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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013631
CREATED:20171025T181329Z
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SUMMARY:Does Neighborhood Urban Form Influence Non-Motorized Transport in Chengdu\, China? Toward Walkable Low-Carbon Cities
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Guan ChengHe\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Harvard-China Project; Research Fellow\, Harvard Graduate School of Design \nSustainable urban form that encourages low-carbon travel can help respond to the environmental challenges associated with urbanization. Non-motorized transport (NMT) effectively reduces the per capita carbon footprint of city dwellers. From the concept of compact cities to smart growth policies\, many have attempted to address the question: Why do people living in certain neighborhoods walk more and drive less?  Previous studies\, mostly in North America and Europe\, have established that urban form has a significant effect on travel behavior\, but this relationship at the neighborhood scale is less conclusive. Recent studies have tried to measure neighborhood urban form in China by focusing on characteristics of the built physical environment. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of longitudinal data. \nWe conducted two interdisciplinary household surveys in the city of Chengdu\, in 2005 and 2016\, to assess changes in its economy\, urbanization\, travel behavior\, land use\, emissions\, and popular perceptions over 11 years. By applying multivariate regression and factor analysis\, our preliminary findings show that individual physical characteristics such as compactness measured by building footprint\, population density\, and diversity of land use may be insufficient to differentiate neighborhood travel behavior in Chinese cities. We argue that aggregate characteristics such as neighborhood types\, infrastructure network connections\, and job accessibility are critical concerns for promoting NMT in dense cities. We will also discuss China’s planning strategies toward low-carbon cities in general. \nQuestions? Contact Tiffany Chan\, Program Manager\, Harvard-China Project\, at tiffanychan@seas.harvard.edu \nSponsored by China Project\, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/does-neighborhood-urban-form-influence-non-motorized-transport-in-chengdu-china-toward-walkable-low-carbon-cities/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall 100F\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171102T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013631
CREATED:20171020T142147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171020T142147Z
UID:6144-1509624000-1509629400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:River\, Governance and Place: Sentiment in The Travels of Lao Can
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Hsu Hui-Lin\,  Associate Professor\, Department of Chinese Literature\, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar\nChair/discussant: Karen Thornber Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University\n\n \nSentiment has been viewed as a major force of modernization. Studies in the past decade are inclined to understand modern sentiment in early 1900s China in the context of metropolis growth. Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can (1903-1907)\, due to the author’s unprecedented assertion on the power of crying and overwhelming sentiment in its preface\, invites scholarly attention to the role of the novel in understanding modern sentiment in that particular period. However\, set mostly in rural areas of Shandong province\, the novel is found difficult to fit into the urban experience based approach. Departing from the perspective of environmental history\, this talk addresses the relation between the shaping of the discourse of sentiment in The Travels of Lao Can\, and the decades-long disastrous Yellow River floods since 1855\, as well as the effort of river engineering where Liu E engaged himself as an active participant.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/river-governance-and-place-sentiment-in-the-travels-of-lao-can/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013631
CREATED:20171108T202753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T202753Z
UID:6266-1510574400-1510579800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Huang Yinghong  - Compulsory Development: the Ideal Type of Land Acquisition in India and China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Huang Yinghong\, Associate Professor\, School of International Relations\, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\nChair/discussant: Malcolm McPherson\, Senior Research Fellow\, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation\, Harvard Kennedy School \nhttps://harvard-yenching.org/events/compulsory-development-ideal-type-land-acquisition-india-and-china
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/huang-yinghong-compulsory-development-the-ideal-type-of-land-acquisition-in-india-and-china/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171113T140000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013631
CREATED:20170830T153505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170830T153505Z
UID:5791-1510574400-1510581600@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:East Asian Legal Studies Talk With Professor Curtis Milhaupt
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt is the Parker Professor of Comparative Corporate Law and Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law at Columbia Law School. He also serves as the Law School’s director of the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law and director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies. He is also a member of Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/east-asian-legal-studies-talk-with-professor-curtis-milhaupt/
