Events

Dear Affiliates and Friends of CSCC:

We are holding almost all of our programming onsite. We will continue to conduct some of our events in online or hybrid form. See individual event notices for details. Please join us, in person or online, for our speaker series (including academic papers and book talks by leading established and rising scholars), policy roundtables, thematic conferences, and distinguished annual lectures, all addressing important topics in the study of contemporary China. If you are interested in joining us for onsite or online events, and do not receive our notices, please email cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu to get on our email list or to inquire about specific events, or check our website regularly as we add events throughout the year.

Best regards,

Jacques deLisle, Director

Guobin Yang, Deputy Director

Yuanyuan Zeng, Associate Director

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In addition to the events and programs it hosts, the Center for the Study of Contemporary China provides support for activities sponsored by others at Penn when their activities are directly relevant to the CSCC’s mission to advance our understanding of the political, legal, economic, and social factors shaping China and its role in the world today. In the list of upcoming events, the appearance of CSCC logo indicates CSCC-sponsored events.

Requests for co-sponsorship or other types of support should be sent to cscc-contact@sas.upenn.edu and include a clear statement of the activity for which support is sought, its relevance to the CSCC’s mission, and the specific type of support requested.  As an academic research unit, the CSCC does not provide support for programs whose purpose is to advance a particular political agenda.

Upcoming Events



2025

TBA

Peng Peng, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Global Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

TBA

Yanbai Andrea Wang, Assistant Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law
- PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China

Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

China and Climate Change: Transnational Science, Politics, and Policy in Historical Perspectives

Zuoyue Wang, Professor of History, California State Polytechnic University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System

Ji Li, John S. & Marilyn Long Chair of US-China Business and Law, UC Irvine
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

From Empire to Nation-State: War, Emulation, and National Identity in China

Jie Yang, Professor of Anthropology, Simon Fraser University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

TBA

Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St


2025

TBA

David C. Logan, Assistant Professor of Security Studies,Tufts University
- CSCC Conference Room, PCPSE Room 418, 133 S. 36th St