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Asian Studies

Who, What, Why: Jo Tiongson-Perez
Jo Perez smiles and poses in Asia Gallery in museum.

Jo Tiongson-Perez inside the Asia section of the Penn Museum. 

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Who, What, Why: Jo Tiongson-Perez

Through a Sachs Arts grant, Jo Tiongson-Perez of the Penn Museum co-authored a compilation of mostly Indigenous folktales from the Philippines. 
India, culture, and society
Three students gaze at the front of the class, laptops open

In India, Culture, and Society, students looked at a range of materials and practices to consider how national and cultural identities coalesce.

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India, culture, and society

In a class taught by doctoral candidate Akhil P. Veetil, students explore the culture that defines a nation.

Kristina García

Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey
Rachel Hulvey stands on the Great Wall of China, with a hazy mountain in the background.

Ph.D. student Rachel Ann Hulvey, at the Great Wall of China in 2018, researches Chinese foreign policy, power, and international order.

(Image: Courtesy of Rachel Ann Hulvey)

Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey

Political science Ph.D. candidate Rachel Ann Hulvey’s research looks at Chinese foreign policy, soft power, and international order through the lens of internet governance.

Kristen de Groot

Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again
Hands holding calligraphy brush as they paint.

The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club features drop-in sessions from 6-7 p.m. on Fridays at the ARCH Fireside Lounge.

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Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again

The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club, formed during the pandemic, endures as a meeting ground for amateur calligraphers who value the practice as meditation and art.
Filipino language and culture
A group of students stand with their professor and teaching assistance. A word on the screen behind them reads, "Mabuhay!" meaning long life.

Many of the students enrolled in Beginning Filipino to connect with their heritage and communicate with their families, says Aquino (far right).

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Filipino language and culture

Started in 1996, Penn’s Filipino language program is populated with students looking to connect with their culture and converse with their families.

Kristina García

The Asian American studies program doubles in size
Andrea Cherng speaks to a roomful of students in the McNeil Atrium

Andrea Cherng addresses students at the ASAM welcome lunch in September, joined by David Eng (left) and Fariha Khan (right). 

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The Asian American studies program doubles in size

Three core and two affiliated faculty members with expertise in English, sociology, history, anthropology, and education join the Asian American studies program.

Kristina García

Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling
A group of people cluster around Mira Nair at the Penn Museum with the Sphinx in the background.

Mira Nair speaks with students and lecture attendees after the event.

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Filmmaker Mira Nair’s approach to storytelling

As a Saluja Global Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, filmmaker Mira Nair gave a lecture at the Penn Museum on art, storytelling, and filmmaking.

Kristina García

Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection
Penn undergrad Claire Jun gestures to the sign on the front of the building in Seoul, South Korea where she interned this summer.

Claire Jun poses in front of the building where she did a health policy internship in Seoul, South Korea, at the Research Institute at the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

(Image: Courtesy of Claire Jun)

Fellowship in South Korea offers language benefits, cultural reconnection

Third-year student Claire Jun used her FLAS fellowship this summer to participate in the study abroad program at Yonsei University and a health-policy internship at the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

Kristen de Groot

China enforces ban on Mongolian language in schools, books
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China enforces ban on Mongolian language in schools, books

Christopher Atwood of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Chinese authorities have yet to disclose why a collection of Mongolian history books was banned, even after such a long time in circulation.