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Read and download our 2018-2019 Annual Report here. The 2018–19 academic year was a challenging time for all of us at the Fairbank Center who devote ourselves to the study of China. The U.S.-China bilateral relationship continues to deteriorate and there are few...
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Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology at the Harvard Anthropology Department, led seven Harvard students and four faculty members on a research trip to Chengdu, China from March 18 to 23. An experienced archaeologist, Professor Flad has conducted...
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FRESHMEN SEMINAR FRSEMR 70L: Ancient East Asia: Contested Archaeologies of China, Korea and Japan Rowan Flad How is our understanding of the past determined or framed by the concerns of the present? This course considers this problem with a focus on East Asia. In the...
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FRESHMEN SEMINAR FRSEMR 61M: The Silk Road as History, Culture, and Politics Mark Elliott Description:In 1923, Harvard’s Fogg Museum of Art sought to add to its collections by sending Langdon Warner, the University’s first professor of Asian art, on an expedition to...
Anthropology and Archaeology, Art History, Business and Economics, Digital China, Environment, Gender Studies, Government, History, International Relations, Law, Literature and Culture, News, Outreach, Research Projects, Sociology, Taiwan Studies
The Fairbank Center is thrilled to announce the publication of The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi (Harvard University Press, 2018). Published to celebrate the Fairbank Center’s 60th...
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FRESHMEN SEMINAR FRSEMR 71D: Zen and the Art of Living: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary James Robson This seminar explores the rich history, philosophy and practices of Zen Buddhism as it developed in China, Korea, and Japan. We will first consider the emergence of...
