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.
The Rise of The Middle Kingdom Conference
The conference held at UCSD will kick-start a multi-year interdisciplinary project by leading faculty intended to produce influential research and shape future policy discussions.
When:
May 19, 2011 9:00am to May 20, 2011 4:30pm
Where
Thursday, May 19 Growth, International Finance, and Institutional Setting
Economic Growth and Technology Policy
9:00am-10:00am: Chang Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago, "Productivity Growth in China and India"
10:00am-10:15am: Coffee Break
10:15am-11:15am: Kjetil Storesletten, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, "Transition and Economic Growth in China"
11:15am-12:15pm: Barry Naughton, UC San Diego, "How Will China’s Technology Policy Alter Its Growth Path?"
12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch Break
Financial Development
1:00pm-2:00pm: Shang-Jin Wei (Colombia Univ.), "Demography, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth in China"
2:00pm-3:00pm: Ayhan Kose, International Monetary Fund (IMF), "Structural Change in Emerging Economies before and after the Financial Crisis"
3:00pm-3:15pm: Coffee Break
3:15pm-4:15pm: Marcos Chamon, International Monetary Fund (IMF), "Financial Development, Savings, and Investment in Emerging Economies"
4:15pm-5:00pm: Erica Downs, Brookings Institution, "The China Development Bank"
Friday, May 20 Trade, Firms, and Labor Markets
Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
9:00am-10:00am: Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego, "Income Growth in Middle Income Countries and Changing Patterns of International Trade"
10:00am-10:15am: Coffee Break
10:15am-11:15am: Theodore Moran, Georgetown University, "China’s FDI and Natural Resource Procurement"
Trade, Firms, and Labor Markets
11:15am-12:15pm: Hongbin Li, Tsingua University, "Evolution of China’s Labor Markets"
12:15pm-1:15pm: Lunch Break
1:15pm-2:15pm: Marc Muendler, UC San Diego, "Trade, Firms, and Labor Markets in Brazil"
2:15pm-3:15pm: Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University, "Trade and Firms in India"
3:15pm-3:30pm: Coffee Break
3:30pm-4:30pm: Kalina Manova, Stanford University, "Trade and Firms in China"
Registration is required. Please register at http://empac.ucsd.edu/news-events/events/events_2011021035414.htm.
Cost:
Free
Event Website URL:
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.