2012 Undergraduate Discussion Series

"Social Networking and Political Participation in East Asia"

Series co-sponsors: Columbia University International Relations Forum

How is new media shaping the political landscape of East Asia? How is it impacting current events, government response, freedom of speech and grassroots political mobilization? In this new speaker series sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, experts on media, government, politics and human rights will sit down with students to discuss how social media is changing the nature of communication in the region.

Open to Columbia students only. Please click here to register for each talk. Spaces are limited and preferential registration will be given to current Columbia College, GS, SEAS and Barnard students. Columbia graduate students can sign up on a wait list to attend each talk, and will be notified if space is available. Please see below for the registration start date and time for each talk.

Breakfast will be served.

Schedule of Events:

• January 27 – Perspectives on Social Media and Political Participation
  International Affairs Building 918
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Travis Mushett, Occupy activist; Ph.D. Candidate, Communications, Columbia University School of Journalism
  Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College
  
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• February 10 – Arab Spring and Beyond: Social Networking and Political Change in the Middle East, Russia and China
  International Affairs Building 918
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Thanassis Cambanis, Journalist
  Timothy Frye, Director, The Harriman Institute; Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
  Xiaobo Lu, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
  Co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute and the Harriman Institute
  
  Registration begins Monday, January 30 at 5 PM.
  
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• February 24 – Social Media and Political Participation Before and After the Tōhoku Earthquake
  International Affairs Building 918
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Yasuomi Sawa, Kyodo News
  Shiho Watanabe, Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun
  Co-sponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture made possible with support from The Orient Finance Co. Endowment for the Donald Keene Center
  

  Registration begins Monday, February 13 at 5 PM. Remind me.
  
  

• March 2 – Across the DMZ: North and South Korean Media
  International Affairs Building 918
  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Euna Lee, Journalist; Author of The World Is Bigger Now (Broadway Press, 2010)
  Jenny Wang Medina, Ph.D. Candidate, Modern Korean Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
  Theodore Hughes, Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Humanities, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
  Co-sponsored by the Center for Korean Research
  

  Registration begins Monday, February 20 at 5 PM. Remind me.
  
  

• March 23 - Cell Phones, Blogs, and DVDs: Digital Politics in Tibet
  International Affairs Building 918
  Friday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Robbie Barnett, Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Director, Modern Tibet Studies Program
  
  

  Registration begins Monday, March 5 at 5 PM. Remind me.