Communications specialist, writer, and China expert Madeleine Lynn joined the Council in 2004 as staff writer and became director of communications a few years later. She left the Council in June 2019.
On moving to New York in 2002, she worked as a writer and consultant, mainly on cross-cultural issues. From 1995 until the end of 2001 she was director of Timexpo Museum in Connecticut, which opened in 2001. She also worked on a sister museum in the Canary Islands based on the work of archaeologist, explorer, and author Thor Heyerdahl.
Madeleine Lynn lived in Beijing from 1984-1989 and then in Hong Kong from 1989-1995, holding management positions in the China and Asia tourism industry for Lindblad Travel, American Express, and the Hong Kong Tourism Association. She has also lived in Taiwan. Lynn has a BA in Chinese Studies from Leeds University (UK) and an MA in Comparative Asian Studies from Hong Kong University. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and French.
Featured Work
SEP 17, 2015 • Podcast
Introduction to "Ethics & International Affairs," Fall 2015
In this podcast, Senior Editor Zach Dorfman discusses the journal's fall issue. Topics discussed include global standards for international judges; ethical consumption and individual obligations; ...
JUN 12, 2015 • Podcast
Introduction to "Ethics & International Affairs," Summer 2015
In this podcast, Senior Editor Zach Dorfman introduces the journal's summer issue. Topics discussed include essays on liberal education in illiberal societies, and on Edward ...
MAR 24, 2015 • Podcast
Introduction to "Ethics & International Affairs," Spring 2015
In this podcast, Zach Dorfman introduces the spring 2015 issue of "Ethics & International Affairs." Topics include a symposium on imagining a "Drone Accountability Regime"; Liberia, Ebola, ...
DEC 16, 2014 • Podcast
Introduction to "Ethics & International Affairs," Winter 2014
In this podcast, Zach Dorfman introduces the winter 2014 issue of "Ethics & International Affairs." Topics include "cultures of humanitarianism" in East Asia; torture and norm death; ...
DEC 3, 2014 • Podcast
An Introduction to Centennial Ebook of Roundtables from "Ethics & International Affairs"
In this podcast, Zach Dorfman introduces the Centennial collection of roundtables on the most critical issues facing the world today: the idea of a global ...
SEP 22, 2014 • Podcast
Podcast with Joel Rosenthal and Devin Stewart for Global Ethics Day
What is Global Ethics Day? "Our dream is that this becomes a global educational effort and that people come to learn from each other from ...
JUL 1, 2014 • Podcast
Trust and Economic Growth in China
With 30 years of growth under its belt, has China joined the ranks of "developed" economies like the United States and Japan? What are obstacles to ...
APR 23, 2014 • Podcast
Taiwan's Student Sunflower Movement: Interview with Two of its Leaders
In an unprecedented event this Spring, the Sunflower Student Movement occupied Taiwan's Legislative Yuan for over three weeks. The students finally withdrew after the government ...
JAN 17, 2012 • Podcast
A Look at Global Sustainability, with a Focus on China
Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisis and the work of ...
DEC 22, 2009 • Podcast
East Asian Security and Democracy: The Place of Taiwan
Taiwan has transformed itself into a prosperous, vibrant democracy, and recently tensions between Taiwan and China have lessened. As the balance of power between the ...