Richard Madsen – Happiness in China: Defining, Seeking, Being Frustrated
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., CambridgeRead event summary here Speaker: Richard Madsen, Director, Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China; Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Tyler Harlan – Small Hydropower and the Low-Carbon Frontier in China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., CambridgeSpeaker: Tyler Harlan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Since the 1950s, the Chinese government has used small hydropower (SHP) to drive rural electrification and local economic […]
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgeMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, CambridgeFilm noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has […]