Program Schedule
The academic program of the Wellesley College/Peking University Partnership runs from June 5 through June 14, 2013, in Beijing, China.
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| Wednesday, June 5 | |
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Noon
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Lunch and guided tour led by Peking University student peers
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Afternoon
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“Institute Overview: New Learning for a New World”
“Our Urban Future: Common Problems, Different Solutions?”
Joseph Joyce, Professor of Economics and Faculty Director of Albright Institute, Wellesley |
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Evening
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“Driving Full Potential Team Experience”
Consultants from Bain Consulting
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| Thursday, June 6 | |
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Morning
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“Urbanization in China: Opportunities and Challenges”
Joyce Yanyun Man (满燕云), Director, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, and Professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
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Afternoon
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Guided tour of Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall (北京规划展览馆)
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| Friday, June 7 | |
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Morning
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“Why Good People Make Bad Environmental Decisions”
Beth DeSombre, Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies, Wellesley |
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Lunch
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Private lunch with Secretary Albright, hosted by Ambassador Gary Locke and Mona Locke at the U.S. Embassy
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Afternoon
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“The Impact of Urbanization on Wildlife Preservation, Especially Pandas”
Lü Zhi (吕植), Professor of Conservation Biology, Peking University
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| Saturday, June 8 | |
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Morning
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“Around the World with the Secretary”
Madeleine Korbel Albright, U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001
Classroom session with students
Tea and Q&A with Secretary Albright (with students)
Press time with Secretary Albright
Peking University leaders meet with with Secretary Albright
Private lunch with leaders and faculty from Peking University and Wellesley
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Afternoon
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Distinguished Scholars Forum
Welcome from Joyce Yanyun Man(满燕云), Director, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
Madeleine Albright launches Wellesley's global initiative, Women World Partners With a keynote on the imperative of educating women for global leadership
“The Wellesley Way: Educating Women for Leadership in a Global Era” Andrew Shennan, Provost, Wellesley “Global Political Challenges: Women Leading Change”
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| Sunday, June 9 | |
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Morning
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Guided tour and lunch at National Museum of China
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Afternoon
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Visit to Forbidden City
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Evening
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Outdoor concert with renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun
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| Monday, June 10 | |
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Morning
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“The Liberal Arts in Dialogue: From the Christian Colleges of East Asia (1910s-40s) to Today”
Ellen Widmer, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies, Wellesley “From Ancient Elephant Forests to the Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental History in Art”
Heping Liu (刘和平), Associate Professor Art, Wellesley |
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Afternoon
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Visit to Great Wall of China; accompanied by Heping Liu
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| Tuesday, June 11 | |
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Morning
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“The Political Economy and Political Ecology of Food”
Samuel Barkin, Associate Professor of Global Governance, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston; Associate Faculty, Wellesley's Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, Wellesley |
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Afternoon/Evening
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“Chinese Cities in the Global Economy”
Akila Weerapana, Professor of Economics, Wellesley
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| Wednesday, June 12 | |
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Morning
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“Rural-Urban Migration in China and its Consequences”
Zhang Dandan (张丹丹), Assistant Professor, National School of Development, Peking University
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Afternoon
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GROUP WORK/OFFICE HOURS
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| Thursday, June 13 | |
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Morning
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Announcements/Daily news briefing
“Urbanization, Migrant Children, and Educational Inequality in China”
Song Yingquan (宋映泉), Associate Professor at the China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University
Visit to Jingyu Hope Elementary School (京豫希望小学)
Lunch break
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Afternoon
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“Inequality: What’s the Problem?”
Helena de Bres, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wellesley |
| Friday, June 14 | |
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Morning
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GROUP PRESENTATIONS TO THE DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS
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Afternoon
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GROUP PRESENTATIONS TO THE DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS |
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Evening
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Closing Ceremony and presentation of certificates
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