LOCATION:Austin Hall Room 308\, 1515 Mass Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171114T190000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171026T163442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171026T163442Z
UID:6186-1510675200-1510686000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Film Series - Aging in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November.13\nOld Partner (Korea\, 78 min.)\nIntroduced by: Paul Chang\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, Harvard University \nTuesday\, November. 14\nBaghban (India\, 178 min.)\nIntroduced by: Professor Samir Dayal\, English and Media Studies\, Bentley University \nWednesday\, November 15\nFor Fun (Zhao le) (China\, 98 min)\nIntroduced by: Haijing Hao\, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor\, Management Science and Information Systems Department\, College of Management\, University of Massachusetts\, Boston \nThursday\, November 16\nPecoross’ Mother and Her Days (Japan\, 113 min.)\nIntroduced by: Alexander Zahlten\, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \nRefreshments provided \nCo-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Korea Institute\, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute\, and Reischauer Institute
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-series-aging-in-asia-2017-11-14/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Film Screening,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T170000
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CREATED:20170929T180032Z
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SUMMARY:Tyler Harlan - Small Hydropower and the Low-Carbon Frontier in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Tyler Harlan\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of Geography\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nSince the 1950s\, the Chinese government has used small hydropower (SHP) to drive rural electrification and local economic development in the remote\, resource-rich west of the country. More recently\, however\, this same technology has been re-framed as a renewable energy that generates electricity for the national green economy. In this presentation I argue that SHP represents a broader transformation of rural western China into a ‘low-carbon frontier’\, characterized by the rapid growth of renewable energy infrastructure far from urban centers. I show how the frontier is simultaneously constructed as a site of ecological degradation and of untapped low-carbon value\, both discursively and materially through preferential state policies for renewable energy expansion. This\, in turn\, enables energy firms and local governments to extract new profits from natural resources that may have competing uses. Drawing on policy analysis and twelve months of interviews with government officials\, hydropower investors\, and farmers\, I argue that SHP on the ‘low-carbon frontier’ privileges renewable energy generation over other local resource needs. At the same time\, I show how local governments employ new SHP infrastructure for their own uses\, such as powering nearby mining and mineral processing facilities. This presentation thus highlights the importance of examining subnational geographies of low-carbon transformation\, and the ways that resources and technologies can be re-purposed for local and national development goals. \nCo-sponsored by China Project\, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\, and Environment in Asia Series\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/small-hydropower-and-the-low-carbon-frontier-in-china/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall 100F\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Conference and Workshops,Environment,Environment,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171115T190000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171026T163442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171026T163442Z
UID:6187-1510761600-1510772400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Film Series - Aging in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November.13\nOld Partner (Korea\, 78 min.)\nIntroduced by: Paul Chang\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, Harvard University \nTuesday\, November. 14\nBaghban (India\, 178 min.)\nIntroduced by: Professor Samir Dayal\, English and Media Studies\, Bentley University \nWednesday\, November 15\nFor Fun (Zhao le) (China\, 98 min)\nIntroduced by: Haijing Hao\, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor\, Management Science and Information Systems Department\, College of Management\, University of Massachusetts\, Boston \nThursday\, November 16\nPecoross’ Mother and Her Days (Japan\, 113 min.)\nIntroduced by: Alexander Zahlten\, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \nRefreshments provided \nCo-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Korea Institute\, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute\, and Reischauer Institute
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-series-aging-in-asia-2017-11-15/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Film Screening,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20170803T171929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170803T171929Z
UID:5459-1510833600-1510839000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Maria Repnikova - Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with Maria Repnikova\, Assistant Professor Communication at Georgia State University and author of\, “Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism.” Ash Center Director Tony Saich will moderate. \nLunch will be provided.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/media-politics-in-china-improvising-power-under-authoritarianism/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171026T163442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171026T163442Z
