EMIB holds weekly discussion seminars for members throughout the semester. Each session is built around a selected chapter or short reading, usually around 30–50 pages. One member circulates a few discussion questions in advance and opens the session with a short introduction to the reading before the group moves into discussion. Sessions typically run for about an hour.

Fall 2026 Schedule

September 3

The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea
By Byung-Kook Kim and Ezra F. Vogel, eds.

Chapter 7: “The Leviathan: Economic Bureaucracy under Park”

September 10

The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea
By Byung-Kook Kim and Ezra F. Vogel, eds.

Chapter 9: “The Chaebol”

September 17

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
By Ezra F. Vogel

Chapter 15: “Economic Readjustment and Rural Reform, 1978–1982”

September 24

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
By Ezra F. Vogel

Chapter 16: “Accelerating Economic Growth and Opening, 1982–1989”

October 1

The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers
By Ngaire Woods

Chapter 2: “The Globalizing Mission”

October 8

The World’s Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
By Sebastian Mallaby

Chapter 8: “Uganda’s Myth and Miracle”

October 15

The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World
By Antoine van Agtmael

Chapter 6: “From Imitators to Innovators”