Supporting Penn’s pan-Asian community The view from the Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) Office, moments before nightfall. (Pre-pandemic image. Credit: Dyana Wing So.) Supporting Penn’s pan-Asian community As the community mourns a year of anti-Asian hate crimes, they also move toward healing. Penn Global and the Pan Asian American Community House (PAACH) provide healing outlets for Asian and Asian American people.
‘Alone Again in Fukushima’ Experts with the International Atomic Energy Agency depart Unit 4 of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on April 17, 2013 as part of a mission to review Japan’s plans to decommission the facility. (Image: Greg Webb/IAEA) ‘Alone Again in Fukushima’ On the 10th anniversary of the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear facility destruction, a film and discussion hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies looked at the calamity’s reverberations.
Out with the dust, in with the new Oosouji, the traditional New Year's cleaning, begins in mid-December in Japan. (Image: jet dela cruz on Unsplash) Out with the dust, in with the new In Japan, New Year's preparations start with a big cleaning in December for good luck in January.
Mapping the Mughal empire The Bhakkar fort in modern-day Pakistan. (Image: Ramya Sreenivasan) Mapping the Mughal empire This summer, professor of South Asia studies Ramya Sreenivasan worked with four undergraduates to get behind the façade of the Mughal military conquest state, using GIS and deep mapping to ascertain how the empire was formed and maintained.
Examining race in East Asian Studies iStock Examining race in East Asian Studies The Center for East Asian Studies hosted a roundtable discussion between faculty assessing anti-racism in their fields of study.
Lessons from Hiroshima, 75 years later Aerial image of Hiroshima after the American atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6, 1945. Lessons from Hiroshima, 75 years later Penn Today asks scholars and experts to share their thoughts on the 75th anniversary of America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Anti-discrimination task force aims to ‘flatten the hate’ Penn's new task force supports Asian and Asian-American students, staff, and scholars. Anti-discrimination task force aims to ‘flatten the hate’ Launched in April, the new Task Force on Supporting Asian and Asian American students and scholars at Penn is offering events, seminars, and resources for countering and reporting stigma and anti-Asian behavior.
To Singapore and back again Jackie’s “obligatory tourist picture” in front of Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s most famous attractions. The photo was taken the day before she left the country. To Singapore and back again Rising senior Jackie Shi spent the early part of the spring semester studying abroad in Southeast Asia.
Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus In a Q&A, Professor of English Josephine Park discusses the history of Asian-American racism in the U.S. in light of recent rhetoric from government officials and reports of harassment in public.