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SUMMARY:Rethinking the Global Order: Latin America\, China\, and the U.S. Amid Transforming Economic and Political Paradigms
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote: Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar\, President\, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceModerator: Marisol Argueta de Barillas\, Head of Latin America; Member of the Executive Committee\, World Economic Forum \n\n\n\nPanelists:Enrique Dussel Peters\, Professor\, Graduate School of Economics\, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Mark Wu\, Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law\, Harvard Law SchoolPedro Henrique Batista Barbosa\, Diplomat\, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign AffairsRebeccca Bill Chavez\, President and CEO\, Inter-American DialogueClick for more information and registration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/rethinking-the-global-order-latin-america-china-and-the-u-s-amid-transforming-economic-and-political-paradigms/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:From Copycat to Technology Innovator: China's Use of IP as Strategic Governance 
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Haochen Sun\, Professor of Law\, The University of Hong Kong \n\n\n\nWhat role have state-orchestrated intellectual property policies played in China’s emergence as a major technology innovator? This talk discusses two interrelated transformations that have taken place in China over the past two decades: the rise and fall of the shanzai (copycat) culture movement and China’s ascent as a tech superpower since 2015. In analyzing these transformations\, the talk explains how China has deployed IP as a tool of strategic governance and statecraft. \n\n\n\nProfessor Haochen Sun specializes in intellectual property\, technology law\, and Chinese law. His wide-ranging scholarship has delved into areas such as the legal status of artificial intelligence creations\, access to patented medicines and vaccines\, intellectual property rights owners’ responsibilities\, and the trademark protection of luxury brands. He is currently working on two new research projects. The first one aims to develop a new ethical framework for regulating AI creativity\, while the second one critically examines the epic transformations that have taken place in China’s regulation of technologies. He recently founded the Program on Artificial Intelligence and the Law\, a research hub for studying the impact of AI on the legal system. \n\n\n\nCoffee and light snacks will be provided. Please register here. \n\n\n\nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/from-copycat-to-technology-innovator-chinas-use-of-ip-as-strategic-governance/
LOCATION:WCC 2004\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T183000
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SUMMARY:HYI Annual Roundtable — Gender\, Class\, and Youth: The Formation of Civic Democracy in Asia in the Post-Developmental State Era
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal\, Harvard Divinity School Fellow\, Publisher\, and Democracy ActivistMing-sho Ho\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, National Taiwan UniversityEleana Kim\, Professor\, Anthropology and Asian American Studies\, University of California\, IrvineHyun Mee Kim\, Professor\, Department of Cultural Anthropology\, Yonsei UniversityAnthony J. Spires\, Professor\, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies\, The University of MelbourneKiyoteru Tsutsui\, Director\, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\, Professor of Sociology\, Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies\, Stanford UniversityModerator: James Robson (James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Director\, Harvard-Yenching Institute) \n\n\n\n\nGender\, Class\, and Youth: The Formation of Civic Democracy in Asia in the Post-Developmental State Era\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/hyi-annual-roundtable-gender-class-and-youth-the-formation-of-civic-democracy-in-asia-in-the-post-developmental-state-era/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T181500
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CREATED:20260212T210252Z
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SUMMARY:China Energy Dialogue: Can China Remain an Advanced Technology Superpower?
