RSEA 75th Anniversary Symposium

Ornamental wrought iron "H" in Harvard Entrance gate.

Advanced registration is now closed. You may register in person the day of the event or attend virtually.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS-South, Cambridge, MA

Opening Remarks

S010 Tsai Auditorium (webinar registration)


Concurrent Sessions

Panel 1: How are Asian arts shaping the world?

S020 Belfer Case Study Room (webinar registration)

Panelists

Virginia Moon, Associate Curator of Korean Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Anne Nishimura Morse, William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Oscar Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang Curator of Chinese Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Moderator: Rachel Saunders, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Curator of Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums


Panel 2: Possible political futures of East Asia – how can we shape them for the better?

S010 Tsai Auditorium (webinar registration)

Panelists

Anka Lee, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Multilateral Affairs and Development Cooperation, USAID

Lars Peter Fredén, Former Ambassador to China and Mongolia

Scott Snyder, President and CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America

Moderator: Alastair Iain Johnston, Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard University


Break

Concourse


Concurrent Sessions

Panel 3: What are the outlooks for East Asia in business, and for business in East Asia?

S010 Tsai Auditorium (webinar registration)

Panelists

Satohiro Akimoto, Chair and President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

Glen S. Fukushima, Vice Chair, Securities Investor Protection Corporation

Greer Meisels, Director of External Affairs, Intel Corporation

Moderator: Richard Palmer, Managing Director, San Francisco Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management


Panel 4: How is East Asia important for the future of journalism?

S020 Belfer Case Study Room (webinar registration)

Panelists

Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Journalist, Bloomberg News

Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor, New York Times

Scott Mackenzie, CEO, BuzzFeed Japan

Moderator: Mable Chan, Founder and President of One in a Billion Productions Inc.


Break

Concourse


Final Session

Panel 5: What is the future role of East Asia in higher education – or of higher education in East Asia?

S010 Tsai Auditorium (webinar registration)

Panelists

Mark Henderson, Professor of Public Policy, Mills College

Katherine Wilhelm, Executive Director, U.S.-Asia Law Institute, Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

Don J. Wyatt, John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Middlebury College

Moderator: William Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University


Closing Remarks

Karl Eikenberry, Chair of RSEA Advisory Board

S010 Tsai Auditorium


Reception

Concourse