UID:6188-1510848000-1510858800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Film Series - Aging in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November.13\nOld Partner (Korea\, 78 min.)\nIntroduced by: Paul Chang\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, Harvard University \nTuesday\, November. 14\nBaghban (India\, 178 min.)\nIntroduced by: Professor Samir Dayal\, English and Media Studies\, Bentley University \nWednesday\, November 15\nFor Fun (Zhao le) (China\, 98 min)\nIntroduced by: Haijing Hao\, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor\, Management Science and Information Systems Department\, College of Management\, University of Massachusetts\, Boston \nThursday\, November 16\nPecoross’ Mother and Her Days (Japan\, 113 min.)\nIntroduced by: Alexander Zahlten\, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \nRefreshments provided \nCo-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Korea Institute\, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute\, and Reischauer Institute
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-series-aging-in-asia-2017-11-16/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Film Screening,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171108T202308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T202308Z
UID:6263-1510851600-1510858800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Prasenjit Duara - Spiritual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcendence in Contemporary Asia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Prasenjit Duara\, Oscar Tang Professor of East Asian Studies\, Duke University\n\n\n\n\n\nThe crisis of global modernity has been produced by human overreach that was founded upon a paradigm of national modernization. Today\, three global changes: the rise of non-western powers\, the crisis of environmental sustainability and the loss of authoritative sources of transcendence – the ideals\, principles and ethics once found in religions — define our condition. The physical salvation of the world is becoming the transcendent goal of our times\, transcending national sovereignty. The foundations of sovereignty can no longer be sought in tunnelled histories of nations; we are recognizing that histories have always been circulatory and the planet is a collective responsibility. \nI re-consider the values and resources in Asian traditions—particularly of China and India—that Max Weber found wanting in their capacity to achieve modernity. Several traditions in Asia\, particularly in environmentally marginalized local communities offer different ways of understanding the relationship between the personal\, ecological and universal. The idea of transcendence in these communities is more dialogical than radical or dualistic: separating God or the human subject from nature. Transnational civil society\, NGOS\, quasi-governmental and inter-governmental agencies committed to to the inviolability or sacrality of the “commons” are finding common cause with these communities struggling to survive. \nThe Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center is convened by Robin Kelsey (Dean of Arts and Humanities\, Harvard University) and Ian Jared Miller (Professor of History\, Harvard University).
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/prasenjit-duara-spiritual-ecologies-sustainability-and-transcendence-in-contemporary-asia/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Environment,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171116T131457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171116T131457Z
UID:6309-1511193600-1511197200@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Ezra Vogel - China’s Development and Its Role in the Global Affairs
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Ezra Vogel (傅高义）\, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus \nPanelists:\nEzra Vogel\, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus\nRichard Cooper\, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics \nModerator:\nAnthony Saich\, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs\, Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/seminar-chinas-development-and-its-role-in-the-global-affairs-tickets-39852171919
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/ezra-vogel-chinas-development-and-its-role-in-the-global-affairs/
LOCATION:Wiener Auditorium\, Taubman Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171121T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171103T191018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171103T191018Z
UID:6222-1511265600-1511271000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:David Huang - Accommodating America?: Understanding U.S. Influence in Xi's Policy Toward Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:The Ash Center invites you to a discussion with David Huang\, Associate Research Fellow\, Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS)\,\nAcademia Sinica\, Taiwan and Associate Professor\, Graduate Institute of National Development\, National Taiwan University for a discussion to better understand how the U.S. has influenced Xi Jinping’s policy toward Taiwan. This talk will be moderated by Ash Center Director Tony Saich. Lunch will be provided.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/david-huang-accommodating-america-understanding-u-s-influence-in-xis-policy-toward-taiwan/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T133000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171108T201314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T201314Z
UID:6259-1512043200-1512048600@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Xu Jian - The Legendary Yelang State in Southwest China\, What\, Where and by Whom? Rethinking the roles of historical writing and archaeology in reconstructing ancient history
