High-Profile Events

[11/15/24] New Books in Asian Studies: The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, China’s Communist Reformer

Friday, November 15th, 2024 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET Room 505 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 and Online Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies...

[10/25/24] Nikah: A New Uyghur Film

Friday, October 25th, 2024 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 Join the Sigur Center for...

[9/11/24] Okinawa’s Subnational Diplomacy: Promoting Cooperation and Preventing Conflict in East Asia

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET State Room Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 and Online The security and economic environment...

[4/23/24] A Conversation with Geling Yan

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT Lindner Family Commons Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies for...

[2/2/2024] Historical, Cultural, and Linguistic Approaches to Elections in Southeast Asia

Friday, February 2, 2024 3:00 – 5:30 PM ET Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 As Benedict Anderson once observed,...

[3/28/23] NBAS: Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People’s Republic with Mike Chinoy

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET City View Room Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Washington, D.C. 20052 Reporting on China has long been one of the most...

11/04/2022 | The CCP 20th Party Congress and China’s Road Ahead

Friday, November 4, 2022 12:30 – 5:45 PM ET Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E ST NW, Washington, DC 20052 Critical questions about China’s future...

3/22/2022 | “The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China” with the Honorable Kevin Rudd

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT Lindner Family Commons 1957 E ST NW Room 602 AND Zoom You are invited to a presentation at GW by Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia...

09/16/2021: Poverty, Climate, and Unemployment: Towards a World of Three Zeros featuring Muhammad Yunus

Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT Zoom Event GW is pleased to invite you to a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen...

02/24/2020: Ambassador of Timor Leste on Climate Change and Small Island Nations

Monday, February 24, 2020 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20052 The Elliott School...

5/30/19: National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ 16th Foreign Policy Colloquium: Reception and Keynote Address with Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering

Thursday, May 30th, 20196:30 PM – 9:30 PM Jack Morton AuditoriumSchool of Media and Public Affairs805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052 We are honored and pleased that Ambassador Thomas R....