NEWDAY - NANSEN EAST-WEST DIALOGUE ACADEMY - Creating better relations by seeking mutual understanding and harmony in diversity 2017 NEWDAY - NANSEN EAST-WEST DIALOGUE ACADEMY - Creating better relations by seeking mutual understanding and harmony in diversity 2017 About NEWDAY 2017 The NEWDAY (Nansen East-West Dialogue Academy) summer course took place at the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer, Norway from 414 July 2017. It included various training programs as well as daily lectures and discussion groups. 42 participants, with 19 from the Nordic countries, 23 fro Our vision The idea for NEWDAY grew out of an annual course, Understanding Asia, arranged by NIAS and the Fudan Centre and presented at the Nansen Academy by Nordic and Asian scholars since 2014. good global society. Some fundamental concepts and variables that have been applied to cross-cultural u Photo: Heidrun Sørlie Røhr About the location Nansen Academy is named after Fridtjof Nansen (18611930) and located in Lillehammer, Norway. Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian activist, embodied a spirit and a desire to contribute to making the world a better place. In the 1920 The NEWDAY programme Every day started at 8 a.m. with a solid breakfast. The morning program ran from 9 a.m. till lunch at 1:30 p.m. including a short break halfway through. The afternoon program ran from 2:30 till 5 p.m., also including a short break. Dinner was served at 6 p.m., followed by the ev DAY 8 Automation, polarization and alienation: Emotions in World Politics James Wertsch, professor and head of International Studies, Washington University, St. Louis Life is a perennial struggle of recognition. How do we learn to mutually recognize each other and avoid devastating conflicts? La Keynote speakers of NEWDAY 2017 The NEWDAY 2017 programme featured keynote lectures by prominent scholars from within multiple fields of academia, journalists and politicians from both Europe, Asia and USA. Below is a list of select of speaker from NEWDAY 2017. Chen Zhimin Prof. Chen Zhimin is Assoc Outdoors and creative activities NEWDAY 2017 aimed to emphasize that not all classrooms have four walls. Thus, apart from its academic programme, NEWDAY featured various excursions and outdoors and cultural activities. Cultural activities included musical and artistic performances, trips to museums, What do the students say? The agenda setting of the program is a perfect example of the quote Not all classrooms have four walls. The keynote speakers were very good The organizers and staff made us feel very welcome The entire folk high school educational system is mind-refreshing for me During t Keynote speakers, participants and partners Bent Nielsen, Associate Professor, Chinese Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Bjorn Bredal, Author, Journalist, Head of Borup People High School, Copenhagen, Denmark Chen Zhimin, Associate Vice President, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Choi J Founded in 1971, the Nordic Council of Ministers is the official body for intergovernmental co-operation in the Nordic Region. The Council of Ministers seeks Nordic solutions with visible positive effects for everybody who lives in the Region. The Nansen Humanistic Academy is located in Lillehammer