A more comprehensive description of many of these events is available in Reports and Addresses

Please note that the APEC Study Center at Columbia University is not sponsoring in-person events at this time. For more information regarding Columbia University’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, please visit https://www.columbia.edu/content/coronavirus.

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Upcoming Events:

September

Live Webinar
Cosmopolitan Currents in the Making of Modern Southeast Asia
Thursday, September 23, 2021 | 12:00-1:00 PM (EDT) 

Featuring:
Martina Thucnhi Nguyen, Associate Professor, Department of History, Baruch College, City University of New York
John Sidel, Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Rianne Subijanto, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Baruch College, City University of New York

Moderator: John Gershman, Co-Founder, New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN)

Co-sponsored by NYSEAN and NYU Wagner

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Live Webinar
China’s COVID Response and the State of Local Finance in the Xi Jinping Era 
Friday, September 24, 2021 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EDT)

Presenter: Christine Wong, Visiting Research Professor, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore; Visiting Chair Professor, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University

Commentator: Carl Riskin, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Weatherhead East Asian Institute; Distinguished Professor, CUNY Queens College

Moderator: Qin Gao, Professor and Director of China Center for Social Policy, Columbia School of Social Work

Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the China Center for Social Policy, and the School of Social Work at Columbia University

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October

Live Webinar
The Rise of Anti-Chinese Sentiments in South Korea: Political and Security Implications
Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 12:00 PM (EDT)

Featuring: Gi-Wook Shin, Director, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Founding Director, Korean Program; William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea, Stanford University 

Moderator: Stephen Noerper, Senior Director for Policy, The Korea Society; Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Co-sponsored by The Korea Society

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