May 1st, 2008
Benjamin Self chosen as Center's Takahashi Fellow in Japanese Studies
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center has selected Benjamin Self as the Takahashi Fellow in Japanese Studies. Read more »
April 28th, 2008
Korean NGO Activities And Perspectives For a Better World
KSP NewsThe Second Annual POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference (part of the POSCO TJ Park NGO Fellowship Program 2008-2009) is to be held on May 1 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
April 25th, 2008
Michael Korver speaks on venture capital in Japan
SPRIE NewsVenture capitalist, attorney, and educator Michael Korver opened SPRIE's spring seminar series on new post-bubble patterns of entrepreneurship in Japan. Korver, a managing partner in Japan's Global Venture Capital, spoke on how he has seen venture capital evolve there in light of his own firm's experiences. 
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April 24th, 2008
Shin: Party is over
KSP Op-ed: Chosun.com on April 24, 2008Gi-Wook Shin, Shortenstein APARC director, urges President Lee to start strengthening U.S.-South Korea alliance, particularly, with cooperation on ratification of FTA and North Korea policy.
Appointment of the Inaugural Koret Fellow in Korean Studies Program
KSP NewsThe Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that General (ret.) Byung Kwan Kim will join the Center for the 2008-2009 academic year as the first recipient of the Koret Fellowship in the Center's Korean Studies Program. Read more »
April 18th, 2008
Straub appointed associate director of Korean Studies Program
KSP NewsDavid Straub, currently a Pantech Fellow at Shorenstein APARC, has been appointed associate director of the Korean Studies Program. "David has been a tremendous asset to us with his expertise and experiences on U.S.-ROK relations," said Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin. "As he takes on his new role with us, he will provide important leadership to the Korean Studies Program that has been expanding fast." Read more »
April 16th, 2008
Armacost: U.S., South Korea must move past years of missteps
KSP Op-ed: Christian Science Monitor on April 17, 2008Shorenstein APARC Distinguished Fellow Michael Armacost discusses U.S.-South Korea ties and points out challenges ahead. "From free trade to North Korea's nuclear threat," writes Armacost in the Christian Science Monitor, "both sides must move past years of missteps."
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Report of New Beginnings group advises U.S. to respond positively to South Korea's requests
KSP In the News: The Chosun Ilbo on April 16, 2008The report of New Beginnings group suggests U.S. conduct comprehensive evaluation of Korean peninsula and Northeast Asian situations. 
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April 14th, 2008
New Beginnings group to release report on U.S.-South Korea alliance
KSP Press ReleaseNew Beginnings, a non-partisan study group of distinguished former American senior officials and experts formed by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the New York-based Korea Society, will release their report on how to revitalize the U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance on Monday, April 14, in Washington, DC., followed by a presentation in New York on April 15. 2 papers available
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April 3rd, 2008
Eggleston and colleagues receive award for research on China's dramatic pre-1980 health improvements
Shorenstein APARC, CHP/PCOR, FSI Stanford, AHPP NewsOfficial growth in Chinese life expectancy between 1950 and 1980 ranks among the most rapid in documented global history, yet virtually no study has quantitatively assessed the determinants of those longevity gains. Recently Karen Eggleston received notice of an award from Stanford's Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging--supported by the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Aging--for a study entitled "Health Improvement under Mao and Its Implications for Contemporary Aging in China." Eggleston will undertake this study jointly with colleagues Grant Miller (Stanford) and Hongbin Li (Tsinghua, PRC). Read more »
April 1st, 2008
Koret gift to Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center to support Korean Studies Program
KSP Press ReleaseThe Koret Foundation of San Francisco has approved a $300,000 gift in support of the Korean Studies Program at Stanford University. Read more »
March 28th, 2008
SPRIE Co-Director William Miller profiled on Forbes.com
SPRIE In the News: Forbes on March 19, 2008While the Stanford community may know him as former provost, professor emeritus, and co-director of SPRIE, William Miller is also chair and co-founder of Redwood City's Nanostellar, a start-up using innovative methods and new technologies to dramatically increase the efficiency of catalytic converters. Read more »
March 21st, 2008
Bringing students to China helped demystify process of field research, Oi says
FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC, SCP In the News: Stanford Report on March 12, 2008Stanford China Program Director Jean Oi is profiled in the Stanford Report for her role in the Center for Teaching and Learning's "Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching" lecture series. Oi, the William Haas Professor in Chinese Politics, began her March 6 talk titled "Cow Pies and Democracy: Teaching in the Field," by laughingly apologizing for her word choice. "I still can't believe I chose that title, but I think it aptly describes what I do with my students," she said. Read more »
