Past Events
Fall Term 2011
Thursday, Sept 22
Chinese Film: Hero
1900, G14 Sampson
Saturday, Sept 24
John Tkacik, China Specialist, Dept. of State, Ret.
"Training Peace Corps Volunteers or Training Warriors:
Perspectives on Government-Run International Training Programs"
0900-1100, 102 Rickover
Tuesday, Sept 27
Michael Auslin, American Enterprise Institute
"Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Shaping the Global Future"
1215-1315, G14 Sampson
Wednesday, Oct 5
The Hon. Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.
"The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Its Global Implications"
1915-2000, 102 Rickover
Tuesday, Oct 11
Co-sponsoring with USNA Midshipmen Korean American Midshipmen Association
Hiding [A documentary about North Korean refugees]
1915, G110 Nimitz
Saturday, Oct 22
Bill Gertz, The Washington Times
"Media and National Security"
0900-1100, 102 Rickover
Thursday, Oct 27
Japanese Film: The Twilight Samurai [2002]
1915, G14 Sampson
Monday, Oct 31
Ronald Morse
"Trick or Treat: The Ghosts, Goblins & Gods in The Legends of Tono"
1215-1315, 103 Rickover
Friday, Nov 4
Zhang Hong, SUNY-Binghamton
"Chinese Music and Chinese Language"
1900, 103 Rickover
Saturday, Nov 5
George Lepre
"Fragging in Vietnam and Its Lessons"
0900-1100, 102 Rickover
Thursday, Nov 10
Indian Bollywood film Zindagi milegi na dobare [Our Lives Will Not Meet Again]
1900, G14 Sampson
Tuesday, Nov 15
Meredith Lair, "Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War"
1915-2000, 100 Chauvenet
Wednesday, Nov 16
Cambodian Film Night: The Killing Fields
1900, 110 Rickover
Spring Term 2011
19-Jan
Korean Film,
"The Host," dir. Joon-ho Bong, 2006
28-Jan
Bollywood at USNA
"'Dhoom' (Blast)"
29-Jan
Tim Castle, CIA, "U.S. Involvement in Laos: Lessons and Leadership"
2-Feb
Chinese Film
"Aftershock," dir. Feng Xiaogang
4-Feb
Chinese film
"Still Life" dir. Jia Zhangke
9-Feb
Louisa Greve and Brian Joseph, National Endowment for Democracy,
"The Status of Democracy in Asia: Embracing the Next Wave."
11-Feb
Korean film, "Shiri" dir. Je-gyu Kang, 1999
12-Feb
Capt. Takahashi, JMSDF, "Japan's National Security Environment: Challenges Facing the Self-Defense Force"
22-Feb
Japanese film
"After Life," dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu, 1998
25-Feb
Bollywood at USNA
"Lagaan-The Tax"
28-Feb
Thai film
"Beautiful Boxer,"
2-Mar
John Pomfret, The Washington Post,
"Tahrir vs. Tiananmen Square: Why Egypt Is Different From China?"
23-Mar
Panel of experts: "Surveying the Quake: Perspectives on the Ongoing Japan Crisis" [full announcement here]
24 March
Scott Allan, State Dept.,
"America's Vital Links to South Asia"
25-Mar
Japanese film
"Stray Dog," dir. Kurosawa Akira, 1949
28-Mar
Thai film
"6ixtynin9"
9-Apr
LCOL Mike Mollohan, USMC, USNA '93, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies,
"NE Asia's Volatile Security Risk and US Response"
13-Apr
Hayden Bellenoit
"India's Dirty Secret: Development and Alienation in India's Rise"
15-Apr
Shen Rui, USNA "Documentary Films in Today's China"
18-Apr
Bollywood at USNA
"Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge-The Lover Will Take Away His Bride"
20-Apr
Bernard Cole, National Defense University,
"The New Chinese Navy,"
Fall Term 2010
Sept. 10
Thai Film Series:
"Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior"
Sept. 11
Elan Journo, "Winning the Unwinnable War"
Sept. 14
Richard Ruth, USNA,
"Battle of Bangkok: Recent Political Violence in Thailand."
Oct. 01
Daniel Lynch, University of Southern California
"How China's Statistics System Works and Why It Matters to the US?"
