North Korea Research Group
Greetings on behalf of the North Korea Research Group. Event information below:
1. Oct. 21 3-5 108N (Munk Center) Info Session
This information is for all interested undergraduate and graduate students who would like to be involved with NKRG this year. The session is highly recommended for anyone interested in researching with NKRG as we will talk about our research topics this year, some information about the group, and information regarding the application process.
2. Oct. 27 4-6 208N (Munk Center) Info Session
This information session is for those who could not make the previous one.
3. Oct. 30 12-2 108N (Munk Center) Luncheon Talk with Ambassador Chan-Ho Ha
The RoK ambassador to Canada will be conducting a short talk and Q&A session.
To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Populations
The Department of Geography and Program in Planning at the University of Toronto is pleased to have Dr. Tania Li as one of its featured guests for this semester's Intersections Speaker Series.
Dr. Li will give a talk titled "To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Populations" on Oct 23 (Fri), 2-4pm in Sidney Smith Room 2125 (100 St. George).
Please see attached poster for abstract and more information.
Military Labor and Military Prostitution Across South Korea, Vietnam and the United States, 1960-1970s
The Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series Presents: "Military Labor and Military Prostitution Across South Korea, Vietnam and the United States, 1960-1970s", a talk by Jin-kyung Lee (University of California, San Diego), Thursday October 22, 12-2pm, 208N, Munk Centre for International Studies.
To register, visit: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=7874
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The (In)Security of China under Mao: Grand Strategy and Defense Industrialization
This Friday, October 23, David Bachman (Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington) will be presenting a talk entitled "The (In)Security of China under Mao: Grand Strategy and Defense Industrialization" at the Munk Centre for International Studies, room 108N, from 2-4pm. Please register online at:
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=7931
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Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
13th Annual Edition
November 11-15, 2009
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian) will celebrate its 13th year as Canada’s premier showcase of contemporary Asian cinema November 11 to 15, 2009. Presenting 49 East/Southeast Asian titles from around the world, from 14 countries, including Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Singapore, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and the United States of America, this year’s line-up includes a number of highly anticipated Canadian premieres, internationally acclaimed features, as well as shorts that hit close to home (12 World Premieres, 7 Canadian Premieres, 17 Toronto Premieres and over 35 guests in Attendance).
Spectres of In/Visibility: Filipina/o Lives in Canada- A National Symposium
Leading scholars will convene to address the absence of academic and policy discussions on Filipinos in Canada, the third largest non-European ethnic group in the country.
"Spectres of In/Visibility" will be held at the University of Toronto.
The symposium's featured speakers will include Dr. Eleanor Ty of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Dr. Leonora Angeles of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Bonnie McElhinny of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.
After the Quake: Rebuilding for Children and Families in Sichuan Province
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
208N - Seminar Room, North House
Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place
Register online at:
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8283
When the massive earthquake, measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China on 12 May 2008, more than 120 million people in the region experienced the effects. The Wenchuan earthquake left 88,000 people dead or missing and nearly 400,000 injured. Millions of homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving five million people homeless.
The earthquake hit children especially hard. More than 12,000 schools, or 40% of all the schools in Sichuan Province, were damaged by the earthquake and more than 600 children were orphaned.
Redefining Central Asia
PEACE AND CONFLICT SOCIETY PRESENTS
THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THIS WEEKEND@UofT OCTOBER 9-11
Starts Friday at 7pm, U of T's Faculty of Law
REDEFINING CENTRAL ASIA:
COOPERATION, STABILIZATION & IMPLICATIONS OF REGIONAL SECURITY
FEATURING:
SENIOR DIPLOMATS, SCHOLARS, SPECIALISTS, POLICY MAKERS,
MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COMMUNITIES
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
FORMER CANADIAN AMBASSADOR AND UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO AFGHANISTAN
(CHAIR: BRIAN STEWART, SENIOR MUNK FELLOW/CBC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT)
THE HONOURABLE BOB RAE, PC, OC ,OOnt, QC, MP
FOREIGN AFFAIRS CRITIC OF THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION
(CHAIR: BILL GRAHAM, FORMER LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER, DEFENCE MINISTER )
