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Campus Events | CNS | Academic Calendar | Career Development | Recruiting | QNN
March 21, 2008
Global Business Solutions: Developing an Export Strategy to China
The conference will take place from 9am to 4pm at the Monterey Conference Center. Admission is free but pre-registration is required.
February 7 - 9, 2008
Celebrate Chinese New Year - Attend the Taiwan Film Festival
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco in conjunction with the MIIS Taiwan Student Friendship Club are hosting the Taiwan Film Festival at McCone and Irvine Auditorium. The three-day long festival will show 5 feature and documentary films from Taiwan. So treat yourself to a virtual trip to Taiwan by attending the Film Festival and partaking in the celebration of the Lunar New Year with a delicious sampling of Taiwanese delights. The festival begins on Thursday, February 7th, the first day of the Lunar New Year 4706. Celebrating the Year of the Rat, the festival will start with an opening reception at McCone Auditorium at 5:30pm. A Taiwanese food show is scheduled before each day's program, with Taiwanese food and drinks available for purchase.
Welcoming the audience at the opening reception and ceremony will be Clara Yu, MIIS' president. She will be joined by Director-General Mark Liao from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco and Director Tony Ong from the Press Division. The first film, a documentary entitled "Jump! Boys" will follow at 7:30pm.
Since the films are free to the public, people are advised to arrive early to assure getting a ticket. The event also includes many free give-away and gifts to the first 99 guests and free cultural information about Taiwan. If you would like more information, please contact Caroline Lee 415-793-9441, yu-tzu.lee@miis.edu or Melody Hsiao 510-305-8927, ishin.hsiao@miis.edu.
January 22, 2008
The Monterey Institute and Middlebury College are proud to present:
Connected Across the Nation and Across the World
Featuring: Keynote Speaker Dr. Jorge Castaneda, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs to Mexico
Discussing topic of: "Global Education: An Unequal Environment"
At ConnectEd - A Conference on Global Education
Tuesday, January 22nd
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Serra Grand Ballroom at the Conference Center
This event is free and open to the public
December 15, 2007
Winter Commencement
1:00 p.m. at the Monterey Conference Center at the Serra II
One Portola Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940
Reception to follow at Samson Center beginning at 2 p.m.
By Invitation Only
December 12, 2007
Environmental Speaker Series: China: Energy, Economy, and the World
David Fridley is a Staff Scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has 27 years of experience in China, and previously worked for Caltex Petroleum and at the East-West Center in Hawaii. The event takes place between 12:00-1:00 P.M., in the Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public.
December 5, 2007
Environmental Speaker Series:
Green Dragon: Barriers and Opportunities to Expand Sustainable Construction in China
Max Perelman is a 2nd-year graduate student at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, earning his MBA and MA in International Environmental Policy. This summer, Max was in China for two months, filming interviews with key Chinese government officials, NGOs, developers, consultants, product manufacturers and consumers to identify barriers and opportunities to expanding green construction in China. Max will show the Green Dragon team's 35min documentary and a slide show from the research trip as well as share upcoming project ideas and take questions. The Green Dragon Media Project was made possible by Arup, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and the Center for East Asian Studies' Freeman Foundation grant. We also give special thanks to the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences which hosted the research. The event takes place between 12:00-1:00 P.M., in the Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public.
December 4, 2007
Public Lecture: A Conversation with Frank Mankiewicz
Frank Mankiewicz, vice chairman of the renowned communications consulting firm Hill & Knowlton, will talk about how public relations firms operate in the nation's capital. Mr. Mankiewicz will share his experiences in politics, how policy is formulated, and what the next generation needs to know about how government operates so they can reform the system and restore legacy. The event takes place between 7:00-8:30 P.M., in the Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:00 P.M., seating is limited.
November 16, 2007
Public Lecture: NASA Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria
Michael Lopez-Alegria is a 1988 NPS graduate, speaks Spanish, French, and Russian. He began his NASA career in 1992, and is a veteran of four space flights, logs over 257 days in space, and has performed 10 spacewalks. Co-sponsored by Naval Postgraduate school (NPS). The event will take place from 2:00-3:00 P.M., Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 1:30 P.M., seating is limited.
