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International Views of and Fall Out from the American Election (A Forum for the Academy and the Public "Pop Up" Panel)

American presidents always affect more than just the United States, so these questions are worth asking now.  How is the election of Donald Trump being thought about and discussed in the media abroad?  Is there concern--and if so, of what kind--about how his assuming the presidency could alter past patterns in international relations?  These will be the focus of this Forum event.  It will draw mostly on the expertise of UCI faculty who are versed in the study of and regularly spend time in various parts of the world and will be joined for the session by two specialists in East Asian history and politics SKYPING in from Seoul.  Each panelist will give opening remarks of 5 to at the absolute most 10 minutes, so that there will be time for comments and questions from the audience. Most of the panelists are familiar with and likely to bring in more than one international setting, but they are listed below as linked to one country of main focus.  The Forum for the Academy and the Public sees this as the first in a series of events relating to issues associated with the election.

Ian Coller (History, UCI): France
John Delury (Yonsei University, Seoul): North Korea
Alexis Dudden (University of Connecticut, on a Fulbright in Seoul): South Korea
Kai Evers (European Languages and Studies, UCI), Germany
David Fedman (History, UCI), Japan
Andromache Karanika (Classics, UCI), Greece
Jeff Wasserstrom (The Forum, UCI), Moderator

OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC