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China’s Encounter with the West

Date : Sat., March 01, 2008 to Sun., March 02, 2008 Category : Butcher History Institute

China’s rapid economic development — made possible in part by institutions and policies it implemented based on its two-century encounter with the West — has led to its emergence as a great power. The PRC’s interaction with the West — and the U.S. especially — has become and will remain a central concern of international relations. FPRI’s Wachman Center is therefore pleased to cooperate with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Asia Program in sponsoring a weekend-long History Institute for Teachers that will provide teachers cutting-edge scholarship on the origins and current state of China’s encounter with the West.

China’s Encounter with the West Conference Summary by Trudy Kuehner

 

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks

03/01/2008 - 11:00 AM to 11:05 AM
Walter A. McDougall

Co-Chair -

Private: Lucien Ellington

Professor of Education and Co-Director, Asia Program, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy

China's Early Encounters with the West

03/01/2008 - 11:05 AM to 12:15 PM
Andrew Wilson

Professor of Strategy and Policy, US Naval War College

Related Article(s):

China’s Early Encounters with the West: A History in Reverse

Political Ideas in China's Encounter with the West

03/01/2008 - 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM
Edward Friedman

Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin

Economic Influence in China's Relations with the West

03/01/2008 - 2:30 PM to 3:45 PM
Thomas G. Rawski

Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh

Related Article(s):

Economic Influence on China’s Relations with the West

Teaching about China and the West

03/01/2008 - 4:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Private: Lucien Ellington

Co-Director, Asia Program, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy

Paul Dickler

Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy

James Sanzare

Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy

China and the West in Historical Perspective

03/01/2008 - 7:30 PM
Warren I. Cohen

Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Related Article(s):

China and the West in Historical Perspective

Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China's Relations with the West

03/01/2008 - 8:15 AM to 9:30 AM
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Professor of History, Georgetown University

Related Article(s):

China’s Relations with the West: The Role of Taiwan and Hong Kong

Related Multimedia:

Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China’s Relations with the West (audio)

China's Legal Learning from the West

03/01/2008 - 9:45 AM to 10:45 AM
Jacques deLisle

Director - Asia Program

Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Related Article(s):

China’s Legal Encounter with the West

Related Multimedia:

China’s Legal Learning from the West (audio)

The 2008 Olympics and China's Encounter with the West

03/01/2008 - 11:00 AM to 12:10 PM
Edward Friedman

University of Wisconsin

Jacques deLisle

Director - Asia Program

Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

Zibin Guo

Professor of Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Private: Lucien Ellington

Professor of Education and Co-Director, Asia Program, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy

Location

Venue

Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel

1400 Market St
TN Chattanooga 37402

Registration links

Register Deadline

Tue., January 15, 2008

What Participants Receive:

Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive: 

  • free room and board;
  • assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute;
  • stipends of $200 in exchange for curriculum units based on the History Institute, plus a representative selection of student work;
  • partial travel scholarships available for participants outside the East Coast;
  • subscription to Orbis, FPRI’s journal of world affairs; E-Notes, FPRI’s weekly bulletin; and Footnotes, FPRI’s bulletin for high school teachers.

To Apply:

Please send a resume and a short statement describing your current teaching or professional assignments, your reasons for wanting to attend, and how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. IMPORTANT NOTE: At the time of application, you are asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on the weekend or to do in-service activities based on the weekend.