DESCRIPTION:Registration required\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Meg Rithmire\, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration\, Business\, Government\, and International Economy Unit\, Harvard Business SchoolModerator: Henry Lee\, Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director\, Environment and Natural Resources Program; Senior Lecturer in Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolIn this China Energy Dialogue\, Meg Rithmire\, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School\, will explore whether China can sustain its dominance in high-tech innovation – and what the rest of the world should do about it. \n\n\n\nThis seminar is part of the China Energy Dialogues (中国能源对话)\, a new monthly seminar series sponsored by the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program that brings together experts and Harvard community members to discuss energy\, climate\, and environmental issues in China. \n\n\n\nRSVP required. A Harvard University ID is required to attend. Please note that this seminar is in-person only and will not be recorded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-energy-dialogue-can-china-remain-an-advanced-technology-superpower/
LOCATION:T-G50 Executive Education Classroom\, Taubman Building\, 15 Eliot St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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CREATED:20260204T171332Z
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SUMMARY:China and the Asymmetric Great Power Competition in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Gangzhen She\, Visiting Scholar\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Director\, Center for Overseas Security and Associate Professor Department of International Relations\, Tsinghua University\, China \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Robert Ross\, Professor of Political Science\, Boston University; Fairbank Center Associate  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-and-the-asymmetric-great-power-competition-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T180000
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CREATED:20251202T185525Z
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SUMMARY:Conference — Designers of Mountains and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sinographic compound (山水)\, denoting “mountain and water\,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts\, with different regional traditions and approaches. As shanshui in China\, sansui in Japan\, and sansu in Korea\, the term has historically referred to creative artistic and philosophical visions of the natural world\, combining the vital elements of a fully dynamic landscape. With climate change underway\, what contemporary elements and dimensions of nature are necessary for designing and building sustainable spaces for human habitation and flourishing? Contemporary landscape architects from Northeast and Southeast Asia are trying to answer this question by rethinking the relation between social and natural forms. Their aim is to design habitable futures at the intersection of the two. \n\n\n\nThis conference will feature leading landscape architects and scholars from China\, Japan\, Korea\, Malaysia\, Singapore\, and Thailand\, as well as Australia and the US\, to discuss the perspectives\, histories\, politics\, and the most compelling projects of sustainable design in the Asian context. \n\n\n\nThis conference accompanies the exhibition Designers of Mountain and Water\, which will be on display in the Druker Design Gallery from January 20 to April 4\, 2026. Curated by Jungyoon Kim\, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the GSD\, the exhibition features more than 45 works of landscape architecture by 23 practices in Asia.For more information\, including a detailed agenda\, please visit the conference’s web page.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/conference-designers-of-mountains-and-water-alternative-landscapes-for-a-changing-climate/
LOCATION:Piper Auditorium\, Gund Hall - 42 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Environment,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T133000
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SUMMARY:From Balancing to Coalition-Building: The US\, Taiwan\, & Asia’s Grand Reshuffling
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Steve Yates\, Former Deputy National Security Advisor; Senior Fellow\, Heritage FoundationTony Saich\, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs\, at the Harvard Kennedy School; Director\, Rajawali Foundation Institute for AsiaEdward Cunningham\, Director\, Ash Center China Programs and the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nAs the Indo-Pacific enters a period of intensified strategic competition\, alliances and partnerships across Asia are being redefined. What does this shifting landscape mean for U.S.–Taiwan relations\, regional stability\, and the future of American strategy? Join us for a timely conversation where we will explore Taiwan’s evolving role in regional geopolitics\, the emerging coalition dynamics shaping Asia’s security order\, and the implications for U.S. foreign policy and democratic resilience in the region. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required for this event. This event is in-person and open to Harvard ID holders. Please register using your Harvard email address.  \n\n\n\nLunch will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/from-balancing-to-coalition-building-the-us-taiwan-asias-grand-reshuffling/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, Littauer Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T130000
