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SUMMARY:The U.S. Cultural Relations Program towards China and the Emergence of Transpacific Intellectual Networks (1942-1947)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ruiheng Wang\, Associate Professor\, Nanjing University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: William C. Kirby\,  T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School \n\n\n\nBetween 1942 and 1947\, the U.S. Department of State launched a cultural relations program to provide “cultural assistance” to wartime China and promote democratic values. It originated from America’s wartime needs and a long-standing ambition to “change China\,” yet its outcome was that in the process of aiding China\, it also changed the United States itself. This talk adopts a transnational perspective and\, drawing on official and private archives from both countries\, examines the cultural interactions and cross-border experiences of Chinese and American technical experts\, visiting scholars\, and students in the 1940s. It argues that the China Program underwent a notable transformation during its implementation. Shaped by its organizers—most prominently John and Wilma Fairbank—and by key participants\, the Program shifted from a unilateral project of culture assistance to a more dynamic and reciprocal process of cultural exchange. The talk further explores the transnational intellectual networks that emerged from these interactions\, networks operating on personal\, academic\, and organizational levels with enduring impact in both countries.https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-u-s-cultural-relations-program-towards-china-and-the-emergence-of-transpacific-intellectual-networks-1942-1947/ \n\n\n\nAn HYI Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-u-s-cultural-relations-program-towards-china-and-the-emergence-of-transpacific-intellectual-networks-1942-1947/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Wanlin Li — Appropriation or Dialogue — and Why It Matters: The Poetics and Politics of Transcultural Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Wanlin Li\, Associate Professor\, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Karen Thornber\, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature\, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University; Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning\, Harvard College \n\n\n\nAdaptation studies has long occupied an uneasy position between literary\, film\, and media studies. Its trajectory has been far from smooth\, moving from early fidelity criticism to later intertextual studies primarily informed by narratological insights. While earlier scholarship focused on the semiotic or formal dimensions of adaptation\, the field is now experiencing a cultural turn\, with adaptation increasingly situated within media culture and examined for its cultural implications. Whereas an earlier emphasis on transmedia adaptation compelled attention to the semiotic features of different media\, foregrounding topics such as media affordances\, the recent cultural turn urges us to consider adaptation’s broader cultural ramifications—not merely as functions of media culture\, but as part of wider processes of cultural negotiation and transformation. Transcultural adaptation\, an underexplored realm within adaptation studies\, offers a unique vantage point from which to understand such negotiation and transformation. \n\n\n\nTo illustrate the complexity of the process\, this talk approaches transcultural adaptation as a politically charged phenomenon with significant narrative consequences. The cultural negotiations involved\, which are never neutral\, may take the form of borrowing\, appropriation\, hybridization\, indigenization\, among others\, each producing distinct narrative effects. To demonstrate how these strategies operate in practice\, I examine Disney’s adaptations of The Ballad of Mulan—the 1998 animated feature and the more recent live-action film—highlighting the ways in which different cultural strategies leave discernible narrative traces.https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/appropriation-or-dialogue-and-why-it-matters-the-poetics-and-politics-of-cross-cultural-adaptation/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/wanlin-li-appropriation-or-dialogue-and-why-it-matters-the-poetics-and-politics-of-transcultural-adaptation/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Kwan-Chi Wang — Food\, Memories\, and Agri-Science in Action: Reconsidering Food Regimes in Asia — Appropriation or Dialogue — and Why It Matters: The Poetics and Politics of Transcultural Adaptation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kuan-Chi Wang\, Associate Research Fellow\, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences\, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Victor Seow\, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nThis talk examines how agricultural practices\, food crops\, and related knowledge have influenced food regimes operated in Asia throughout periods of imperialism\, the Cold War\, and globalization. Three interventions are highlighted. First\, the case of Ponlai rice (蓬萊米) demonstrates how farmers and agronomists navigated innovation in both colonial and postwar contexts. Second\, the edamame case explores contemporary regional trade regimes and changing development agendas\, while also reflecting agricultural legacies from the era of empire and the Cold War. Finally\, a new emphasis on the geopolitical knowledge regime (地政學) of Japanese colonialism reveals how colonial geographical knowledge was adapted and transformed in envisioning the territorial expansion of the empire. Together\, these perspectives advance our understanding of Asian food regimes as dynamic histories intertwined with science\, knowledge\, and power. