The College of Arts & Sciences will celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the Cornell Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies – and a new faculty director for the program — at an April 24 symposium on the Ithaca campus. 

The event, set for 1:35-6:30 p.m. in Room 120 of the Physical Sciences Building, will feature a faculty panel focused on U.S.-China Relations; a conversation between Zachary Montague ‘13, a reporter for The New York Times, and Peter John Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean of Arts & Sciences; and a career panel with CAPS alumni. All of the events are free and open to the public.

The day’s schedule includes:

• 1:35 p.m.: Welcome and introductions by Loewen and Michael J. Zak ’75, member, Center for a New American Security and board of directors & partner emeritus, Charles River Ventures

• 2 p.m.: Faculty panel featuring Patrizia McBride (moderator), Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs and Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Department of German Studies (A&S); Peter Katzenstein, the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Department of Government (A&S); Diana Fu, the new Levinson Program director; Xu Xin, interim director for the Levinson Program and adjunct associate professor, Department of Government; and Jason Oaks M.A. ‘13, who leads the China team at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

• 3:15 p.m.: “Higher Ed and International Partnerships,” a conversation between Loewen and Montague, who formerly covered the education department and education policy and now covers federal courts and the balance of power in the federal government

• 4:15 p.m.: Allen Carlson, associate professor of government and former Levinson Program director, in conversation with Levinson program alums Randy Wan ’12, Strauss Cooperstein ’22, Shauna DeLorenzo ’19, Angela Pan’ 23 and Isaac Herzog ’23

The Brittany and Adam J. Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies offers students the opportunity to study contemporary China through a set of courses on China's language, history, politics, economy, society and foreign relations. Students also take part in experiences both on-and-off campus, including three years in Ithaca, one optional semester in Washington D.C. and one required semester in Beijing.