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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"Why China is Winning"
February 23, 2007
Crawford Hall, Room 9 - The Inamori Center
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Melvyn C. Goldstein, Ph.D. - John
Reynolds Harkness
Professor of Anthropology at Case Western Reserve University
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Dear Colleagues:
Vera Tobin
of the College of Arts and Sciences has kindly
written much of the blurb for this week’s Friday
Lunch (as part of another announcement):
“When John Krich of The Wall Street Journal selected ten
"great reads" on Asia published in the last year or so,
one of his choices was
A Tibetan Revolutionary:
The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phüntso Wangye,
by Melvyn C. Goldstein (John Reynolds Harkness Professor
of Anthropology), Dawei Sherap, and William R.
Siebenschuh (Professor and Chair, Department of
English). Krich described the book as "a true tale of a
genuine idealist" who "endured 18 years of solitary
confinement for trying to broker a deal between Chairman
Mao and the Dalai Lama, only gaining his freedom in
1978." Krich continued, "This handsome new paperback
edition deserves attention for helping bring to light
the much-ignored predicament of those Tibetan patriots
who linked their hopes to working with, and within,
China's regime." Professor Goldstein will be the guest
speaker for the Public Affairs Discussion Group on
Friday, February 23.”
As, indeed, he will. Professor Goldstein, a social
anthropologist, is co-director of the Center for
Research on Tibet. His current projects include an oral
history of Tibet, the history of Tibet in the 1950s, the
history of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, and a
longitudinal study of the impact of China’s reform
policies on Tibetan nomads and farmers. For decades he
has observed China’s efforts to solidify its position in
Tibet, and few people in the world are as qualified to
assess how that is working within Tibetan society. He
will talk about “Why China is Winning,” and that is sure
to be the basis for a lively discussion.
The Friday Lunch will gather in Crawford Hall, Room 9,
from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 23. Room 9
is within the Inamori Center, on the basement/lowest
level of Crawford Hall. Cookies are kindly provided by
generous donors, and hot beverages by the Office of
University Communications. The Friday Lunch is open to
all.
A NOTE ON PARKING:
On most Fridays, five or six spaces are available in the
lot next to the information booth, off Euclid Avenue.
Attendees can inform Ms. Walker at the booth that they
are coming for the Friday Lunch. We hope this informal
system will be used by people who have the most need to
park nearby. Unfortunately,
this particular Friday
there will be a meeting of the Board of Trustees,
so no space will be available.
Best regards,
Joe White
More About Our
Guest
Dr. Goldstein is a social anthropologist specializing
in Tibetan society, history, and contemporary politics
as well as in anthropology and history, cross-cultural
gerontology, population studies, polyandry, cultural
ecology and economic development/change. He has
conducted research in Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region of
China) on a range of topics including nomadic
pastoralism, the impact of reforms on rural Tibet,
family planning and fertility, modern Tibetan history,
and socio-economic change. His has also conducted
research in India (with Tibetan refugees), in Nepal
(population and kinship among Tibetan border peoples),
Mongolia (nomadic pastoralism) and China (modernization
and the elderly).
Dr. Goldstein's current projects include: an oral
history of Tibet , the history of Tibet in the 1950's,
the history of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, and a
longitudinal study of the impact of China's reform
policies on rural Tibet (nomads and farmers). A new
study is beginning in May 2006 to investigate
modernization and changing patterns of intergenerational
relations in Tibet. For more information on the Tibet
Oral History Project see:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project.
Spring Semester
Schedule
Beginning on February 2, the Friday Lunch will
move back to Crawford Hall, in ROOM 9. Room 9 is within
the Inamori Center, on the basement level of Crawford.
It is very kind of Bill Deal, Director of the Inamori
Center, to make this room available on a regular basis.
Thank you, Bill!
Room 9 seats 35, with a central table and also chairs
along the wall. It should be a better setup than
Guilford. If we expect a large crowd, we may be able to
open a partition and join up with Room 11.
There will, however, be a class in the room until 12:20.
Therefore it will not be possible to get there much
before the lunch begins. On the other hand, people who
are a bit early should be able to hang out in the
Tomlinson food court. I believe the underground passage
from Tomlinson to Crawford will be restored when
construction is finished.
Coffee will be provided from the SAGES Cafe'. Which
should mean very good coffee.
The tentative schedule of speakers, so far:
January 26: Phil (Perkins Professor of
Physics-Case Western Reserve University) and Sarah
Taylor, Wind Power and All of It's Aspects -
Environmental, Energy, Economic, Aesthetic, and
Maybe More.
February 2: Ken Grundy, Marcus Hanna Professor
Emeritus of Political Science, on subject to be
determined
February 9: Paul Schroeder, Visiting Lecturer in
Political Science and from Families of the Fallen for
Change, on what to do in Iraq
February 16: Mark Turner, Professor of Cognitive
Science, on cognition and politics
February 23: Mel Goldstein, Professor of
Anthropology, on why the Chinese are winning in Tibet
March 2: Susan Helper, Professor of Economics, on
strategies for American workers within the current
global competition.
March 9: Baiju Shah, President, Bioenterprise
Corporation, on the new economic prospects in Cleveland.
March 16: Break
March 23: Mike Aronoff of Cuyahoga County on the
evaluation of sexual predators for the courts―are they
really dangerous, and can we predict if they will reoffend?
March 30: Barbara Morrison, Assistant Professor
of Nursing, on how current patterns of care for Moms and
newborns deny them the peace and quiet and bonding they
need.
April 6:
Horst von Recum, Assistant Professor of Biomedical
Engineering; Insoo Hyun, Assistant Professor of
Bioethics; and Greg Eastwood, Interim President of Case
Western Reserve University on Stem Cell Research.
April 13: Marixa Lasso, Assistant Professor of
History: Drugs, War, and Coffee in Colombia
April 20: Mark Joseph, Assistant Professor,
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences: Mixed-Income
Development as an Approach to Addressing Urban Poverty
April 27: Christine Cano, Associate Professor of
French, on the French elections (this date falls between
the first round and the runoff election)
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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