Asia in Focus Speaker Series

Wednesday, February 8th, 1:00-2:00pm

"The Global Economic Crisis and Change in Chinese Foreign Policy"

Dr. Thomas Moore, University of Cincinnati

Wednesday, March 21st, 1:00-2:00pm

“From Socialist Ideology to Cultural Heritage:  The Changing Basis of Legitimacy in the People's Republic of China”

Dr. Richard Madsen, UC-San Diego

Thursday, April 5th*, 1:00-2:00pm

“Regional Dynamics in Asia: The impact of Russia’s hosting of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit”

Dr. Sergey Sevastyanov, Vladivostok State University of Economics & Service

*Note the new day for this talk

All speaker series events will be in Ekstrom Library, Room W104

(across from the Tulip Tree Café)