The East and Southeast Asian Film Series is an informal film screening series that brings together students, faculty, and members of the University community to engage with cinema from across East and Southeast Asia. Organized by graduate students, the series aims to create accessible opportunities for undergraduates and other campus audiences to explore East and Southeast Asia-related topics through film while highlighting works that are especially useful for classroom teaching across disciplines.
Each screening will include a brief introduction and an opportunity for discussion following the film. Some screenings are organized in collaboration with courses in Asian literature, film studies, and related fields, creating connections between classroom learning and shared viewing experiences.
Screenings will take place on selected evenings throughout the semester. All students, faculty, colleagues, and friends are welcome to attend.
Muyun Zhou (mqz5352@psu.edu) is the primary coordinator and contact person for the series. Please contact her for further information or to be added to the mailing list.
The Penn State Horror Network is an interdisciplinary, international group of scholars whose work grapples with horror, fictional and real, its enactment, consumption, and consequences. Conceived of during the COVID Pandemic, the Horror Network realized its present form in fall 2024 through the collaboration of Julia Barbara Köhne, Ph.D. (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin), Kobi Kabalek Ph.D. (Penn State), and graduate student Adam DeCaulp (Penn State).
Its goals are twofold and reciprocal: to expand the reach and gravity horror studies promise when thought beyond the categories of mere genre fiction and pure entertainment and to generate national and international connections for inspiration and collaboration between the current and upcoming scholars and thinkers fascinated by this rich, expanding field.
The Penn State Horror Network meets monthly on Mondays at 1:30 p.m. (EST) to discuss current developments in the field, new research, publications, or the ongoing projects of its members, typically with a presentation and Q&A session following. A monthly horror film screening series is also held in person at Penn State, followed by discussion, as part of the Network’s efforts to share and encourage its enthusiasm for horror studies and media with the academic community.
If you would like to know more about the PSHN, attend meetings or film screenings, please contact Adam DeCaulp at aqd6007@psu.edu.