2/9: Penn CEAS to host a talk by Xiaogang Wu, NYU and NYU Shanghai: “Higher Education and Social Stratification in Contemporary China: Family Origins and Changing Returns to College Education”

Issues in Contemporary East Asia: “Higher Education and Social Stratification in Contemporary China: Family Origins and Changing Returns to College Education” Xiaogang Wu, NYU Shanghai  Thursday, February 9, 2023 – 5:15pm, Fisher-Bennett Hall 231 (3340 Walnut Street) Click HERE to Register  … Continue Reading

2/10: Penn Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC) and NYU Shanghai Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) to Convene a Workshop on Migration and Child Development

Workshop on Migration and Child Development in China The Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research at NYU Shanghai will co-host a virtual workshop on migration and child… Continue Reading

2/6/2023: Julissa Muñiz will share her work at an upcoming Education, Culture and Society (ECS) Colloquium: “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Critical Ethnography of the Logics, Leaders, and Learners in a Juvenile Detention Center.”

Dr. Julissa Muñiz will share her work at an upcoming Education, Culture and Society (ECS) Colloquium: “Hidden in Plain Sight: A Critical Ethnography of the Logics, Leaders, and Learners in a Juvenile Detention Center.” Monday, February 6, 2023, 10:00 – 11:15am,… Continue Reading

1/25/2023: Linda Pheng to speak at an Education, Culture and Society (ECS) Colloquium: “Disrupting Displacement: Belonging in Community-Based Spaces for Southeast Asian Refugee Youth.”

Linda Pheng will share her work at an upcoming Education, Culture and Society (ECS) Colloquium: Disrupting Displacement: Belonging in Community-Based Spaces for Southeast Asian Refugee Youth   Wednesday, January 25, 2023 – 2:30pm to 4:00pm 3440 Market St., 5th Floor… Continue Reading

1/23/2023: Nadirah Foley to speak at an Education, Culture and Society Colloquium on navigating racial and socioeconomic inequality in an affluent, diverse suburban school.

Dr. Nadirah Foley will share her work at an upcoming Education, Culture and Society (ECS) Colloquium: “Class, Dismissed: Navigating Racial and Socioeconomic Inequality in an Affluent, Diverse Suburban School.”  Monday, January 23, 2023, 10:00 – 11:15am, PCPSE, 133 S 36th… Continue Reading

2/3/2023: E&I Cluster Workshop with UNESCO’s Priyadarshani Joshi–“The Role of Non-State Actors in Education Globally: Conceptualization, Trends and Evidence”

Friday, February 3, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Priyadarshani Joshi Senior Research Officer with the Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO “The Role of Non-State Actors in Education Globally: Conceptualization, Trends and Evidence” McNeil 367, Sociology Conference Room, University of… Continue Reading

12/2: Jennifer Silva, Indiana University, will discuss “Linking Electronic Health Records and in-Depth Interviews to Uncover Barriers to Health and Wellbeing among Women in a Disadvantaged Coal-Mining Community” at the E&I Cluster Workshop

Location: McNeil 367, University of Pennsylvania (If you prefer to join by Zoom, please register for the Friday E&I Cluster Workshop Zoom.)   Read Dr. Silva’s recent paper: Hirsch, A., Durden, T. E., & Silva, J. (2022). Linking Electronic Health… Continue Reading

11/18: Penn Center for the Study of Contemporary China and NYU Shanghai Center for Applied Social and Economic Research to convene events on inequalities and child development in China

Penn CSCC-NYU Shanghai CASER Workshop on Inequalities and Child Development The Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania and the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research at NYU Shanghai will host a dual-site workshop… Continue Reading