“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
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
Karen L. Thornber is Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, as well as Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok
Karen L. Thornber is Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, as well as Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok
We continue our series of Q+As introducing you to the Fairbank Center’s new Fellows with Jason Chan, whose research is being supported by a 2024-25 Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellowship.
We continue our series of Q+As introducing you to the Fairbank Center’s new Fellows with Jason Chan, whose research is being supported by a 2024-25 Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellowship.
For the great majority of Fridays during this Fall semester, the Digital China Initiative—which studies the impact of digital technologies in the field of China Studies—is offering workshops on Generative






