The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University brings together a global community of world-leading academics and practitioners to advance scholarship in all fields of China Studies.
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“Partridge Sky” by Yunuo Zhang (Yuan Zhang), calligraphy by Meng Zhang, offered as parting gift as Fairbank Center celebrates Year of the Dragon
During the Fairbank Center’s February 12th Chinese New Year celebration, Yuan Zhang, Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies—who will be returning to Beijing this month—presented her poem, […]
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The 2024 Charles Neuhauser Memorial Lecture featuring Amb. Robert E. Lighthizer – China and the Trade Trap
For the Fairbank Center’s 2024 Charles Neuhauser Memorial Lecture, we hosted Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, 18th U.S. Trade Representative (2017-2021), who argued that China’s goal to become the world’s number […]
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Winter Acquisitions at the H. C. Fung Library: New Publications by Ai Weiwei, Ya-Wen Lei, Meg Rithmire, Jie Li, Tony Saich, and More
The Fung Library announces its new acquisitions for the Fairbank Center Collection.
Director’s Word
Winnie Chi-man Yip, our former Acting Director, gives her impression of how the Fairbank Center has adapted over the past academic year.
History of the Center
The Fairbank Center was founded in 1955 by Professor John King Fairbank, a leading scholar in modern and contemporary China studies.
History of China at Harvard
Harvard University has promoted the study of China since the appointment of our first Chinese-language instructor in 1879.
Harvard Tercentenary Stele
This slender marble slab, or stele, was presented to Harvard in 1936 as a gift from Chinese alumni on the occasion of the University’s tercentenary, and stands to the side of Widener Library.
Our Community Policies
The Fairbank Center is unambiguously committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and work environment for our community.
The Fairbank Center stands in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander Communities.