Past Tiger Events
Programming on Law, Rights, and Governance in China: The Ford Foundation Experience in Different Times
Presenter/Panelists
Ira Belkin, Senior Research Fellow and former Executive Director, US-Asia Law Institute; and Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law; Phyllis Chang, Founder and former President, China Law and Development (CLD), Beijing; and Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator
Mark Sidel
How Chinese Must a Chinese be? Identities of Chinese Indonesian Asylum Seekers On Trial in the US
Presenter/Panelists
ChorSwang Ngin, Professor of Anthropology and former Director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program, California State University Los Angeles
Moderator
Diane Young Spitzer, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Massachusetts Securities Division
Not so Insular: The Influence of Other Languages and Dialects on Mandarin
Presenter/Panelists
Neil Kubler, Stanfield Professor of Asian Studies, Department of Asian Studies, Williams College
Moderator
Lisa Chang Ahnert, former Director of Asian Studies at Southern Methodist University and former Director of Chinese Studies at Hong Kong International School
China - US Relations: A Sino-Optimist's View - Past Present and Future
Presenter/Panelists
Priscilla Hoffman-Stowe, United States Department of State (Ret.). Retired as Senior Economic Analyst and Deputy Director, Office of Economic Policy, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Now working at State as a Senior Management Consultant, Freedom of Information Requests.
Moderator
Debi Carter, Former Senior Director of Customer Success, Salesforce
How an Accidental Art Historian Found Her Way to China and Tea
Presenter/Panelists
Katharine Burnett, Professor, Chinese Art History, Department of Art and Art History, University of California Davis and Founding Director, Global Tea Initiative for the Study of Tea Culture and Science
Moderator
Betsy Glans Langberg, Former Vice President of Student Exchanges, Institute of International Education, New York
What’s in a name: The origin of place names (地 名)in ancient China and their role in the imperial system
Presenter/Panelists
Jim Hargett, Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, State University of New York at Albany
Moderator
Cynthia Chennault, Emerita, Chinese Literature, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida