Part of “East Meets West Talks” series, The Beijing Center presents “Service-Learning: Engage, Learn, and Act.” Our discussion will focus on the implementation of service-learning and ways to actively support local communities, with a conscious effort towards cultural understanding.
Topics:
-How to successfully build virtual immersion learning programs
-Institutionalization of the service-learning experience
-Service-learning experience through work with migrant children in Beijing
Date and Time:
-Wed. 16th June, 8:30-9:30 EST (New York)
-Wed. 16th June, 14:30-15:30 CEST (Madrid)
-Wed. 16th June, 20:30-21:30 CST (Beijing)
Register now: go.thebeijingcenter.org/east-meets-west
This is the first American edition of Anderson’s fascinating account of Britain’s first diplomatic mission to China in 1792. By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had been trading with Chinese merchants for two hundred years, but in a strictly limited way.
At the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, as the 18th century drew to a close, the Western world was eager for knowledge—driven by a philosophical movement that championed reason and science. King Louis XV of France asked for the advice of his trusted Minister of State, Henri Bertin, about how to reform the spirit of the nation, after giving it some thought, Bertin famously responded, “Sire, to inoculate the French with the Chinese spirit.”