Johns Hopkins SAIS to launch SAIS China Global Research Center on June 16
MEDIA ADVISORY
The China Studies program at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is pleased to announce the launch of the SAIS China Global Research Center on Wednesday, June 16. The launch will include a day-long webinar titled “The Making and Unmaking of U.S.-China Relations” and will focus on the upcoming publication Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations, developed by Anne Thurston, senior research professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS. The webinar will feature presentations from authors of chapters within Engaging China followed by panel discussions on U.S.-China issues with experts from throughout Johns Hopkins’ schools and divisions.
Registration
This event is open to the public and media, with registration.
Date and Time
Wednesday, June 16
9:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. EDT
Agenda
Wednesday, June 16
9:00 a.m. (U.S. EDT)
Opening remarks
Call to Order and Acknowledgements
Andrew Mertha
Vice Dean and Director of SAIS China, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Johns Hopkins University Legacy in China
Jill McGovern
Member, Johns Hopkins SAIS Board of Advisors and Hopkins-Nanjing Council
Dedication of the SAIS China Global Research Center
Eliot A. Cohen
Dean, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations
Anne Thurston
Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS
9:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion I: America’s Economic Ties to China: What Have We Learned?
Panelists
Michael G. Plummer
Director of SAIS Europe and Eni Professor of International Economics, Johns Hopkins SAIS
David Bulman
McGovern-Muller Assistant Professor of China Studies and International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Xian Sun
Associate Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
Presenter
Barry Naughton
Sokwanlok Chair at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego
Moderator
Adam Webb
American Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Johns Hopkins SAIS
11:00 a.m.
The SAIS China Global Research Center and Johns Hopkins University
Sunil Kumar
Provost, Johns Hopkins University
11:30 a.m.
Panel II: The U.S., China, and Public Health: Cooperation and Competition
Panelists
Chengda Zhang
Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Laura Morlock
Executive Vice Dean and Professor and Associate Chair for Health Management Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Nancy Reynolds
Associate Dean of Global Affairs and Director, Center for Global Initiatives, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Xiaoqin Wang
Director, Tsinghua-Johns Hopkins Joint Center for Biomedical Research, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Presenter
Yanzhong Huang
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
Director of Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University
Moderator
Yascha Mounk
Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Senior Fellow, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University
2:00 p.m.
Panel III: U.S.-China Relations: What Comes Next?
Panelists
John Lipsky
Peter G. Peterson Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs and Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Emelia Probasco
Chief Communications Officer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
John Yasuda
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Presenter
David M. Lampton
Professor Emeritus of China Studies and Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Moderator
Christopher Morphew
Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Education
3:30 p.m.
Concluding remarks
Andrew Mertha
Vice Dean and Director of SAIS China, Johns Hopkins SAIS
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