MANSFIELD CENTER
SPRING 2012 BROWN BAG
LECTURE SERIES
All presentations are free and open to the public.
Unless otherwise noted, presentations will be held 12:00-1:00 p.m.
in the Mansfield Center Conference Room, Mansfield Library.
Tuesday, February 7. SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION: 11:10 to 12:15, UC 332-333
"What Makes Food Good? Three Problems in Food Ethics"
Dr. Paul B. Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University
Tuesday, February 14
“Geoengineering the Climate: Technologies for Rebalancing or Reinforcing Global Inequity?”
Dr. Jason J. Blackstock, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Centre for International Governance
Innovation; Visiting Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria
Wednesday, February 29
“Literature of the Vietnam War: A Comparative Perspective”
Dr. Quan Manh, Assistant Professor of American Literature & Ethnic Studies, Department of English
The University of Montana
Tuesday, March 13
“Cultural Arts in Vietnam’s Villages”
Dr. Do Thu Ha, Visiting Foreign Scholar, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Tuesday, March 27
“Chinese Collectivism: Myth or Reality?”
Dr. River Yang
Tuesday, April 10
“Social Characteristics of the Confucianism of Korea’s Chosun Dynasty and Tokugawa Japan”
Dr. Tae Young Kim, Department of Japanology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, South Korea
Tuesday, April 24
“Reflections on Women’s Empowerment Issues in Southeast Asia”
Visiting State Department Exchange Professionals from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.
The Mansfield Center promotes better understanding of Asia, U.S. relations with Asia, and ethics and public affairs.
More information can be found on our website at www.umt.edu/mansfield. We can also be reached at (406)243-2988 or beth.diettert@mso.umt.edu.
The University of Montana