Oct. 01
Thai Film Series
"Last Life in the Universe"
Oct. 09
Peter Bartu, UC Berkeley, "Wrestling with the Integrity of Nations:
The Comparative Autonomy Bargains in Kurdsitan-Iraq and Mindanao-Philippines"
Oct. 18
David Aikman, "Jesus in Beijing: Christianity and the China Factor"
Oct. 22
Thai Film Series
"Nang Nak: A Thai Tale of Horror"
Oct. 28
Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations, "The US-Japan Alliance at a Crossroads:
Crafting a New Vision for Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia"
Nov. 06
John Manvel, USNA,
"The Meaning and Significance of the Latest Aircraft Carrier Design to Modern Warfare."
Nov. 12
Thai Film Series
"Mekong Full Moon Party"
Nov. 17
T.J.Cheng, College of William and Mary
"Political Discontent in East Asian Emerging Democracies"
Spring Term 2010
Jan. 27
Japanese Culture through Films
"Spirited Away"
Feb. 5
Japanese Culture through Films:
"Love And Honor"
Feb. 12
Robin Sakoda, Armitage International,
"US-Japan Security Relations: Next Steps"
Feb. 12
Japanese Culture through Films:
"Shield of Aegis"
Feb. 16
Chinese Film Series
"Please Vote for Me"
Feb. 17
Chinese Film Series,
"The Story of Qiu Ju"
Feb. 18
Jung Chang, "From Wild Swans to Mao: My Personal Journey towards the Understanding of Mao"
Feb. 19
Japanese Culture through Films:
"Sumo Do, Sumo Don't" (flyer)
Feb. 25
Chinese Film Series,
"Nu Shu: A Hidden Language of Women in China"
Feb. 26
Chinese Film Series,
"The Epic of Central Plain"
Mar. 3
David Matsumoto, SF State University,
"Contemporary Japanese Culture and Psychology"
Mar. 24
"So, You're Going To Japan: A Pre-Departure Roundtable For Japan-Bound 1/C Mids"
Mar. 26
Nancy Tucker, the Georgetown University,
"Strait Talk: U.S.-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China"
Mar. 30
Michael Montesano, National University of Singapore,
"Politics of War and History in Southeast Asia: Examining the Origins of the Vietnam War Comes to Long An"
Apr. 2
Le Pham Le,
"Vietnamese Poetry in Exile: A Performance"
Apr. 9
Phillip Dobberfuhl, USNA,
"Origin of the Japanese People: A Japanese Perspective"
Apr. 15
Shelley Rigger, Davidson College,
"Taiwan's Democracy and Its Implications for China and Beyond"
Apr. 17
Saturday Morning Training project
"China's Rising Influence in Key Regions of the World"
Apr. 23
Perry Link, UC Riverside,
"Politics and the Chinese Language"
Fall Term 2009
4 September, Friday, 2009
"Chinese Undersea Warfare--Submarine and Naval Mine Operations"
by Andrew Erickson, Associate Professor, Naval War College
25 September, Friday, 2009
"Conceptual Viewpoint and the Chinese Language"
by Wenze Hu, Department of Language Studies, USNA
25 September, Friday, 2009
Samurai Vengeance Film series
"THRONE OF BLOOD"
Introduced by Lee Pennington, History Department, USNA
17 October, Saturday, 2009
"The Impact of China's Naval Development on the United States"
by Ronald O'Rourke, Congressional Research Service
23 October, Friday, 2009
"An American Strategy for Asia"
by Daniel Blumenthal, the American Enterprise Institute
23 October, Friday, 2009
Samurai Vengeance Film series
"HARAKIRI"
Introduced by Lee Pennington, History Department, USNA
6 November, Friday, 2009
"Afghanistan, the Taliban and the US: Prospects for Stability"
by Hayden Bellenoit, History Department, USNA
13 November, Friday, 2009
"Cultural Analysis of Conversation--Understanding Japanese Culture as Revealed through Conversation Analysis"
by Erica Zimmerman, Department of Language Studies, USNA
13 November, Friday, 2009
Samurai Vengeance Film series
"LADY SNOWBLOOD"
Introduced by Lee Pennington, History Department, USNA
20 November, Friday, 2009
"Sino-Japanese Relations since Koizumi"
by June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami
4 December, Friday, 2009
Samurai Vengeance Film series
"KILL BILL, VOLUME ONE"
Introduced by Lee Pennington, History Department, USNA
Spring Term 2009
17 January, Saturday, 2009
"China's Aircraft Carrier Program and Its Power Projection Ambition"
By Richard Fisher, International Assessment and Strategic Center
23 January, Friday, 2009
"Japan on the Severn: A Country Report by Midshipmen on 'Semester Abroad' in Japan"
30 January, Friday, 2009
"Abroad in China: A Country Report by 6 Midshipmen on 'Semester Abroad' in China"
13 February, Friday, 2009
"China's Legal System: Brooding Omnipresence or Just Another Bureaucracy?"
