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.
News
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Fall 2026 Acquisitions at the H.C. Fung Library
The Fung Library announces its new acquisitions for the Fairbank Center Collection.
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Announcing Our 2026-27 Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellows
The Fairbank Center is excited to award three doctoral students with Shum Fellowships supporting their research in China. For the 2026-27 academic year, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies is pleased to support three students with Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellowships: Hagar Zheng Gal, Tcybzhid Tcybikova, and Kaixiao Liu. Established in 2005, the Desmond and…
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Six Harvard seniors awarded the Hoopes Prize for outstanding senior theses on China and Taiwan
Six Harvard College seniors with ties to the Fairbank Center are among the 71 winners of the 2026 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize. The Prize, administered by Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, recognizes outstanding undergraduate scholarly work or research. It was established through the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes, Harvard College Class of 1919. Francesco…
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.