Wednesday Evening Seminar
The Wednesday Evening Seminar (WES) is a weekly gathering of Center participants in their first fall and spring semester. WES brings together fellows from diverse academic disciplines, geographic areas, life experiences, and East-West Center programs to learn and dialogue on issues of common concern that impact the U.S. and Asia Pacific region. Read more...
SPRING 2012 PROGRAM
Syllabus - "Disasters in the United States and Asia Pacific: Preparation, Response and Critique"
January 25 - April 11, 2012
Keoni Auditorium
Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
January 25 - The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It: Transformation Through Innovation
February 1 - Learning from Disasters
February 8 - Planning for Community Resilience: Stories from the U.S., India, and Uganda
February 22 - Bioterrorism Preparedness, a Survey of Health Professionals in Hawaii
February 29 - Rights - based Disaster Planning
March 7 - Student panel
March 14 - Pacific Partnership Project and Work Related to its Inception with the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami Centered in Aceh, Indonesia
April 4 - Island Climate Adaptation
April 11 - Reflections and input for future WES
PAST WEDNESDAY EVENING SEMINARS
2011 Fall - "Toward a Regional Literacy of Contemporary Asia-Pacific and the United States"
2011 Spring - "Movements of People, Nations, and Ideas in the Asia Pacific"
2010 Fall - "Perspectives on Social Justice in Asia Pacific Communities"
2010 Spring - "Cultural Foundations and Contemporary Expressions in the Asia-Pacific"
2009 Fall - "Current Challenges and Empowering Voices in the United States, Asia and the Pacific"
2009 Spring - "Toward a Regional Literacy of the Asia-Pacific and the United States"
2008 Fall - "The Politics of Globalization and Social Networks in the Asia-Pacific"
2008 Spring - "Emerging Issues in the Asia and the Pacific"
2007 Fall - "Sustainability: Behind the Veneer of the Rhetoric"
2007 Spring - "Creating Futures for Asia and the Pacific: Choices and Behaviors"
2006 Fall - "Empowering People for the Future of Asia and the Pacific"