Hillsdale College Hosts First CCA Seminar of the 2019-20 Academic Year
Seminar to frame China’s history and culture
Hillsdale, Mich – On September 8–11, Hillsdale College will host a Center for Constructive Alternatives (CCA) seminar entitled, “Understanding China.” This first CCA of the 2019-2020 academic year will consider the history, culture, and challenge of China.
Hillsdale College’s CCA is the sponsor of one of the largest college lecture series in America. Since the series began in 1972, more than 1,300 speakers have participated, including Ronald Reagan, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Steve Forbes, Kimberley Strassel, and Stephen Ambrose.
All CCA lectures are free and open to the media. All times listed are Eastern.
WHEN
Sunday, September 8, 2019
4:00 p.m. – Arthur Waldron: “China and the West: 1200-1900”
8:00 p.m. – Frank Dikötter: “China Since the Communist Revolution”
Monday, September 9, 2019
4:00 p.m. – Mark Blitz: “The Significance of Confucius”
8:00 p.m. – Roger W. Robinson: “China and Economic Warfare”
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
4:00 p.m. – Bill Gertz: “Chinese Intelligence”
8:00 p.m. – Steven W. Moster: “The Military Threat from China Today”
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
4:00 p.m. – Faculty Roundtable
Mark A. Kalthoff, Chairman
Patricia Bart
Kevin Gerstle
John W. Grant
WHERE
Searle Center
315 N. West Street
Hillsdale, MI 49242
WHO
Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania
Frank Dikötter, Author, Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe
Mark Blitz, Claremont McKenna College
Roger W. Robinson, Prague Security Studies Institute
Bill Gertz, Author, Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy
Steven W. Mosher, Author, Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream Is the New Threat to World Order