CGS Symposium

Global Studies UPDATED Symposium 2016 Schedule

Session 1

Date:  Thursday, October 27

Venue: ACC Room 3

Chair: Kelly Nicholson, Associate Professor CGS, STU

  

19:30Opening Remarks

LI Jie, Deputy Dean, CLA;

Wuming ZHAO, Co-Director, CGS; and James McDougall, Co-Director, CGS

 

20:00Plenary Session

“Teaching Asian History and Culture in a Globalized World”

Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Professor, Pace University, USA

 

Session 2

Date: Friday, October 28

Venue: ACC Room 5

Chair: James McDougall, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

 

9:45 Coffee

 

10:00 “Of Mountaintops and Masterpieces: What kind of problem is justice?”

Michael Goodhart, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA

 

 

11:10 “‘To End Impunity’: Africa, the International Criminal Court, and the Quest for Global Justice”

Derrick Nault, Professor, Sophia University, Japan

 

12:00Lunch Break at the ACC Restaurant

  

Session 3

Time: Friday, October 28

Venue: ACC Room 3

Chair: Karsten Krueger, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

 

14:00“The Poetics of Plastic: Images of Global Entanglement”

Marques Nuno, PhD Candidate, Umeå University, Sweden

 

15:00“Cosmopolitanism and Natural Law”

Jun YANG, Associate Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, China

 

16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:20CGS Panel: Cultural Heritage Preservation and Value

“Global Heritage: The Ethics of Heritage Presentation”

Karsten Krueger, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

“Camp in Heritage Preservation, or ‘Returning the Museum to the Muses’"

James McDougall, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

 

18:00Dinner at the ACC Restaurant

 

Session 4

Date: Saturday, October 29

Venue: ACC Room 3

Chair: Wuming ZHAO, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

 

9:00 “Tao and Logos: Diversity and Union in the World’s Moral Traditions”          

Kelly Nicholson, Associate Professor, CGS, STU

 

9:50 Coffee Break

 

10:10“Interaction Between Global Governance and National Governments”

Zhenye LIU, Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, China

 

11:10“Reflections on the Maturity of Religion and Theology in Literature: A Cultural Dialogue”       

David Jasper, Professor, University of Glasgow, UK

 

12:00 Lunch Break at the ACC Restaurant

 

Session 5

Date: Saturday, October 29

Venue: ACC Room 3

Chair: Jinfeng SUN, Doctor, CGS, STU

Theme: STU Alumni Panel: “Shantou University and Beyond: Global Studies Meets the Real

World in Contemporary China”

 

14:00“Why Do I Think That CGS Courses Are Very Special for STU Students?”

Alan LIAO Yanlin, PhD Student, Nanjing University, China

(BA in Journalism, STU, 2013; MA in Philosophy, HKUST 2014)

 

“My School-Drifting Life: Why I Stayed and How I Practice”

Amelia RAO Du, Project Assistant, Center for Women's Studies, STU

(BA in English, STU, 2016)

 

“From Shantou University to Corporate World in Shenzhen: My Global Experience”

Jessica LI Jiayu, Customer Relation Management Specialist, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

(MA in English, STU, 2016)

 

“The Transformation from the Philosophical and Religious Mindset to the World of Competition”

Jackie HUANG Bin, MA Student, Hong Kong University (BA in Law, STU, 2016)   

 

“Global Chances: Language Provides the Key”

Munzie PENG Man, Instructor, Bon's English Studio (BA in Journalism, STU, 2015)

           

15:40 Coffee Break

 

16:00 Global Studies in Shantou University: a Round Table Discussion

            Chair: Stephen Leahy, Associate Professor, CGS, STU