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SUMMARY:Zong-Rong Lee — Kinship\, Business Elite and the Market in Contemporary Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zong-Rong LEE\, Research Fellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Frank Dobbin\, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nIn the fields of history and anthropology\, kinship has long been regarded as a crucial factor in shaping the economic organization\, political authority\, and social mobility of East Asian societies. Yet\, due to the limitations of available data\, relatively little research has examined its influence on contemporary capitalist economies. The questions of whether\, and to what extent\, traditional kinship continues to shape and constrain the organization of modern markets remain unclear. In this lecture\, I introduce several ongoing empirical studies of family businesses and elite families in Taiwan\, with the aim of illustrating how kinship structures—and the family networks\, status dynamics\, and related mechanisms derived from them—affect contemporary corporate activities and the power relations of business elites. This interdisciplinary research not only offers new perspectives on the relevance of kinship studies for understanding contemporary societies\, but also provides new insights on class formation and market operations in postwar East Asia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zong-rong-lee-kinship-business-elite-and-the-market-in-contemporary-taiwan/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T180000
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CREATED:20251105T162147Z
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SUMMARY:Domee Shi — Drawing from Life: Storytelling\, Heritage\, and Turning the Personal into the Universal
DESCRIPTION:Register for in-person attendance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Domee Shi\, Academy Award–Winning Director\, Writer\, and Storyteller; Creative Vice President\, PixarDiscussant: Ju Yon Kim\, Patsy Takemoto Mink Professor of English\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nJoin the Academy Award–winning director\, animator\, and filmmaker Domee Shi for an engaging conversation about creative expression and empathetic storytelling. A self-described “film nerd\,” Shi will be joined by Ju Yon Kim\, the Patsy Takemoto Mink Professor of English at Harvard\, to discuss Shi’s life and career\, taking surprising creative risks\, and using animation to explore worlds different from our own while finding universality through the stories told.To attend in person\, each individual will need to register.To view this event online\, each individual will need to register via Zoom. \n\n\n\nDomee Shi is an Academy Award–winning director\, writer\, and storyteller with a 14-year career in the animation industry. She began as a story artist on Pixar’s Academy Award–winning Inside Out (2015) before contributing to The Good Dinosaur (2015)\, Incredibles 2 (2018)\, and Toy Story 4 (2019). In 2015\, she pitched the idea for Bao (2018)\, a deeply personal short film that went on to win the Academy Award for best animated short. \n\n\n\nShi made history with her feature directorial debut\, Turning Red (2022). Praised for its bold storytelling and exploration of adolescence and family\, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for best animated feature. Her latest film\, Elio (2025)\, a sci-fi adventure\, was released in theatres this past June. Alongside directing\, Shi is also a creative vice president at Pixar\, playing a key role in shaping the studio’s creative vision and consulting on projects in both development and production.  \n\n\n\nShi was born in Chongqing\, China\, and resided in Toronto\, Canada\, for most of her life. She currently lives in Oakland\, California\, and notes that her love of animation is only rivaled by her love of cats. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/domee-shi-drawing-from-life-storytelling-heritage-and-turning-the-personal-into-the-universal/
LOCATION:Radcliffe Knafel Center\, 10 Garden St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T130000
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SUMMARY:Wang Junqi — The Evolution of Iconography Associated with the Great Compassion Mantra
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: WANG Junqi\, Research Fellow\, Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theory; Associate Professor\, School of Philosophy\, Renmin University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Parimal Patil\, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nThe Great Compassion Mantra (大悲呪) is one of the most widely recited mantras in Chinese Buddhism\, often accompanied by a set of eighty-four vibrant images. But where did these images come from? This talk traces the surprising origins of this popular illustrated tradition\, arguing that the canonical texts believed to be its source were not original translations\, but later compilations. By comparing the original Sanskrit with its Chinese transliteration\, we’ll see how new\, unofficial images were created and why they became so popular. We will then examine how later manuscripts helped build a sense of “canonical authority” around these illustrations. This study reveals a fascinating story of how a religious tradition evolved through a dynamic interplay between scripture\, visual art\, and the needs of its followers\, ultimately making the mantra more accessible to a wider audience. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/wang-junqi-the-evolution-of-iconography-associated-with-the-great-compassion-mantra/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T172456
