The theme of the 2008-09 Global Education Speaker Series is The Writing on the Wall: China and Its Role in the 21st Century.
Upcoming Speaker Series events
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Judith Shapiro, Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program, American University
December/January
Lionel Jensen, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Notre Dame
Monday, April 20, 2009
Da Chen, Novelist, Memorist, and Speaker
Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. They are held at 7:30 p.m. at Maumee Valley's Millennium Theatre.
Past Speaker Series
2007-08: Too Hot to Handle: the Global Environment & Climate Change
(Speakers: Lois Gibbs, David Archer, Eugene Linden)
October 10, 2007: Lois Gibbs, Executive Director, The Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Click here to watch Channel 13 (ABC) coverage.
January 9, 2008: David Archer, professor of geophysical sciences, University of Chicago
April, 10, 2008: Eugene Linden, TIME columnist and author on issues relating to climate change
2006-07: The World is Flat: Understanding the Global Economy
(Speakers: Lori Wallach, William Melick, Jennifer Clapp)