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Asia Forum

Asia Forum
Year	Time	Topic or event	Penalists and speakers	Location

2013	March 21, noon	Beijing's Smog and China's Environmental Crisis	Panelists: Ashok Kumar, Jiquan Chen, David Davis, Milton Knight, and Qi Wang. Chair: Gene Chang	UH 4170
2012	Oct. 15	The International Law of Some Asian Island Disputes:*South China Sea, China-Japan, Japan-Korea, Japan-Russia*	Speakers: Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University, Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo	1013 Law Center

2012	April 18th	Building Foreign Language Capacity through Community: A Case of Chinese Heritage Language Education	Presenter: An Chung Cheng	FH 2420
2012	April 11th	Asian History Forum--China's Economy and the U.S.- China Economic Relation	Speaker: Joseph Hara ; Gene Chang ; David Nemeth	SU 2591
2012	Mar. 29th	Third annual Japanese Spring Festivval	Entertainment: Taiko Drums, Kimono picture taking, Tea Ceremony demonstration, Origami paper folding experience, Japanese food.	SU lounge
2012	Mar. 23rd	Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Environments: Lessons from Korean and Japanese Global Firms	Speaker: Paul Hong Chair: Gene Chang Discussants: Anthony Koh, Joe Hara, David Jim Nemeth	ST-N 2160
2011	Feb. 18th	Migration, Industrial Clustering and Urbanization of China	Speaker: Bao Shuming	5280A U Hall
2011	March 18th	East meets West: Death penalty and Death Penalty Views in China, India and the U.S.	Panelists: Lambert,Pasupuleti, Jiang and Jenkings	HH2615
2011	Oct. 21st	Taiwan's Universal Health Insurance--what can the U.S. learn from?	Speakers: An Chung Cheng Chair: Gene Chang Discussants: Eddie Chou, Joe Hara	Stranahan North 1140
2011	Nov. 9th	Understanding Cross-Cultural Imperatives in Doing Business in a Southeast Asian Country...Malaysia	Speaker: Anthony C.Koh Chair: Gene Chang	Stranahan North 2160