Sneider: Cautionary lessons for U.S.-Korea relationship
KSP Op-ed: The Newsweek Korea on March 4, 2008Daniel Sneider, associate director for research at Shorenstein APARC, gives a few cautionary lessons on U.S.-Korea relations. Read more »
March 19th, 2008
New course on North Korea profiled in Stanford Magazine
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, KSP NewsThe March/April 2008 issue of Stanford Magazine profiles a new course on North Korea taught by Robert Carlin, a Shorenstein APARC Pantech Fellow. The course, , "Media in North Korea: A Window to Plans, Perceptions and Decisions," is one of only a handful about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that are being taught nationwide. Although Western observers typically characterize the DPRK as an informational black hole, Carlin encourages students to look beyond the caricatures of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il's elevator shoes, poufed hair, and khaki jumpsuits. "It's not a joke," Carlin says. "It's a real place." Read more »
March 16th, 2008
Shorenstein APARC announces new Shorenstein Fellows for 2008-09
Shorenstein APARC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008-09 Shorenstein Fellowship. Christian von Luebke and Li Han will join the center in fall 2008, each for a one-year term. Read more »
March 10th, 2008
Announcing the Asia-Pacific Health Policy Forum
AHPP NewsThe Comparative Health Policy Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce the launch of the Asia-Pacific Health Policy Forum to promote collaboration among social scientists studying health and healthcare in the Asia-Pacific region. Our asiahealthpolicy website includes a link to the Forum, which provides a searchable database of researchers studying health and healthcare in the Asia-Pacific by discipline, topic, and country or region. With the active participation of colleagues throughout the region, the Asia-Pacific Health Policy Forum can be a valuable resource for research, teaching, and input to health policy discussions. Read more »
March 5th, 2008
Call for papers: Conference on Korean democratization and social movements
KSP AnnouncementThe Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, with a generous grant from the Academy of Korean Studies, will host "From Democracy to Civil Society: The Evolution of Korean Social Movements," a conference on Korean democratization and social movements, on October 23-24, 2008. paper available
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February 27th, 2008
BBC interviews SEAF Director Emmerson about passing of Suharto
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford, SEAF In the News: BBC on January 27, 2008Suharto, the army general who ruled Indonesia with an iron hand from more than three decades (1966-98), died in Jakarta on Jan. 27. Later that day the BBC's NewsHour solicited reactions from various observers, including SEAF Director Donald Emmerson, who recalled Suharto's regime in the context of US-Indonesian relations.
Q&A with Dossani: Can India produce a Google?
FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC In the NewsRafiq Dossani executive director of Shorenstein APARC's South Asia Initiative, is interviewed about India's economic transformation and "immense burst of entrepreneurial energy." Read more »
February 11th, 2008
Young Kyung Do Awarded Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Health Policy
AHPP NewsThe comparative health policy program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Young Kyung Do has been awarded the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Health Policy for 2008-2009. Read more »
February 7th, 2008
President-elect Wants US-N. Korea Relations on Right Track
KSP In the News: The Korea Times on February 6, 2008Lee stressed the ratification of the trade accord would take the Korea-U.S. alliance to a new level.
January 31st, 2008
Conference on Healthcare Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific
AHPP AnnouncementThe comparative health policy program is pleased to announce that a conference on "Provider Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific" will be held November 7-8, 2008, at the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University in Beijing, P.R. China. We welcome empirical and theoretical research analyzing how reimbursement incentives shape health and healthcare behavior in the economies of the Asia-Pacific. We especially welcome evaluations of policy reforms and natural experiments impacting health service provider incentives. Please email papers or extended abstracts to Karen Eggleston by June 1, 2008. Read more »
January 30th, 2008
John Hagel and Henry Chesbrough deliver keynote addresses at "The Shape of Things to Come" conference
SPRIE NewsJohn Hagel, co-author of The Only Sustainable Edge , and Dr. Henry Chesbrough, author of Open Innovation, were keynote speakers at "The Shape of Things to Come: New Patterns and Paradigms in Global Innovation Networks." The keynotes bookended the forum, which included sessions on internet services in China and venture capital's role in network building, and featured speakers and participants from the U.S., Asia and Europe. Read more »
January 25th, 2008
Open Position Announcement: Research Assistant to the Director
KSP AnnouncementThe Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center seeks a full time researcher to assist the director of the Korean Studies Program (KSP). Read more »
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