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'As China Goes, So Goes the Planet' - Dr. Judith Shapiro

Presented by Belmont University

September 18, 2009

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China's enormous environmental challenges have received great publicity. But less well-known are the implications that these problems have for the future of the planet. This talk argues that some of these challenges have great international importance, including climate change, biodiversity loss, fossil fuel competition, air and water pollution, deforestation, and so on. Dr. Shapiro will explore concepts of "displacement of environmental harms" and "environmental security" as lenses for understanding the political ecology of China's environmental crisis. Dr. Judith Shapiro is the Director of the Global Environmental Politics Programs at American University. Her courses include Environment and Politics, Advanced Studies and Research in Environmental Policy, Contemplation and Political Change, and Cross-Cultural Communication. A China specialist, she is co-author of Son of the Revolution, After the Nightmare, Cold Winds, Warm Winds, and numerous articles on freedom of expression and historical memory. Her current research is in the political and social dynamics of environmental degradation, and sustainable development in China. Her latest book is Mao's War against the Environment: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China. Among other courses, she teaches Contemplation and Political Change, Global Environmental Politics in the Public Imagination, and Environmental Security in Asia.

This event is part of Belmont University's Eighth Annual Humanities Symposium, which this year is centered on the concept Nature and the Human Spirit. Be sure to check out the long program schedule and short program schedule.