by Donald Clarke, the George Washington University
20 February, Friday, 2009
"Whither Indian-Pakistani Rivalry?"
by Hayden Bellenoit, Department of History, USNA
27 February, Friday, 2009
"Prospects and Challenges: Chinese Companies Going Global"
by Fangyuan Fang, Department of Language Studies, USNA
2-6 March, 2009
ASIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM WEEK
- Monday, 2 March: India
"Born Into Brothels" (dir. Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, 2004) - Tuesday, 3 March: Vietnam
"Vietnam: The Next Generation" (dir. Sandy Northrop, 2005) - Wednesday, 4 March: Japan
"White Light/Black Rain" (dir. Stephen Okazaki, 2007) - Friday, 6 March: China
"Out of Phoenix Bridge" (dir. Hong Li, 1997)
11 March, Wednesday, 2009
"How to Manage the Rise of China: A Global Perspective"
By Robert Kagan, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
25 March, Wednesday, 2009
"US-PRC Confrontations in the South China Sea: EP-3 to USNS Impeccable"
by Rear Admiral Eric McVadon, USN [Ret], Director, Asia-Pacific Studies,
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis; former U.S. Defense and Naval Attaché to China
27 March, Friday, 2009
"Challenges and Responses: Japan's National Security Environment"
by CAPT Takamichi Takahashi, Japanese Navy/Political Science Department, USNA
3 April, Friday, 2009
"China in Transition"
By Roderick MacFarquhar, Professor of History and Political Science, Harvard University
10 April, Friday, 2009
"Ruins of War: Will Thailand and Cambodia Go to War Over an 11th-Century Temple?"
By Richard Ruth, Assistant Professor of History, USNA
17 April, Friday, 2009
"Halting the Flow of Opiates: What Is Asia's Stake?"
by Victoria Greenfield, the RAND Corporation, Economics Department, USNA
Fall Term 2008
12 September, Friday, 2008
"Will Capitalism Bring Democracy To China?"
by James Mann, SAIS, the Los Angeles Times
26 September, Friday, 2008
"How China Manages Taiwan and Why It Matters to the US Navy"
by Andrew Scobell, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
30 September, Tuesday, 2008
"How to Disarm Kim Jong-il: China and the Koreas"
by Gordon Chang, NYT-Best-Selling author on China and Korea
22 October, Wednesday, 2008
"Islamic Revival in Malaysia"
by Ermin Sinanovic, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, USNA
31 October, Friday, 2008
"Outsourcing, America, Terrorism: India as a Rising Global Power"
by Hayden Bellenoit, Department of History, USNA
7 November, Friday, 2008
"Is China a Revisionist Power?"
By Yong Deng, Department of Political Science, USNA
21 November, Friday, 2008
"As China Goes, So Goes the Planet--China's Environmental Challenges in International Context"
By Dr. Judith Shapiro, the American University
Spring Term 2008
1 February, Friday, 2008
"Pakistan And The Us After Benezir Bhutto"
by Hayden Bellenoit, Assistant Professor, Department of History, USNA
5 March, Wednesday, 2008
"Better From Iwo Jima: How Hollywood Scored a Victory for Japan"
by Lee Pennington, Assistant Professor, History Department
Other Regional Forums Events - Spring Term 2011
Academic Term 112 (Spring 2011) Academic Year 2010-2011
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Jan-11 | 4-Jan | 5-Jan | 6-Jan | 7-Jan | 8-Jan |
| 10-Jan | 11-Jan Spring term begins Monday schedule | 12-Jan | 13-Jan | 14-Jan | 15-Jan |
| 17-JanML King Jr Day | 18-Jan | 19-Jan ASIA FORUM: Korean film, "The Host," dir. Joon-jo Bong 2006 1915-- G14 Sampson | 20-Jan CMEIS Leonard Greenspoon KJH Lecturer 1915-2000 102 Rickover | 21-Jan CMEIS, John Clavert "Sayyid Qutb and Contemporary Islamists Movement," 1250-1320 G14 Sampson |
22-Jan |
| 24-Jan FLAS Jenny Petrow, "Grassroots Response in Haiti, 1915-2000 G14 Sampson |
25-Jan AFRICA FORUM Michael Baker, 1915-2000 | 26-Jan | 27-Jan | 28-Jan ASIA FORUM: Bollywood at USNA "'Dhoom' (Blast)." 1915— G14 Sampson | 29-Jan ASIA FORUM Tim Castle, CIA, "U.S. Involvement in Laos: Lessons and Leadership," 0815-1030, 102 Rickover |
| 31-Jan |
1-Feb AFRICA FORUM John Cann, 1215-1320 EURASIA FORUM Joan Chevalier, USNA, "Multiculturalism and School Reform in Siberia, 1215-1320, G14 Sampson |
2-Feb ASIA FORUM: Chinese Film "Aftershock," dir. Feng Xiaogang, 1915— G14 Sampson |
3-Feb |
4-Feb ASIA FORUM Chinese film "Still Life" dir. Jia Zhangke, 1915— G14 Sampson |
5-Feb |
| 7-Feb FLAS Ben Vinson II, "Afro-Mexico," 1915-2000 G14 Sampson |
8-Feb AFRICA FORUM Dwight Raymond, PKSOI, US Army War College, 1215-1320 | 9-Feb ASIA FORUM: 9-Feb Louisa Greve and Brian Joseph, National Endowment for Democracy, "The Status of Democracy in Asia: Embracing the Next Wave." 1915-2000, G14 Sampson | 10-Feb | 11-Feb CMEIS Seminar on Sufism, 0855-1055, 1330-1530 ASIA FORUM: Korean film, "Shiri," dir. Je-gyu Kang, 1999 1915-- G14 Sampson |
12-Feb ASIA FORUM[SMT] Capt. Takahashi, JMSDF, "Japan's National Security Environment: Challenges Facing the Self-Defense Force" 0900-1100 Mistcher Auditorium |
| 14-Feb \ | 15-Feb | 16-Feb | 17-Feb EURASIA FORUM CAPT Sunita Williams, NASA, "Russians for Astronauts, 1915-2000 G14 Sampson |
18-Feb | 19-Feb AFRICA FORUM RADM Terry McKnight |
| 21-Feb Washington's Birthday | 22-Feb ASIA FORUM Japanese film "After Life," dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu, 1998 1915— G14 Sampson CMEIS Dexter Filkins 1915-2000 |
23-Feb | 24-Feb | 25-Feb ASIA FORUM, Bollywood at USNA "Lagaan-The Tax," 1915— G14 Sampson |
26-Feb |
| 28-Feb ASIA FORUM Vietnamese film 1915— G14 Sampson |
1- Mar | 2-Mar ASIA FORUM John Pomfret, "Tahrir vs Tiananmen Square: Why Egypt is different from China?" 1915— G14 Sampson |
3 March FLAS William Beezley," Mexican National Identity," 1915-2000, G14 Sampson | 4 March | 5-Mar EURASIA FORUM Presentations by Mids and faculty, "LREC trip: The Black Sea. A presentation by USNA mids and faculty" |
| 7-Mar |
8-Mar | 9-Mar | 10-Mar | 11-Mar | 12-Mar |
| 14-Mar Spring Break |
15-Mar Spring Break |
16-Mar Spring Break |
17-Mar Spring Break |
18-Mar Spring Break |
19-Mar |
| 21-Mar |
22-Mar | 23-Mar AFRICA FORUM Martin Murphy, 1215-1320 23-Mar ASIA FORUM Panel of experts: "Surveying the Quake: Perspectives on the Ongoing Japan Crisis" 1915-- 102 Rickover |
