Friday, September 14, 2007

Senior Common Room Dinner on "The Origins of China's Takeoff" by Prof. Ezra F. Vogel

Time: October 1, 2007, 6 PM
Venue: Dudley House Common Room

Senior Common Room Dinners are held once a month during the academic year with the idea of bringing together local scholars and students for discussion on a topic of common interest while enjoying dinner together. Our first Senior Common Room dinner this year will be held on Monday, October 1. Ezra F. Vogel, the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University will speak on “The Origins of China's Takeoff.” Professor Vogel is a leading expert in Asian Studies and the former director of the Fairbank Center as well as the Asia Center at Harvard. The Senior Common Room dinner will start at 6 p.m. in the Dudley House Common Room, with a reception in the Graduate Student Lounge at 5:30 pm. A limited number of free tickets will be available at the Dudley House Office on the 3rd floor beginning Monday, September 17, at 9 a.m. If you are a Longwood student please contact the House Office at 617-495-2255 and we will make arrangements for you to get your tickets. Contact Yanyan Liu (liu3@fas.harvard.edu) for more information.

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