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Reporting from China: A Conversation with New York Times Correspondent David Barboza
Reporting from China: A Conversation with New York Times Correspondent David Barboza
Speaker: David Barboza, New York Times reporter and 2016 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard's Nieman Foundation Join David Barboza for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities of reporting from China. Prior […]
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Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: The Lawyer’s View
Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: The Lawyer’s View
Speaker: Natalie Lichtenstein, Adjunct Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Inaugural General Counsel, AIIB (retired) Chair: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University […]
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History in Images, History in Words: In Search of Facts in Documentary Filmmaking
History in Images, History in Words: In Search of Facts in Documentary Filmmaking
Speaker: Carma Hinton, Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University Comments by: Gerald Peary, Suffolk University Sponsored by the BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies Center for the […]
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The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
Speaker: Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history. He works out of Beijing and Berlin, where he also teaches and advises academic journals and think tanks. Johnson has spent over half of the past thirty years in the Greater China region, first as a student in Beijing from 1984 to 1985, […]
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The February 28th Incident: Imperial Legacies and War Aftermath in Taiwan, 1947
The February 28th Incident: Imperial Legacies and War Aftermath in Taiwan, 1947
Speaker: Victor Louzon, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University The February 28th Incident, as the 1947 Taiwanese rebellion against Guomindang rule and its bloody suppression are known, is perhaps the most notorious episode in modern Taiwanese history. This talk offers new insights on this event, exploring the dynamics of decolonization and demobilization […]
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State Legitimation and Popular Political Participation in the Early Modern Era: England 1560-1640, Japan 1660-1868, and China 1720-1840
State Legitimation and Popular Political Participation in the Early Modern Era: England 1560-1640, Japan 1660-1868, and China 1720-1840
Professor Wenkai He, Radcliffe/Yenching Fellow, Harvard University; Associate Professor, Hong Kong University Science and Technology, Division of Social Science Chair: Professor David Howell, Professor of Japanese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Asia Center Seminar Series
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China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story
China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story
Speaker: James Stent, Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of XacBank of Mongolia. Pundits have been predicting the impending collapse of the Chinese banking system. The collapse has not happened. What have these pundits been missing? Why have their predictions not materialized? James Stent, author of China’s Banking Transformation: the Untold Story (Oxford […]
“Behemoth”: Film Screening and Discussion with Director Zhao Liang
“Behemoth”: Film Screening and Discussion with Director Zhao Liang
Beginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, documentarian Zhao Liang’s new film Behemoth details, in one breathtaking sequence after another, the social and environmental devastation driven by the totality of humankind’s desire and greed. After the screening, Director Liang will attend via Skype for a discussion with […]
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Trump and Asia: Business as Usual? U.S.-Asia Business and Trade in the Trump Era
Trump and Asia: Business as Usual? U.S.-Asia Business and Trade in the Trump Era
The "Trump and Asia" series continues with with a look at international business and trade between the U.S. and Asia.
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Ecologies of Enclosure: Reconfiguring the Black Soldier Fly for Urban Waste Management in Guangzhou
Ecologies of Enclosure: Reconfiguring the Black Soldier Fly for Urban Waste Management in Guangzhou
Speaker: Amy Zhang, Fairbank Center An Wang Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Day One Focus: China and Korea from 1392 (the beginning of the Choson state) to the late 19th century May 1, 2017 | 4pm - 6pm Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street Discussant: Kirk W. Larsen, Brigham Young University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHchhLjPBg Day Two Focus: China and Korea in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries May 2, 2017 | […]
China Humanities Seminar: Forging a Master Key: Li Yu’s 李漁 Theory of Universal Theater
China Humanities Seminar: Forging a Master Key: Li Yu’s 李漁 Theory of Universal Theater
Speaker: S.E. Kile, University of Michigan Studies of Li Yu’s theorization of playwriting and theatrical performance have generally focused on his creation of a new technical vocabulary for playwriting and performance, the relationship between his theory’s tenets and his own playwriting practice, and the impact of profit-seeking on his ideas. I propose that using technology […]
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Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Day Two Focus: Late 19th Century and 20th Century Speaker: Odd Arne Westad is the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University, where he teaches at the Kennedy School of Government. He is an expert on contemporary international history and on the eastern Asian region. Before coming to Harvard in 2015, Westad was School Professor […]
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Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Day Three Focus: China’s relations with North and South Korea Today Speaker: Odd Arne Westad is the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University, where he teaches at the Kennedy School of Government. He is an expert on contemporary international history and on the eastern Asian region. Before coming to Harvard in 2015, Westad […]
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