November 9, 2007
The Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation presents
2007 Fall Forum "Terrorism: The World Under Siege"
Distinguished speakers of different nationalities will share their points of view on terrorism in their own country and language. The languages represented wil include Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. This is a unique opportunity to see consecutive interpreters working live while also learning about terrorism in different parts of the world. The event will take place from 2:30-6:30 P.M., Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 2:00 P.M., seating is limited. Light reception to follow.
October 24, 2007
Public Lecture: "Ethnicity and Nation-Building: Lessons from the Balkans" by Dr. Svetlana Broz
Dr. Broz is the granddaughter of the 2nd President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1953 - 1980), Josip Broz Tito. Co-sponsored by the City of Monterey, and the Monterey Bay Chapter of the United Nations. The event will tak place from 7:00-9:00 P.M., in the Irvine Auditorium of the McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 P.M., seating is limited. Reception to follow.
October 23, 2007
A Conversation with Former Senator Sam Nunn about
Reducing Global Nuclear and Biological Threats
2:00 - 3:30 P.M., Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building
Moderator: Dr. William C. Potter, CNS Director
Senator Sam Nunn is Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He served in the United States Senate for 24 years (1972-1996).
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 1:30 P.M., seating is limited.
September 18, 2007
Public Lecture: Localism, Nationalism, and Internationalism in Northeast Asia
Dr. Robert Scalapino, Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, UC Berkeley will be speaking from 12:15-1:50 p.m. in the Irvine Auditorium in the McCone Building. This event is free and open to the public.
September 6, 2007
Video Conference with the University of Jordan:
"Amman Arab-American Relations: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century"
A unique opportunity for Monterey Institute students to interact directly with Jordanian students and civil society participants. Subjects to be covered include: images of Americans and Arabs, the role of the US in Iraq, challenges and opportunities for Arab-American relations with emphasis on the role of civil society. The video conference will take place from 7:45am - 10:15am in the Mac Lab of the Kade Center.
June 28, 2007
The Monterey Institute Dedicated the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
with a Panel Discussion by World-Renowed Leaders in Nonproliferation
Hunger. Poverty. Racism. Genocide. Ecosystem degradation. Climate change. Weapons of mass destruction. Hope. The 21st century is likely to be among the most challenging, threatening, and enlightening of all time. If we survive it.
British-born Dr. James Martin doesn’t purport to have all the solutions to the global issues of the 21st century. But, in 2005, he did provide the vision and the endowment necessary to establish the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University, a research school dedicated to developing “new concepts, policies, and technologies that will make the future a better place to be.”
And now, the Pulitzer nominee for the 1977 book, The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow, who also is gaining international notoriety for his 2006 publication, The Meaning of the 21st Century, has made a significant donation to the Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).
The naming event, which took place on the Monterey Institute campus on Thursday, June 28, featured “Nuclear Nonproliferation, Regime in Crisis?” a high-profile panel discussion including Dr. Martin and moderated by CNS founder and director Professor William Potter.
"The nuclear nonproliferation regime today faces tremendous challenges,” said Potter. “In order to better understand the nature of these threats and to generate innovative but practical policy responses, the Monterey Institute convened a three-day workshop of leading nonproliferation practitioners and experts from around the world. The public forum on June 28 previewed these discussions will featured a panel discussion with six past and present senior government officials from the United States, Germany, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Canada, and Hungary. The public seminar also honored Dr. James Marin, a visionary, author and philanthropist."
This panel presented a unique opportunity to hear from a rare assembly of world-renowned leaders in nonproliferation, including Ambassador Paul Meyer, Canadian Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament; Ambassador Linton Brooks, former Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security; Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs; Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States; and Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdeking, Deputy Commissioner of the Federal Government for Disarmament and Arms Control, Federal Foreign Office, Germany; and Ambassador Tibor Toth, Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization.
Recruitment Schedule
While summer has arrived and graduates have departed the Monterey Institute campus, it is always the season for student recruitment activities, which continue all year. Please visit the Recruitment Calendar to find out more about the places and particular events planned through the end of this year
For more information, please contact Linae Ishii-Devine at phone 831-647-3502 or by email at linae.ishii-devine@miis.edu. |
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