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Putin, personalism, and the war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen at the end of a long table

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via teleconference in Moscow, March 10, 2022. (Image: Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, personalism, and the war in Ukraine

Christopher Carothers of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China discusses how Putin managed to personalize power for himself and what that means for Russia’s neighbors and the world.

Kristen de Groot

May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar
Ethan Kallett standing outside on a sidewalk

Ethan Kallett, a May graduate of Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies with a concentration in economics and management at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

May graduate Ethan Kallett named a 2022 Yenching Scholar

Ethan Kallett has been awarded full funding to pursue an interdisciplinary master’s degree in China studies, with a concentration in economics and management, at the Yenching Academy of Peking University in Beijing.

Louisa Shepard

From Buddhist temples to Penn Libraries
Rebecca Mendelson poses outside the library in front of green bushes

Rebecca Mendelson is the new Japanese and Korean Studies Librarian. (Image: Courtesy of Brian Hogan)

From Buddhist temples to Penn Libraries

Rebecca Mendelson is wrapping up her first academic year in person in her new role managing the Libraries’ Japanese and Korean Collections.

Kristen de Groot

Talking about Chinese diasporas
Penn history P.hD. candidate Sarah Yu sits at a table with a blackboard behind her, a laptop on the table showing a video of students

History PhD. Sarah Yu (left) taught a class this spring that looked at Chinese migration while helping students hone public speaking skills.

Talking about Chinese diasporas

History Ph.D. candidate Sarah Yu’s class transformed students into tour guides and podcasters as they honed their public speaking skills while learning about Chinese migration.

Kristen de Groot

‘The Cold War’s Long Shadow’
Map of the Info-Pacific region, including India, China, and Japan in the north, down to Australia and New Zealand in the south

India is an important partner in creating a liberal order, Ganguly said. “It is the only country in the world whose human resources can match China’s. It is committed to a rules-based international order. It has the world’s sixth largest economy with room to grow much further. It can help with diversification and building resilient global supply chains.”

‘The Cold War’s Long Shadow’

As a visiting fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in India (CASI), Swagato Ganguly gave a talk on “The Cold War’s Long Shadow: Indian Foreign Policy and the Current State of Play of Indo-Pacific Geopolitics.”

Kristina Linnea García

At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice
Students posing for a photo inside Fuyao America building

Penn students, senior lecturer Mien-hwa Chiang (fourth from left), and director of the Chinese Language Program Ye Tian (first from left) visited Fuyao America in Moraine, Ohio, in February. Fourth from the right: Lillian Wagner; second from left: Sam Gan, third from left: Ryan Morris. (Image: Penn Chinese Language Program)

At Fuyao Glass factory, students put Chinese language skills into practice

At Fuyao Glass America in Moraine, Ohio, the subject of the Oscar-winning 2019 film “American Factory,” students and faculty were led on a tour and dialogued with the Fuyao America CEO.
Exploring Asian American athletes: Stereotypes and success
gloria lee at the penn ice rink

Gloria Lee, a junior in Penn’s Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research and a member of Penn’s Figure Skating Club, at the Class of 1923 Ice Skating Rink. (Image: Eric Sucar)

Exploring Asian American athletes: Stereotypes and success

Asian Americans are competing at the highest levels of sport, a topic discussed in David Eng’s Introduction to Asian American Literature and Culture course in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Kristina Linnea García

Understanding migration and the arts
Children raising their hands with a rainbow in the background

Children at the gardens of the Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación’s new location at 1246 West Main St. Norristown, Pennsylvania, in fall 2021. The organization, founded by Obed Arango of the School of Social Policy & Practice, is a nonprofit with a mission “to ignite social transformation developing the talents and empowering the Latinx community through education, culture, art, technology, health, and science.” (Image: Obed Arango)

Understanding migration and the arts

In the latest episode of Penn Today’s “Understand This …” podcast series, Obed Arango of the School of Social Policy & Practice, alongside Wolf Humanities Graduate Fellow Shelley Zhang, discuss migration, the arts, and identity.
Dean’s Forum with filmmaker Jon Chu
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In the 2022 Dean’s Forum, filmmaker Jon Chu joined professor David Eng to talk about the power of representation. Photo: Lisa Godfrey.

Dean’s Forum with filmmaker Jon Chu

Chu joined David Eng of the School of Arts & Sciences in the 2022 Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum to discuss art and the power of representation.

Kristina Linnea García