21st Annual De Jong Lecture in Social Demography

The Department of Sociology and Criminology is pleased to announce the details for the 21st Annual De Jong Lectureship Series. We hope you will join us for this year's panel:

“East Asia in Transformation: Population, Education, and Society”

Monday, November 2, 2026
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
202 Welch Building

In-person and via Zoom

Can’t join in person? A Zoom option is available! Simply follow the registration, select the zoom option, and you will be sent a Zoom link to attend. If you’ll physically be at the event, select in person.

Registration Link:
https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k9Zd-MHcS92Ipwfs1aMY4w

Speakers

James Raymo, Professor of East Asian Studies - Princeton University.

Hilary Holbrow, Assistant Professor of Japanese Politics and Society - Indiana University.

David Baker, Professor of Sociology, Education, and Demography - Penn State University.

Lecture Sponsors

The De Jong Lecture is supported by the Gordon F. and Caroline M. De Jong Lectureship in Social Demography Endowment, administered jointly and supplemented by the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Population Research Institute at Penn State.

Read about previous De Jong Lectures.

Gordon F. De Jong is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Demography, former Director of the Graduate Program in Demography, and Senior Scientist with the Population Research Institute at Penn State. Caroline M. De Jong, a former middle school teacher, has been involved in numerous community, church, and university-related organizations including the American Association of University Women, Stay-and-Play Nursery School, Presbyterian Women, and the Centre County Board of Elections.