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/kwan-chi-wang-food-memories-and-agri-science-in-action-reconsidering-food-regimes-in-asia-appropriation-or-dialogue-and-why-it-matters-the-poetics-and-politics-of-tra/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Digital China Initiative GenAI Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is designed for anyone interested in using generative artificial intelligence in Chinese Studies.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop will cover the following topics:1. Basic concepts of generative artificial intelligence;2. How to create a chatbot to answer queries based on your own data;3. How to equip a chatbot with tools to complete research tasks beyond simple question-answering.  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re interested in adapting generative AI to your research\, staying updated with the latest developments in generative AI\, or simply curious about what generative AI can offer you\, this workshop may provide valuable insights and practical skills. \n\n\n\nPlease register at: https://forms.office.com/r/H6McwDte5M \n\n\n\nYou will receive confirmation email on three days before the meeting. If you have any question\, please feel free to contact Kwok-leong Tang (kwokleongtang@fas.harvard.edu). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/digital-china-initiative-genai-workshop/
LOCATION:Room 202\, 61 Kirkland St.\, 61 Kirkland St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T113000
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SUMMARY:Wang Haiyan — Intellectuals\, Influencers\, and the Reshaping of Chinese Nationalism
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Wang Haiyan\, Associate Professor\, Department of Communication\, University of Macau; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Wai-yee Li\, 1879 Professor of Chinese Literature\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nIntellectuals have historically played a central role in the development of Chinese nationalism since the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 21st century\, however\, their roles and practices have undergone profound transformations. These shifts reflect changes in international relations\, domestic political development\, and a growing national confidence fueled by decades of economic growth. Equally important\, the rapid spread of digital technologies has altered how ideas circulate and how publics engage with nationalist discourse. Where intellectuals once mediated debates through traditional media\, many have now redefined themselves as digital “influencers”. With vast online followings\, they leverage platform logics to participate directly in nationalist debates\, monetize their reputations\, and reshape public discourse in ways that differ significantly from their predecessors. In this talk\, I will explore how these intellectuals reinvent themselves as digital influencers\, how they construct and disseminate nationalist narratives on digital platforms\, and the implications of their practices for China’s evolving nationalism. By situating these intellectual influencers at the intersection of state\, society\, technology\, and the platform economy\, this study seeks to shed new light on the dynamics of contemporary cyber-nationalism and the changing role of intellectuals in shaping national identity. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/wang-haiyan/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/wang-haiyan-intellectuals-influencers-and-the-reshaping-of-chinese-nationalism/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Nicholas Morrow Williams — Dialogues in the Dark: Interpreting "Heavenly Questions" Across Two Millennia
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Nicholas Morrow Williams\, Professor of Chinese\, Arizona State University  \n\n\n\nModerator: Michael Puett\, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Harvard College Professor \n\n\n\nPresented online via Zoom. To join\, register here.  \n\n\n\nDialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem “Heavenly Questions” (Tianwen)\, an enigmatic work attributed to Qu Yuan (fl. ca. 300 BCE). The poem\, composed entirely in the form of questions\, is an extended inquiry into early Chinese cosmology and history. Over centuries\, readers of the poem came to radically different understandings\, each providing a unique perspective on its meaning. The poem’s reception history comprises three main stages: first\, the commentary compiled by Han scholar Wang Yi (ca. 89–ca. 158); second\, the response by Tang poet Liu Zongyuan (773–819); and third\, the interpretations developed subsequently by late imperial and modern scholars. Nicholas Morrow Williams analyzes how the poem’s meaning evolved in different time periods and provides three new translations of “Heavenly Questions” to represent the three stages\, respectively. The ultimate thesis of this study\, inspired by the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer\, is that this poem is best understood in light of the different interpretations supplied by readers over time in lively dialogues that continue even now. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/book-talk-%f0%9d%98%8b%f0%9d%98%aa%f0%9d%98%a2%f0%9d%98%ad%f0%9d%98%b0%f0%9d%98%a8%f0%9d%98%b6%f0%9d%98%a6%f0%9d%98%b4-%f0%9d%98%aa%f0%9d%98%af-%f0%9d%98%b5%f0%9d%98%a9%f0%9d%98%a6/
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