MAYDAY! Peace Conference

Focuses on Twenty Years since Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen + 20 Years
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

“Tiananmen + 20 Years” is the topic of Gustavus Adolphus College’s 29th annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference to be held Wednesday, April 29, 2009 on the college campus.

Andrew Nathan, Ph.D, department of political science at Columbia University and a leading expert on Chinese affairs and politics, opens the daylong conference at 10:00 a.m. in Christ Chapel. The afternoon keynote speaker is Yang Jianli, Ph.D, human rights activist and a participant in the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. His talk and the closing ceremony will be hosted in Christ Chapel.

Conference organizers are planning several topic-related workshops, a Democracy Wall, a film festival, and other social-action activities.

The conference, an annual event designed to educate the campus community and beyond about issues related to peace, human rights, and social justice, is open to the public at no charge. For more information, contact the Office of Marketing and Communication at Gustavus (call 507/933-7520 or e-mail marketing@gustavus.edu).

View the MAYDAY! Peace Conference schedule of events.