International education and research in the new geopolitical landscape

In a geopolitical landscape where suspicion and opposition to China is one of the few issues that politicians in Washington D.C. agree on, Dan Murphy and his colleague ask, "Should American Universities Engage with China?"

Based on a chapter co-authored with Mark Elliott for the new book The China Questions 2: Critical Insights into US-China Relations, Dan argues for a rational approach to engagement, placing the shared values of U.S. higher education at the forefront. This forum will cover the challenges and opportunities of future academic cooperation and exchange between the U.S., China, and beyond.

Dan Murphy, Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, works in support of the M-RCBG mission "to advance the state of knowledge and policy analysis concerning some of society’s most challenging problems at the interface of the public and private sectors."

Before joining M-RCBG, he served as executive director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard China Fund, world-leading research centers for the study of China.

Before joining Harvard, Dan served as the inaugural program director for Yale Center Beijing. From 2008-14 he served as director of special initiatives at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Dan received a full scholarship to pursue graduate studies in politics at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. He also holds an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a B.A. in English and Chinese Language and Literature from Connecticut College. In 2001, Dan was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow.

Dan is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and serves on the advisory board of The China Project. He speaks fluent Mandarin.

Lunch will be provided following the event. If you are interested, please RSVP by October 12 by clicking "I'm Interested".

Contact international@bryant.edu for questions or accommodations.

Bryant International Forums are designed to be open, campus-wide events that encourage conversations with a leader in international education who will deliver a public presentation and discuss international issues.