Asia Forum (previous years)
Year	Time	Topic or event		Speaker	Location
2001	Nov 2th, Friday, noon	IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL: Doing business with China and Asia		Mr. Nathan Weaks	Schmakel Alumni Room, Driscoll Center
2002	Feb	The Indian Information Technology Industry – Past, Present, & Future		S. Subba
2003	Feb 14, Friday, noon	The North Korea Problem--Causes and Realties	The political system of North Korea and the North-South relationship	Dr. Ken Kim	Room 2584, Student Union
			North Korea's economy and food crisis	Dr. Ed Suh
			The U.S. policy on North Korea	Dr. David Davis
2004		Problems of National Integration in Pakistan and the Emergence of Bangladesh in 1971: A Political Perspective		Dr. M. Nazrul Islam	Room 0130, Scott Hall
2005	April 2nd, Friday, noon	The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: Dispute over the Chinese Currency Value		Dr. Gene Chang,	Room 2026, Driscoll Alumni Center
	April 6th, Wednesday, noon	International Opportunities in Asia for Students and Faculty through the Office of Study Abroa		Dr. Ronald Pirog
	Oct 13th, Thursday 3:30 – 5:00 pm	China and the University of Toledo		Dr. Dan Johnson	Room 2592, Student Union
2006	Nov 29th, Wednesday, 3-4:30pm	The North Korea Nuclear Test and the World Security	issues facing the Bush administration	Dr. Larry Connin	Room 4100A, University Hall
			viewpoint of South Korea	Dr. Ken Kim
			Japan's concerns	Dr. William D. Hoover
			China's dilemma	Dr. Gene Chang
2007	Nov 14th, Wednesday, Noon-1:15pm	Doing Business in Asia ---Experience of a Perrysburg Company		Mr. Xinfang Lu	4100A University Hall
2008	March 27th, Thursday, Noon-1:15pm	Emerging Power India and The Rest of Asia and the World		Mr.Pramathesh Rath	4100A University Hall
	Nov 6th, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm	Asian American Identities		Dr. Leslie Wang	3300 University Hall
	Nov 6th, Thursday, 2:00-3:30pm	Asian Americans' perspectives on the Presidential election Issues		Dr. David Jim Nemeth	3300 University Hall
2009	March 25th, Wednesday, 8:00 pm.	Asia Forum featuring	“Mississippi Masala” Movie	Null	Carter Huddle Room
	April 6, Monday, 3:00 - 4:40pm.		“Whale Rider” Movie		2500 Student Union
	April 15, Wednesday, Noon		"Better Luck Tomorrow" Movie		TV Lounge Student Union
	April 21, Tuesday,noon		“Who Killed Vincent Chin?” Movie		2500 Student Union
2010	March 23rd, Tuesday, noon	Film Series for Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month	Film about Japanese Americans, "American Pastime"	Dr. Hara	Student Union Television Lounge
	March 31st, Wednesday, 5:45pm starts		Film about Chinese Americans, "The Joy Luck Club"	Prof. Reising	Field House 1040
	April 7th, Wednesday, noon		Film about Indian Americans, "The Namesake"	UT faculty member	Student Union Television Lounge
	April 14th Wednesday, noon		Film about New Zealand Americans, "Grand Turino Whale Rider"	a UT faculty member and an FAAUT member
	April 20th, Wednesday, noon		Film about Chinese heritage, "Chinese Places and their legends"	CI Institute member
	April 27, Tuesday, 7pm		Film about Filipino Americans, "The Debut"	UT faculty member and the Filipino American Association member	The Ground Level Coffeehouse
	Sept 15, Wednesday	Asian Studies Institute’s Luncheon Forum Series	Kong Fu vs. Mulan: Three perspectives on property in China	Llew Gibbons, Bruce Kennedy and Xiaolin Wang
	Sept 29, Wednesday		Global interest in Japanese pop-culture	Joe Hara, Kristi Pawlak and Dana Long	2420 Field House
	Oct, 13,Wednesday		Fengshui and vastu: Science or religion	David Jim Nemeth, Anchung Cheng and Rejesh Najistetty	5280A University Hall
	Nov. 3, Wednesday		From Hermit Kingdom to Global Hub: Korea’s Challenges, Growth, and Changes (not finalized yet)	Paul Hong, Sunhee Youn, Kihyun Park and Ma Ga Yang	5280A University Hall
	Nov. 17, Wednesday		India - Emerging Asian Power: Prospects and Challenges	Sudershan Pasupuleti, Subba Rao, Udayan Nandkeolyar	5280A University Hall
	Dec. 1st, Wednesday		China's Economy: Threat or Opportunity to Toledo?	Ben Konop, Nathan Weaks, Lloyd Mahaffey, Gene Chang, Bill Wersell, Llew Gibbons	4100 Stranahan North

Year

Time

Topic or event

Penalists

Location

2011

Feb. 18th

Migration, Industrial Clustering and Urbanization of China

Speaker: Bao Shuming

5280A U Hall

2011

March 18th

East meets West: Death penalty and Death Penalty Views in China, India and the U.S.

Panelists: Lambert,Pasupuleti, Jiang and Jenkings

HH2615

2011

Oct. 21st

Taiwan's Universal Health Insurance--what can the U.S. learn from?

Speakers: An Chung Cheng
Chair: Gene Chang
Discussants: Eddie Chou, Joe Hara

Stranahan North 1140

2011

Nov. 9th

Understanding Cross-Cultural Imperatives in Doing Business in a Southeast Asian Country...Malaysia

Speaker: Anthony C.Koh
Chair: Gene Chang

Stranahan North 2160

2012

Mar. 23rd

Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Environments: Lessons from Korean and Japanese Global Firms

Speaker: Paul Hong Chair: Gene Chang Discussants: Anthony Koh, Joe Hara, David Jim Nemeth

ST-N 2160

2012

Mar. 29th

Third annual Japanese Spring Festivval

Entertainment: Taiko Drums, Kimono picture taking, Tea Ceremony demonstration, Origami paper folding experience, Japanese food.

SU lounge

2012

April 11th

Asian History Forum--China's Economy and the U.S.- China Economic Relation

Speaker: Joseph Hara ; Gene Chang ; David Nemeth

SU 2591

2012

April 18th

Building Foreign Language Capacity through Community: A Case of Chinese Heritage Language Education

Presenter: An Chung Cheng

FH 2420

2012

Oct. 15

The International Law of Some Asian Island Disputes:South China Sea, China-Japan, Japan-Korea, Japan-Russia

Speakers: Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University, Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo

1013 Law Center

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