Film Screenings – The Face of Time: Recent Films by Tsai Ming-Liang
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MARare and valuable is the filmmaker who expands one’s conception of the cinematic art; rarer still is the filmmaker who enlarges one’s notion of the term “director.” Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based auteur …
Film Screenings – The Face of Time: Recent Films by Tsai Ming-Liang
Jae-Jung Suh – Diatribes and Dialogues over the Past: “History Problems” and Regional Orders in Northeast Asia
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MassachusettsSpeaker: Jae-Jung Suh, Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Chair/Discussant: Paul Y. Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University In this talk, …
East Asian Legal Studies Open House
WCC Milstein East C, Harvard Law SchoolTake advantage of this opportunity to meet EALS Faculty, Staff, Research Fellows, and the 2022-2023 Visiting Scholars.Remarks begin at 12:45pm.Food will be provided. Venue
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Yanzhong Huang – Is Zero Covid Crippling Xi Jinping’s Domestic Agenda?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MASpeaker: Yangzhong Huang, Professor and Director, Center for Global Health Studies, Seton Hall University China’s zero-Covid policy, while shielding the country from Covid-19 and facilitating state control over society, also …
Ya-wen Lei – The Gilded Cage: Techno-State Capitalism in China
William James Hall, Room 1550 33 kirkland st, cambridge, MASpeaker: Ya-wen Lei, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Using Daniel Bell’s work as a springboard, I analyze the emergent post-industrial society in China, focusing on China’s techno-development from …
Ya-wen Lei – The Gilded Cage: Techno-State Capitalism in China
Film Screening and Discussion – Afternoon (Na ri xia wu)
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MADirected by Tsai Ming-liang.Taiwan, 2015, DCP, color, 137 min.Mandarin with English subtitles. In-person discussion with the director follows the film screening. As if created to refute the notion that artists are …
Modern China Lecture featuring Philip Thai – Communist China’s Capitalist Front: The China Resources Company in Cold War Hong Kong
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MASpeaker: Philip Thai, Northeastern University The China Resources Company is a Hong Kong-based, Chinese state-owned conglomerate with diverse businesses interests in real estate, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, and other industries. Today, …
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring John K. Culver: How China’s Catastrophic Success, US Strategic Blunders Fueled Rivalry
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MASpeaker: John Culver, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub; Former Senior Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John K. Culver is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s …
Zhang Changdong – Taxation and State Building Contradiction: Grassroots State Reconfiguration under Tax State Transition in Rural China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MassachusettsSpeaker: Zhang Changdong, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2022-23Chair/discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University; Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. Taxation is regarded as an important …
Panel Discussion – What Does China’s Rise Mean for the United States?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MAFor decades Americans have described China as a rising power. That description no longer fits: China has already risen. What does this mean for the US–China relationship? For the global …
Panel Discussion – What Does China’s Rise Mean for the United States?
Film Screening and In-Person Director Discussion – Days (Rizi)
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MADirected by Tsai Ming-liang.With Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy.Taiwan/France, 2020, DCP, color, 127 min.Mandarin with English subtitles. In-person discussion with the director follows the film screening. Ever since Tsai prematurely announced his …
Film Screening and In-Person Director Discussion – Days (Rizi)
The Founding Generation: A Celebration of the Publication of Dr. Nongji Zhang’s Book on the People’s Republic of China’s First Generation of Legal Scholars, 1949-1992
WCC 2036 Milstein East A, Harvard Law SchoolSpeaker: Nongji Zhang, Librarian for East Asian Law, Harvard Law School LibraryPanelists: William P. Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law, Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard […]