Events

Du Ying – The Cinematic Cold War Between the US and the PRC: Hong Kong, 1950s–1960s

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

Speaker: Du Ying, Professor, Chinese Literature, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant, David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University This talk examines the policies and strategies of the United States and the People’s Republic of China in controlling cinematic production and access in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia during […]

Andrew Collier — The Decline of China’s Property Market and the Global Economy

Room L-163, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Andrew Collier, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School From 1992 until the boom ended in 2021, Chinese home property sales grew at an average rate of 25 percent per year. China was awash in new construction — often in the middle of empty fields far from city centers. In […]

Symposium: “Vision for Tomorrow: Law, Technology, and Prosperity for a Thriving Global Community,”

WCC, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Join us at the Harvard Law School China Law Association’s annual China Law Symposium, “Vision for Tomorrow: Law, Technology, and Prosperity for a Thriving Global Community,” in celebration of the Lantern Festival. This three-day event features six engaging panels with lunch/dinner provided, and concludes with a festive Lantern Festival Social.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSFEBRUARY 10, 202512:15 – 1:30 PMNavigating […]

The 28th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference — Flow: A Symposium

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference is an annual event that provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on topics related to Asia. The conference invites young scholars to present their research to their peers and renowned scholars in relevant fields. Participants will also meet […]

Taiwan Studies+

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

Speakers: Moira Weigel, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Sarah Plovnick, Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesYedong Sh-Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard UniversityChang-Min Yu, Associate Professor, National Taiwan UniversityHardy Stewart, Hou Family Predoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesChia-wei Lai, Ph.D. Candidate […]

Hang Tu — 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤: 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: Hang Tu, Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of SingaporeModerator: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University How does emotion shape the landscape of public intellectual debate? In Sentimental Republic, Hang Tu proposes emotion as a new critical framework to approach a post-Mao cultural controversy. As […]

Li Miao — Retaining Desire for Social Mobility Within and Beyond Schooling: A Longitudinal Ethnography of Migrant Youth in China

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

Speaker: Li Miao, Professor, Department of Sociology, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Emily Hannum, Professor of Sociology and Education; Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Based on the results of China’s seventh national population census in 2020, 71.09 million children of migrant-peasant workers have participated in rural-urban migration for family […]

Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan’s Empire in Korea and Manchuria

CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Joseph Seeley, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of VirginiaChair: Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Border of Water and Ice explores the significance of the Yalu River as a strategic border between Korea and Manchuria (Northeast China) during a period of Japanese imperial expansion into the region. The Yalu's […]

HYI Annual Roundtable — Authoritarianism in Hong Kong

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Panelists:John P. Burns, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong KongMichael C. Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asia Institute, Columbia University; Professor of Law and International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, IndiaVictoria Tin-bor Hui, Associate Professor, Department of Political […]

Margarita Estévez-Abe — Citizenship and Multiculturalism in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

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

Speaker: Margarita Estévez-Abe, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics; Senior Advisor, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University Also via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpfuGqqDsjH9LgCaHUWTqRhSIkadozzBwd Venue

Asia’s Border Conflicts & Indigenous Approaches to Peace and Healing

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

Panelists: Hana Shams Ahmed, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology, York University, CanadaBinalakshmi Nepram, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Founder-Director, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network & Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice, and PeaceWai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director of the Women Peace Network in MyanmarEnghebatu Togochung, Director, Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center  Moderator: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor […]