Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Direct from the Rio +20 Summit on Sustainable Development: Impressions of a Chinese Scholar
The Elliot School of International Affairs and the Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia presents a talk with Dr. Yu Hongyuan on his impressions from the Rio +20 Summit on Sustainable Development.
When:
June 22, 2012 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Yu Hongyuan
Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for Comparative Politics and Public Policy, Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS)
Moderator: Linda J. Yarr
Director, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia
Dr. Yu Hongyuan will share his impressions of the Rio +20 Summit on Sustainable Development that will be taking place from June 20 - 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio +20 Summit will bring together world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, to shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection.
DR. YU HONGYUAN is Professor and Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations and Laws at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS). He is also an honorary fellow of Center for International Energy Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China, and an honorary fellow of the Centre for Asian Pacific Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and M.Phil from Renmin University of China. From 1998 to 2000, he worked with the administrative centre for China's Agenda 21 at the Ministry of Science and Technology. Yu Hongyuan is the author of numerous publications, including most recently Environmental Change and the Asia Pacific.
Cost:
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP at go.gwu.edu/Rio by Thursday, June 21, 2012.
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(202) 994-6240
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