***PLEASE NOTE THE CONFERENCE LOCATION HAS CHANGED TO YENCHING AUDITORIUM, 2 DIVINITY AVE.***

The conference is open to the public, but registration is required due to limited space. Please submit the registration form here (invited guests are not required to register). If you cannot access the form, please email strogatz@fas.harvard.edu to register.

The conference will be live streamed. A link will be shared here at a later date.

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Conference agenda

9:00–9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks

James Robson, Mark Wu, and Michael Puett, introduced by Yuhua Wang

Panel I: China in Historical Perspective

9:20–10:50 a.m.
Chair: Yuhua Wang

Panelists: Neil Diamant, Iza Ding, Mark Frazier, Gail Hershatter, Jeff Javed, Daniel Koss, Hou Li, Victor Shih, Tia Thornton

10:50–11:10 a.m. Coffee Break

Panel II: China in Comparative Perspective

11:10 a.m.–12:40 p.m.
Chair: Martin Dimitrov

Panelists: Regina Abrami, Sheena Greitens, Jingkai He, Karrie Koesel, Ching Kwan Lee, Kristen Looney, Meg Rithmire, Lily Tsai

Panel III: Reflections on Professor Perry’s Scholarly Contributions

2:00–3:30 p.m.
Chair: Ben Read
Panelists: Tim Cheek, Debbie Davis, Joe Esherick, Mary Gallagher, Devesh Kapur, Prerna Singh, Peidong Sun, Jeff Wasserstrom, Helin Wu

3:30–3:50 p.m. Coffee Break

Panel IV: Institution Building at Harvard and Beyond

3:50–5:20 p.m.
Chair: Susan Pharr
Panelists: Bruce Cumings, Andy Gordon, Helena Kolenda, Terry Lautz, Ruohong Li, Orville Schell, Bob Snow, Stefanie Van Pelt