Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Stanford University



Shorenstein APARC announces new fellowships and faculty searches for the 2010-2011 academic year

Shorenstein APARC is now accepting applications for the Northeast Asian History Fellowship, the Shorenstein Fellowships, and the Shorenstein APARC/Takahashi Predoctoral Fellowship. The center also welcomes applications for faculty appointments in Japanese and Korean Studies.


Shorenstein APARC launches the annual Stanford-Kyoto Dialogue, focusing on energy and the environment

The Dialogue gathers established and rising leaders in various sectors -- industry, media, academia, politics -- for annual discussion of critical issues of shared concern. Experts from Stanford University and specialists from around the region will launch the Dialogue sessions in focused topics within the annual theme. The 2009 Dialogue centers on the question of "Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth in Asia," with sessions on the geopolitics of energy in Asia, energy efficiency, clean technology, and post-Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions.

David Straub joins Clinton delegation to North Korea to secure release of Current TV journalists

David Straub, associate director of the Korean Studies Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, and former director of the State Department's Korea desk, was part of the private delegation led by former president Bill Clinton in early August that secured the release of two Current TV journalists held in North Korea. The two had been arrested on March 17 near the North Korean border with China while reporting on human trafficking for Current TV and sentenced in June to 12 years hard labor.



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