Every summer, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies supports undergraduate students as they set off to pursue research interests across the world. The Fairbank Center’s Summer Research Grants help undergraduate
An Oxbow in the River of Time? “River Elegy” and China’s Quest for Modern Greatness by Andrew S. Erickson, Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Professor of Strategy, China Maritime
Paul A. Cohen, longtime Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of History and Asian Studies Emeritus at Wellesley College, died on September
Rowan Flad lectures at the conference “Sanxingdui in Bronze Age Eurasia: Retrospect and Prospects after 90 Years” at Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan. December 2024. The work done by archaeologists
If you’ve ever strolled through a public square in a Chinese city, chances are you’ve encountered the vibrant, music-filled gatherings of the so-called “dancing grannies” (广场舞大妈). But what lies behind
Fairbank Center experts weigh in: Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard University; Chia-hung Tsai, Research Fellow, Election Study Center and Professor, Graduate Institute
“Great Unity” (da yitong 大一統) is an ancient concept defining a unified China of Han and other ethnic peoples under tianxia (天下), or “All Under Heaven.” But it is very
A Conversation between Hang Tu (National University of Singapore) and David Der-wei Wang (Harvard University). Hang Tu (Ph.D. ’21), Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore, recently joined
This piece was originally published on the Harvard Film Archive‘s website. The HFA has upcoming screenings of each film in Wang Bing’s Youth trilogy: Youth (Homecoming) (April 25), Youth (Hard
A Q+A with Anthropologist Philipp Demgenskiand Urban China Seminar co-organizer Li Hou Philipp Demgenski, Assistant Professor in Anthropology in the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University, recently gave a talk