ASIA FORUM Scott Allan, USDOS, "America's vital links to India and Pakistan" 1915—2030 G14 Sampson | 25-Mar ASIA FORUM Japanese film, "Stray Dog," dir. Kurosawa Akira, 1949 1915— G14 Sampson |
26-Mar |
| 28-Mar ASIA FORUM Vietnamese film 1915— G14 Sampson | 29-Mar CMEIS A.B. Yehoshua KJH Lecturer 1915-2000 102 Rickover | 30-Mar | 31-Mar AFRICA FORUM Sharon Freeman, 1215-1320 | 1-Apr EURASIA FORUM Vladislav Zubok, Temple U., The Soviet Intelligentsia and the End of the Cold War", 1215-1320, [50 box lunches] G14 Sampson | 2-Apr |
| 4-Apr | 5-Apr | 6-Apr | 7-Apr | 8-Apr | 9-Apr ASIA FORUM [SMT] LCOL Mike Mollohan, USMC, USNA '93 Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, "NE Asia's Volatile Security Risk and US Response" 0900-1100 102 Rickover |
| 11-Apr | 12-Apr | 13-Apr ASIA FORUM Hayden Bellenoit "'India's dirty secret: development and alienation in India's rise'" 1915— G14 Sampson |
14-Apr | 15-Apr ASIA FORUM Shen Rui, USNA "Documentary films in Today's China," 1915— G14 Sampson |
16-Apr |
| 18-Apr ASIA FORUM Bollywood at USNA "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge-The Lover Will Take Away His Bride" 1915— G14 Sampson |
19-Apr AFRICA FORUM Tom Shepherd, dir. of African Studies, US Army War College, 1215-1320 | 20-Apr ASIA FORUM Bernard Cole, National Defense University, "The New Chinese Navy," 1915— G14 Sampson | 21-Apr | 22-Apr | 23-Apr |
| 25-Apr | 26-Apr CMEIS TBD | 27-Apr | 28-Apr AFRICA FORUM African Criminal Networks Wiki Presentation, 1215-1320 | 29-Apr | 30-Apr |
| 2-May | 3-May Spring term ends |
4-May | 5-May | 6-May | 7-May |
Other Regional Forums Events - Spring Term 2010
LREC Events for Spring 2010
| MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12 Classes start | 1/13 | 1/14 CMEIS/IWWG Mike Tucker, "Bring the Heat--A Year in the Guerrilla War in Afghanistan," 1220-1320, 102 RI CMEIS/IWWG, Edward Luttwak, CSIS, "Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire," 1915-2000, 102 Rickover | 1/15 | 1/16 | |
| 1/18 | 1/19 | 1/20 | 1/21 Africa Forum and CMEIS, KJH Lecture, Sheikh Babou, "Islam in Senegal," 1915-2000, 102 RI | 1/22 | 1/23 |
| 1/25 | 1/26 Africa Forum, Douglass Farah, "Arms Trade in Africa," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 1/27 Eurasia Forum, Margaret Paxson, Kennan Institute, "Solovyovo: the Story of Memory in a Russian Village," 1220-1320, G110 Nimitz Asia Forum, Japanese Culture through Films "Spirited Away," 1915, G14 Sampson |
1/28 | 1/29 FLAS Cuban Film Series "The Last Supper", 1915, G14 Sampson | 1/30 IPO, Admiral Lemmons et al, Maritime Strategy," 0900-1130, Mitscher Auditorium |
| 2/1 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 IWWG, Steven Pressfield and Chief Zazai, "One Tribe at a Time," 1915-2000, 102 Rickover | 2/5 Asia Forum Japanese Culture through Films: "Love And Honor," 1915, G14 Sampson | 2/6 IPO/International Forum, "Midshipmen Abroad Briefings," 0900-1130 Mitscher Auditorium |
| 2/8 | 2/9 CMEIS, KJH, Ahmed Moustafa, Art and Science of Arabic Penmanship," 1915-2000, 102 Rickover | 2/10 | 2/11 | 2/12 Asia Forum, Robin Sakoda, Armitage International, "US-Japan Security Relations: Next Steps," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson Asia Forum, Japanese Culture through Films: "Shield of Aegis," 1915, G14 Sampson | 2/13 USNA International Forum, "Civic States and Counter-insurgency: a Global Perspective," 0900-1130, Mitscher Auditorium |
| 2/15 | 2/16 Asia Forum Chinese film series, "Please Vote for Me" 1915, G110 Nimitz | 2/17 Asia Forum, Chinese Film Series, "The Story of Qiu Ju," 1915, G14 Sampson | 2/18 Asia Forum, Jung Chang, "From Wild Swans to Mao--My Personal Journey towards the Understanding of Mao," 1915, 102 Rickover | 2/19 Asia Forum, Japanese Culture through Films: "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't," 1915, G110 Nimitz | 2/20 FLAS, Agent Chu, FBI, "Salvadorian Gangs in the Americas," 0945 Mitscher Auditorium |
| 2/22 FLAS, Glenn Kuecker, DePaul University, "Autonomous Movements in Latin America," 1220,1320, G14 Sampson | 2/23 Africa Forum, Helon Habila, "Nigerian Literature," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson Eurasia Forum, Film, "The Promise," 1915, G14 Sampson CMEIS/Limbert, film "BAM 6.6," 1915-2000, Mitscher Auditorium |
2/24 | 2/25 Africa Forum, Victor Ray, "Rogue Scientists in Africa," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson Asia Forum, Chinese Film Series, "Nu Shu-A Hidden Language of Women in China," 1915, G14 Sampson |
2/26 Asia Forum, Chinese Film Week, "The Epic of Central Plain," 1915, G14 Sampson | 2/27 |
| 3/1 | 3/2 Asia Forum, David Matsumoto, SF State U, "Contemporary Japanese Culture and Psychology" 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 3/3 | 3/4 CMEIS, Amb. Sameh Shoukry [Egypt], lecture 4-9 March, CMEIS, Israeli punk rock band performance, lectures, and films. | 3/5 Eurasia Forum and CMEIS, Adeeb Khalid, Carleton College, "Islam in Central Asia," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 3/6 |
| 3/8 | 3/9 | 3/10 | 3/11 | 3/12 | 3/13 |
| 3/15 | 3/16 | 3/17 | 3/18 | 3/19 | 3/20 |
| 3/22 | 3/23 | 3/24 Asia Forum, "So, You are Going To Japan--A Pre-Departure Roundtable for Japan-Bound 1/C Mids," 1915, G14 Sampson | 3/25 | 3/26 Asia Forum, Nancy Tucker, the Georgetown University, "The Role of Taiwan in Nixon's China Initiatives," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson FLAS Cuban Film Series, "Bitter Sugar," 1915, G14 Sampson |
3/27 USNA International Forum: "Global Arms Trade and Its Impact," 0900-1130, Mitscher Auditorium |
| 3/29 FLAS, Jorge Ortiz, IPEP,"Current Security Issues in the Andean Region,," 1915, G14 Sampson | 3/30 Asia Forum, Michael Montesano, National University of Singapore, "War and Culture in Southeast Asia," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 3/31 Africa Forum, Dr. Pier Larson, Johns Hopkins, "10 Myths about Africa, Africans, and African History," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 4/1 | 4/2 Asia Forum, Le Pham Le, "Vietnamese Poetry in Exile--A Performance," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 4/3 |
| 4/5 | 4/6 Asia Forum, Michael Green, the Georgetown University, "Japan's New Defense Positions and US Response," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson [date tentative] | 4/7 FLAS, Dawn Duke, "Black Women Writers in Brazil and Cuba," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson, | 4/8 | 4/9 Asia Forum, Phillip Dobberfuhl, USNA, "The Origins of Japanese Nation--Myth and Reality," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 4/10 |
| 4/12 | 4/13 | 4/14 Africa Forum and CMEIS, Ken Menhhaus, "Somalia!" 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 4/15 Asia Forum, Shelley Rigger, Davidson College, "Taiwan's Democratization and its Global Ramifications," 1915, G14 Sampson | 4/16 Eurasia Forum, Mark von Hagen, Arizona State University, "War in a European Borderland: Occupations and Occupation Plans in Galicia and Ukraine, 1914-1918," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson, FLAS Cuban Film Series, ""Barrio Havana," 1915, G14 Sampson |
4/17 USNA International Forum: "China's Rising Influence in Key Regions of the World," 0900-1130 Mitscher Auditorium |
| 4/19 | 4/20 | 4/21 | 4/22 | 4/23 Asia Forum, Perry Link, UC Riverside, "Politics and the Chinese Language," 1220-1320, G14 Sampson | 4/24 |
| 4/26 | 4/27 Africa Forum Film Series, "Ghosts of Rwanda," 1915, G14 Sampson | 4/28 | 4/29 | 4/30 | 5/1 |
| 5/3 Classes end | 5/4 |