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Xu Jian\, Professor of Archaeology and Art history\, Department of History\, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\nChair/discussant: Rowan Flad\, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology\, Department of Anthropology\, Harvard University \nFor decades\, Chinese archaeologists have searched extensively in current Guizhou and northeastern Yunnan for remains of the legendary state Yelang\, which is still out of sight by large. The Yelang state\, ranging from the 4th to the 1st century BCE\, is depicted ambiguously in the Records of Great Historian as one of the targets and victims during the Western Han’s expansion in the Southwest. The continuing findings of large burial sites in Zhongshui\, Weining and Kele\, Hezhang call great attention by high qualified or exotic artifacts from elite tombs\, unusual burial practice hinting a long-distance contact\, and a certain degree of social complexity revealed by the hierarchy system in the measurements of the burials\, but some key features\, assumed as indexes of Bronze culture by the dominant Childe school\, such as city wall or fortifications\, ceremonial\, administrative or general public architecture\, are absent from these sites. Did the Yelang state really exist in history? Have archaeologists already exposed its nucleus or is its urban center still under the ground and beyond archaeologists’ reach? What are the possible shape and characteristics of the Yelang state? This presentation will take into account all these issues\, and raise a further discussion on how to reconstruct history by historical writings from an etic perspective and archaeological finds gained in a framework based on experiences from dramatically different settings.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/xu-jian-the-legendary-yelang-state-in-southwest-china-what-where-and-by-whom-rethinking-the-roles-of-historical-writing-and-archaeology-in-reconstructing-ancient-history/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T140000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171121T162530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171121T162530Z
UID:6335-1512043200-1512050400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Jie Li - Gained in Translation: The Reception of Foreign Films in the Mao Era
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jie Li\, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University\nDiscussant: Professor Carter Eckert\, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \nSponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center\, Korea Insitute\, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Insitute\, and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University.  \nAlthough Hollywood films were expelled from China in the 1950s and not reintroduced until the 1980s\, audiences in the Mao era still had access to an impressive array of international cinema. Apart from many Soviet films dubbed into Mandarin with a Northeastern accent\, urban residents had access to films from countries as diverse as Bulgaria\, Czechoslovakia\, Egypt\, England\, Hungary\, India\, Iraq\, Italy\, Japan\, Mexico\, and Poland. Even in the later years of the Cultural Revolution\, a popular saying circulated about the masses’ cosmopolitan film diet: “Chinese films\, newsreel documentaries; Vietnamese films\, airplanes and cannons; North Korean films: weep\, weep\, smile smile; Romanian films: hugs and kisses; Albanian films: baffling and bizarre.” This paper outlines the exhibition of foreign cinema and studies their influence on Chinese audiences from the 1950s to the 1970s\, with a focus around four case studies: the Soviet film Lenin in 1918 (1939)\, the North Korean film The Flower Girl (1972)\, the Albanian film Victory over Death (1967)\, and the Indian film Awara (1951). I address questions such as: What made The Flower Girl such a tearful sensation? How did the theme song and social criticism in Awara resonate with Chinese audiences from the 1950s to the 1980s? What aesthetic influences did Albanian films exert on fashion\, gesture\, and romantic ideals? Drawing on memoirs and oral history\, my approach goes beyond the close analysis of media texts to excavate the diverse contexts for film screenings as well as audience responses.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/jie-li-gained-in-translation-the-reception-of-foreign-films-in-the-mao-era/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T180000
DTSTAMP:20260626T013632
CREATED:20171128T175050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171128T175050Z
UID:6362-1512057600-1512064800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Asia Responds to Trump in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Listen again on the Fairbank Center’s podcast: \n \nChair:  Karen Thornber\, Victor and William Fung Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Comparative Literature\, Harvard University\nModerator: Andrew Gordon\, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History\, Harvard University\n\nRonak Desai\, Associate\, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, India and South Asia Program\, Harvard Kennedy School\nWilliam  Kirby\, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University; Director\, Harvard China Fund\nSophie Lemière\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Weatherhead Scholars Program\, Harvard University; Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow\, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies\, European University Institute\nTae Gyun Park\, Kim Koo Visiting Professor\, East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University; Professor of Modern Korean History\, Graduate School of International Studies\, Seoul National University \nCo-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Korea Institute\, Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute\, Reischauer Institute\, U.S.-Japan Program\, and Weatherhead Center for International Studies
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/asia-responds-to-trump-in-asia/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest,Special Event
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