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  • Critical Issues Confronting China series featuring Ian Johnson — Reclaiming Historical Memory and the Struggle for China’s Future

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Ian Johnson, Author; Founder, China Unofficial Archives Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History; Former Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, teacher, and researcher. He has been engaged with China for the past thirty-five years, writing on the country’s search

  • Taiwan: The Politics of Difference

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Anthony Hao Yeh, National Chengchi UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue

  • Taiwan Workshop featuring Thung-Hong Lin — Stormy Seas: Taiwan’s Democratic Resilience under China’s Sharp Power

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Thung-Hong Lin, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. How can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is often praised for its successful economic development and peaceful democratic transition, yet it faces substantial challenges from both internal political divisions and external geopolitical pressures. Taiwan’s political landscape is

  • Sinophone South Studies: A Dialogue

    Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speakers: Chia-rong Wu, University of CanterburyKyle Shernuk, Georgetown UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue

  • Taiwan Studies+ 2.0 Symposium

    Yenching Auditorium 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    As Taiwan finds itself reentering into the global conversation today, where does the field of Taiwan Studies find itself in this historical moment? From the origins of capitalism to the threat of nuclear pollution, from soundscapes in the authoritarian era to contemporary video games, from indigenous identities to Cold War activism, and from geopolitical competition

  • Gender Studies and Performance Workshop

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    9:00 - 9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks 9:15 - 10:45 AM: Panel One Commentators: Waiyee Li, Harvard UniversityThomas Kelly, Harvard University Eugene Wang, Harvard UniversityThe Woman Inhabiting a Dog’s Body: How Asian Theatre Evolved? When did Asian theatre begin—and how? I approach this question through a single, startling image: Mulian’s mother reborn as a dog. The

  • China’s Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities — Presentations by Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars and Fellows

    CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Presentations: Lingang Zhou, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Affairs, East China Normal University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Why is China’s Constitution “provisional” and why does it matter?China’s constitution provides the foundation for the People’s Republic of China’s governing system. However, a deep analysis of the Communist Party’s own logic and language