From exploring 8^th Century art to examining contemporary geopolitics, Harvard’s Class of 2025 is full of individuals engaged in path-breaking research in Chinese Studies. We’ve selected a few outstanding projects to provide you a glimpse of the bold ideas being put forward by our graduating students.  Come hear lightning talks from the following students:

Joyce Chen – China’s Socialization in the UN Security Council: The Case of the North Korean Nuclear Issue

Bulelani Jili – Leasing Out Sovereignty: The Proliferation of Chinese Surveillance Technologies in Africa

Chao Lang – From Integration to Isolation: Xinjiang Cotton and Commercial Networks (1759–1890)

Alex Lee – Anthropomorphic Animals in Chinese Animated Film from the Great Leap Forward

Isabel McWilliams – In Situ Actualization: The Hyper-bodied Bodhisattva in Eighth Century East Asian Art

Shuhuai Zhang – Zenith of a Dying Breed: The Chinese Communist Party’s Official Propagandists in the Early Reform Years (1976-1994)

Veronica Peterson – Taking Care: Home Cooking and Cooking for Community in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century Chinese Diaspora

Laurence Li – “Foreign Adversary” in U.S. Federal Courts

Cosette Wu – The Effect of the 2017 Techno-Geopolitical Shock on the US-Taiwan Innovation Relationship

A reception will follow for all graduates after the presentations.