Spring 2009 Events:
June 13, 2009 – The 23rd class graduates from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center.
May 28, 2009 -- HNC Dragon Boat Team Competes in Nanjing Dragon Boat Festival Races.
May 25, 2009 -- Visit and lecture by "China Inc." author Ted Fishman.
May 16, 2009 -- HNC Charity Rock Concert for the Sichuan Earthquake Zone. To read more about HNC students in Sichuan, please click here.
May 15, 2009 -- Fei Yi-ming Essay Competition -- International-Chinese student team Op-Ed Chinese essay competition deadline. May 15-16, 2009 -- Fulbright-Hopkins-Nanjing Center-Fudan US-China Relations Workshop: "The Future of Sino-American Relations.”
May 7, 2009 -- US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Delegation Panel Discussions: April 17, 2009 -- Second HNC-Fudan Graduate Student US-China Relations Workshop held at HNC. Topic: “The US, China and Environmental Protection.”
April 13, 2009 -- SAIS Professor Gordon Bodnar runs colloquium for MA students concentrating in International Economics.
April 4-11, 2009 -- Second HNC Sichuan Service Learning Trip. 20 HNC student volunteers again took part in teaching and after-class activities at the Dongqi Middle School, Deyang County, Sichuan in the Earthquake Zone.
March 27, 2009 -- HNC student study tour to Fengyang County, Anhui.
March 18, 2009 - Nobel Laureate Economist, Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, met with MA students concentrating in International Economics and their faculty advisers.
March 13, 2009 -- HNC Career Day in Shanghai – “Success in Difficult Times” - Featured: Ambassador Burt Levin, speakers including Ken Jarrett (Apco), Dr. William Li (Accenture), Andre Dallaire (Chubb), Belinda Rabano (WPP) Professor Meredith Oyen wins Georgetown University's 2009 Glassman Award in the Humanities for the best Ph.D. dissertation (from 2008) in humanities.
Professor Adam Webb publishes new book, “A Path of Our Own”. Notable Lectures: April Professor David Brown, Adjunct Professor, China Studies, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, "U.S.-China Relations Thirty Years Hence." April 23.
Shi Xiaoqing, IIR Scholar, Lawyer, Director of the Foreign Economic Division of the Economic and Trade Commission of Jiangsu Province, "Promoting the Development of Industrial Clusters with Foreign Direct Investment: A Study of Supporting Industrial Chain Enterprise with Foreign Direct Investment." April 22. Prof. Gordon Bodnar, Professor of Economics and Director of Economics, JHU SAIS, "No Place to Hide: The Global Crisis in Equity Markets in 2008-2009." April 15.
Prof. Ian Taylor, Professor of International Relations, University ofSt. Andrews (Scotland), "The United States and Sino-African Relations." April 1. March Prof. Dennis Hickey, (HNC faculty '89-'90) Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Program in International Affairs, Missouri State University, "Understanding China's Claims to Taiwan." March 26.
Prof. Sam Crane, (HNC faculty '88-'89),Professor of Political Science, Williams College, "Ancient Chinese Thought in Modern American Life: Confucian and Taoist Perspectives on American Social Issues." March 25. Ian Johnson, 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner and Senior Report and Editor, The Wall Street Journal, Beijing Bureau, "Journalism in China During a Year of No Significance," March 19.
Prof. Xiao-huang Yin, Director, Global Studies in the Arts & Humanities, Professor of East Asian Languages & Literature, Michigan State University, "Whey to they Move?: A Case Study of Chinese American Trans-Pacific Migration Networks," March 16.
Brian Linden, (HNC '88), Owner and Director, Linden Gallery (USA) and Linden Center (Yunnan), "Buying a Dream Near Shangrila: The Challenges in Acquiring and Renovating a Nationally Protected Building in Yunnan.” March 16.
John Kamm, MacArthur Fellow and Chairman, The Duihua Organization (San Francisco), "Human Rights in China and America: A Constructive, Realistic Approach." March 11.
Prof. Alan Boland, (IIR Fellow), Associate Professor of Geography, University of Toronto, "Targeting Sustainability: Environmental Indicators and the Greening of Chinese Cities." March 4.
February Prof. Tao Wenzhao, Senior Fellow, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing), "The Obama Administration's Adjustments of US Foreign Policy Strategy." Professor Tao is one of the leading Chinese experts on US-China relations. February 27.
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