Michael McCarty
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…
Korea Day @ Penn
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 Trial as Theater in Medieval Japan
Vyjayanthi Selinger
This EALC Speakers' Colloquium lecture is co-sponsored with Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Not-so-Famous Plants
Garden Culture, Botanical Knowledge and Regional Painting Traditions in Ming China
Katie Ryor
Scholarship on the bird-and-flower genre of Chinese painting has almost exclusively focused on their function as visual rebuses that convey auspicious messages or has explored the ways that the scholar-elite used…
Dialogues of Conflict in Mengzi and Vimalakirti
Kenneth Holloway
Please join us for the first lecture in the 2024-2025 EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
The Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context Conference
The “Transnational Korea in Eurasian Context” conference serves as a unique platform for sharing cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration, and engaging in thought-provoking discussions within the realm of…
6th Annual EALC Graduate Student Research Colloquium
Please join the EALC department for the 6th Graduate Student Research Colloquium Conference, featuring a keynote speech by Dr. Seiji Shirane!
Hear about the research graduate students at Penn…
The Enemy’s Property
Theodore Hughes
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Popular Literature and Manuscript Culture in Rural North China, 17th-19th Centuries
The Liaozhai Collection at Keio University
Zhenzhen Lu
Zhenzhen Lu will be presenting as part of the Spring 2024 Workshop in the History of Material Texts on April 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM. Zhenzhen received her PhD…
Innovative Approaches to Korean Language Education
Empowering Students with Generative AI and Immersive VR
The Korean Language Program is pleased to announce the first Pedagogy Workshop for Korean Teachers in Philadelphia with support from EALC and CEAS. The theme of this year’s workshop is “Innovative Approaches to…
A Sage Embellished with Elements of “Chinoiserie”
The Making of Jesus in the Jesuit Figurists Translations of Chinese Classics
Sophie Ling-chia Wei
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Should I Be Worried?
Anxiety in Dunhuang Divination
Zhao Lu
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Ink in One's Veins:
Mapping the World of Texts in Early and Medieval China
Maddalena Poli, Zhengjie Wang, Peter Tsung Kei Wong, Sarah Brooker, Oscar Qiu Jun Zheng, Xiaoyang Ma, Adam Smith
The Uses of the Blues: A Conversation with Alum
10th Matthew Y Wang Mental Health Wellness Event
Nuri Yi, Michelle Lyu
For information about this event, please visit here.
From Zhuangzi’s Gourd to Cinderella’s Pumpkin
Gua 瓜 as a Vehicle for the Imagination
Christopher Rea
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.
Vietnamese Language Program Movie Screening and Discussion
As part of the Guest Lecture Series for 2024, the Vietnamese Language Program is hosting a movie screening of Three Seasons and a discussion with the director, Tony Bui. See below for details.
Aspiration, Ambition, and Confucian Debates on Human Nature
Hannah Kim
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy.
The Use of Useless Books
Collecting, Archiving, and Bibliophilic Knowledge in Prewar Japan
Nathan Shockey
Please join us for the next lecture in the EALC Speakers' Colloquium.