Weekendseminar: Kina i forandring

Time: Friday 26.th November to Sunday 28.th November from 17.00 (Fri) to 12.45 (Sun)

Venue: Den Internationale Højskole, International Peoples College, Montebello Alle 1, 3000 Helsingør (Tel: +45 49 21 33 61 – Fax: +45 49 21 21 28 – E-mail: [email protected] – Web: www.ipc.dk)

Seminaret afvikles på engelsk – the seminar will be conducted in English

Time: Friday 26.th November to Sunday 28.th November from 17.00 (Fri) to 12.45 (Sun)

Venue: Den Internationale Højskole, International Peoples College, Montebello Alle 1, 3000 Helsingør (Tel: +45 49 21 33 61 – Fax: +45 49 21 21 28 – E-mail: [email protected] – Web: www.ipc.dk)

Seminaret afvikles på engelsk – the seminar will be conducted in English

One of the major develpments of our time is China’s rising as a new super power. China is rapidly regaining its old position as “The Middle Kingdom”. Economic growth rates of 8 – 10 per cent ignore the global financial crisis and
characterise the new China.

Furthermore, the country is now a creditor offering loans to the rest of the world, including the US. Hundreds of millions of Chinese have already said goodbye to a life in poverty as new infrastructure and building projects change the face of China.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
• Confucianism – the cultural and spiritual background for China’s development through millennia
• China’s journey from a developing country towards a nation with strong economic growth
• China and the environment
• China’s foreign and security policies
• China in Africa
• Chinese film
• China and human rights

SPEAKERS & PRESENTERS

* Mogens Lykketoft – member of Danish Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Mette Holm – journalist and writer
* Bent Nielsen – associate professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen
* Hatla Thelle – senior research fellow and head of China unit at the Danish Institute for Human Rights
* Magnus Hjortdal – research fellow at the Royal Danish Defence College
* Jørgen Delman – professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies of the University of Copenhagen and the former Director at NIAS, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
* Kristof Kristiansen – teacher at the International People’s College
* Nikolaj Sahlstrøm – teacher at the International People’s College
* Anders Bastholm – economic geographer and external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen
* Flemming Ytzen – journalist at the Danish newspaper Politiken

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, November 26th

17.00: Arrival and accommodation for participants staying overnight

18.00: Dinner

19.30: Mette Holm and Mogens Lykketoft: Kina i dag (to be held in Danish)

SATURDAY, November 27th

8.00: Breakfast

9.00-10.30: Bent Nielsen: Confucianism in Contemporary China

11.00-12.30: Hatla Thelle: The Fine Balance – Protecting Human Rights in China

12.45: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Magnus Hjortdal: China’s Foreign and Security Policy

15.30: Tai Chi and/or coffee

16.15-17.45: Jørgen Delman: Environment and Climate

18.00: Dinner

20.00: Kristof Kristiansen: A Guided Tour Through Chinese Movie Making

SUNDAY, November 28th

8.30: Breakfast

9.00-10.30: Anders Bastholm: China in Africa

10.45-12.15: Flemming Ytzen: 30 Years of Reforms

12.15: Closure

12.45: Lunch and departure

For a more detailed program see www.ipc.dk under Short Courses/China Seminar

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Prices and Discounts

Full Fee:
1.250 DKK incl. meals and accommodation /
without accommodation: 750 DKK
Retired:
1.000 DKK / without accommodation: 600 DKK
Students:
700 DKK / without accommodation: 420 DKK

HOW TO APPLY

At www.ipc.dk under Short Courses/China Seminar please find the application form (Word document). Fill it out and return it by email or post to the address below.

LOCAL HOTEL OPTION
A limited number of rooms at IPC will be available and distributed on a first-come first-serve basis. We can also arrange your stay at the local Sleep2night hotel where single room costs 450 DKK and double 495 DKK

SEMINAR SERIES
This seminar with a focus on China is the first out of four weekend courses to be held between 2010 and 2012 organized by International People’s College in cooperation with Helsingør Folkeuniversitet.

In these seminars we will take a closer look at the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – four countries with growing economical and political influence in the world.

WHAT IS IPC?

Den Internationale Højskole/International People’s College is a unique Danish folkehøjskole (non-formal residential school for adults) with an international, cross-cultural focus. Students and staff come from around 35 different countries each term.

IPC was founded in 1921 – in the ashes of World War I – to enable its students to promote international understanding and world peace.

Since then, people over the age of 18 from all continents and cultures have had the opportunity to become global citizens while living and studying under the same roof in Elsinore.