In addition to the regular speaker series and other co-sponsored events, CSCC convenes an informal “Weekly Forum,” noon on weekdays in the CSCC conference room. These sessions are envisioned as “brown-bag lunches” at which graduate students or faculty can informally introduce or present work in progress. This will be a great way for all of us to get to know one another and learn more about the kinds of work on contemporary China being done across Penn’s campus. Please email us your thoughts and suggestions on how to best organize the Friday Forum and to let us know when you would like to volunteer to discuss some of your work. Even on days when no discussion is scheduled, people are welcome to bring their lunch to eat with others in the CSCC conference room.
Past Weekly Forums
The Logic of Technology Transfer Policy in Rising China
John Minnich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program, Columbia University
John Minnich will discuss his ongoing book project, Re-Innovation Nation: The Logic of Technology Transfer Policy in China, which examines how the Chinese state's strategic interests and its bargaining power…
Foreign Law Firms in China in 2024: Opportunities and Challenges
James Zimmerman, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
James Zimmerman is a partner in the Beijing office of Perkins Coie LLP and has worked in China since 1998. He is the author of the ABA's China Law Deskbook, now in its fourth edition, and was elected to four…
Avoiding Economic Democracy: Parallel Legal Trajectories in the United States and China
Jedidiah Kroncke, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Over the last forty years, the economic development of the United States and China became increasingly intertwined. Today, recriminations are made with growing vigor in the United States regarding assumptions about…
Slow Burn: Re-turn Communication in Energy Transition
Junyi Lv, CSCC Postdoctoral Fellow
This study digs into communities’ dependence on coal and current efforts of transition, from local perspectives with cross-cultural references. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in southeast Kentucky and my…
Where is China’s Economy Headed?
Hanming Fang, Joseph M Cohen Term Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
The arc of the Chinese economy over the next ten to fifteen years will depend on three sets of forces, each of which interacts with the others: (1) Domestically, the internal political economy will determine the…
After Blinken’s Visit: Prospects for US-China Cooperation on Climate and Other Issues
Scott Moore, Ph.D., Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary Blinken’s visit to China has opened a tentative window, arguably the biggest since before the pandemic, for the United States and China to resume dialogue and cooperation on key issues of shared concern,…
Contemporary Chinese Queer Performance
Hongwei Bao, Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Nottingham
The End of Zero Covid - Personal Notes on life on the ground during the tumultuous last phase of Zero Covid and its aftermath
Deborah Seligsohn, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
Deborah Seligsohn was in China from mid-October 2022 through January 7, 2023. She got to enjoy two separate quarantine regimes, multiple different testing regimes and life under the direction of one's local district…
China's Shifting Nuclear Policy and Its Implications for International Security
Tong Zhao, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Evidence shows that the main goal of China’s nuclear weapons today is no longer only to maintain nuclear-level stability with the United States, but also to help achieve U.S.-China political stability. The new goal…
Turning China Fever to China Fear? China’s Economic Statecraft and Its Impact on Foreign Businesses
Seung-Youn Oh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
China has increasingly resorted to economic statecraft to advance its strategic goals as the world’s second-largest economy, largest manufacturer, and the center of global supply chains. China’s sanctions include…
