Panel Discussion

“Which Way Ahead for North Korea Under the New Kim?”
Hannah Song, President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)
Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President, The Korea Society
Sue Mi Terry, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Moderated by Melanie Kirkpatrick, formerly of The Wall Street Journal; author of “Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad”
6:00 PM reception
6:30 PM program
Overseas Press Club, 40 West 45th Street
Reservations required.  Please call (212) 626-9220.
Co-sponsored by the Overseas Press Club and Liberty in North Korea
Supported by The Korea Society

Lecture

“Cautious Accommodations or Escalating Rivalry: America's Stark Choices about China”
Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Moderated by Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
No registration required.

Brown Bag Lecture

“China's Search for Security”
Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Andrew Scobell, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
Moderated by Xiaobo Lü, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
No registration required.

Special Event

“China/Europe: Politics of Economic Change”
Speakers:
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Axline Professor of Business Economics, Cal Tech
R. Bin Wong, Professor of History, Director of the Asia Institute, UCLA
Discussants:
Richard Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University
Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor of History, Columbia University
Madeleine Zelin, Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, Columbia University
4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Maison Française, East Gallery
RSVP required to Lily Glenn at lg2637@columbia.edu
Co-sponsored by the Blinken European Institute

Center for Korean Research Reception

2012 Korean Literature Essay Contest Award Ceremony
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 918
No registration required.
For more information, please contact Jooyeon Kim at jk2857@columbia.edu

Lecture

“The Impact of Typhoons on Chinese Local Economic Activity: A View from Outer Space”
Eric Strobl, Associate Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Paris
Moderated by John Mutter, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
International Affairs Building, Room 1219
No registration required.
Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program, the School of International and Public Affairs, the PhD in Sustainable Development Program, and the Earth Institute at Columbia University