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SUMMARY:Asia and Asians at Harvard Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarvard’s enduring engagement with Asia has shaped scholarly inquiry\, public policy\, and campus life—within the University and across the region. This two-day conference convenes faculty\, students\, alumni\, and institutional partners from across Schools and disciplines to examine the evolving relationship between Harvard and Asia from the late nineteenth century to the present and to consider paths forward. \n\n\n\nThrough a series of presentations\, the program revisits formative encounters\, collaborations\, and institutional linkages; recognizes the contributions of Asian students\, scholars\, and visitors who have transformed fields and enriched the University; and offers an assessment of Harvard’s roles in U.S. policy\, development\, and institution-building in Asia\, acknowledging both contributions and consequences. \n\n\n\nLooking ahead\, the conference asks how Harvard can advance more inclusive\, equitable\, and regionally balanced approaches to the study of Asia and to University engagement with the region—strengthening partnerships\, deepening interdisciplinary research and teaching\, and enhancing public impact. \n\n\n\nRegistration is not required but appreciated for planning purposes. \n\n\n\nDay 1: Thursday\, November 13\, 2025Belfer Case Study Room (S020)\,CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street\n\n\n\n4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening ReflectionsMichael Puett\, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology\, FAS; Harvard College Professor \n\n\n\nOpening Panel “Harvard’s Japan Encounter”Susan J. Pharr\, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics\, FAS\, Harvard University“Harvard and Asia: Brief Encounters\, Abiding Relationships”Sugata Bose\, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, FAS\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nTraditional Sumatran Dance Performance Presented by Harvard Indonesian Students Association  \n\n\n\nReceptionConcourse Area\, CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street  \n\n\n\nDay 2: Friday\, November 14\, 2025Belfer Case Study Room (S020)\,CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street\n\n\n\n8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.                  Distinguished Visitors: Asian Intellectuals and Public Figures at Harvard  Moderator: Shigehisa Kuriyama\, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History; Director\, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Interim Chair in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, FAS; and Faculty Director for the Humanities\, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced StudyPanelists:  “Imperfect Encounters: South Asians and Harvard in the Early 20th Century” Mou Banerjee\, Assistant Professor of History\, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Ph.D. in History\, Harvard University“Repurposing the ‘Civilizing Mission’: A Japanese Sinologist at Harvard\, 1915–1916”Yan Yu\, Associate Professor\, Shanghai Jiao Tong University\, and Visiting Scholar\, Harvard History Department\, FAS“Kissing Harvard Goodbye: The Cold War Considerations of Lee Kuan Yew’s American Visits”Eugene Chua\, Harvard College Student 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break  \n\n\n\n10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.                  Pioneers and Pathways: Asian Student Experiences at Harvard Moderator: Sun Joo Kim\, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History\, FAS\, Harvard University Panelists: “Shared Paths\, Unique Stories: Harvard’s Korean Alumni”Sujin Elisa Han\, Ph.D. candidate in History and East Asian Languages\, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences\, Harvard UniversityTitle ForthcomingMui Poopoksakul\, Independent Literary Translator\, Berlin; Harvard College Graduate “The Earliest Asian Women at Radcliffe College” Shayna Leng\, Harvard College Student “’Democratizing Monarch?’ Harvard in the Himalaya and King Birendra at Harvard”Kashish Bastola\, Harvard College Student   \n\n\n\n12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.          Harvard’s Engagement in U.S. Policy towards Asia Moderator: Sugata Bose\, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, FAS\, Harvard UniversityPanelists:   “Making Subjects of Subjects: Harvard and the Transnational Project of U.S. Colonial Education in the Philippine”Eleanor Wikstrom\, M.Sc. in Social Science of the Internet\, Oxford Internet Institute\, University  of Oxford; Harvard College Graduate  “Harvard Eugenicists and Immigration Restriction in the U.S.”Erika Lee\, Bae Family Professor of History\, FAS and the Faculty Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America\, Harvard University“A Cold War Redux in Asia: Harvard’s Legacy and Role” Thitinan Pongsudhirak\, Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) and Associate Professor of International Political Economy\, Faculty of Political Science\, Chulalongkorn University“Harvard and the Vietnam War: Contestation vs. Support”Nghia Nguyen\, Harvard College Student  \n\n\n\n2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.                     Harvard’s Asian Futures: Rethinking Institutional Legacies and Regional Engagement \n\n\n\nModerator: Jay Rosengard\, Lecturer in Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy School Panelists:  “Studying China at Harvard in the 1960s”Joseph Esherick\, Emeritus Professor of Modern Chinese History\, University of California\, San Diego“Impact Taking Many Forms”Bill Alford\, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director\, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair\, Harvard Law School Project on Disability“Exporting Expertise: Institutionalizing Planning Education in Southeast Asia”Robin Albrecht\, MArch Candidate\, Department of Architecture\, Harvard  University Graduate School of Design  “Recovering Voices: Using Museum Collections to Address Institutional Histories”Ingrid Ahlgren\, Curator for Oceanic Collections\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, FAS\, Harvard University; Research Associate\, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History“Harvard and the Study of Southeast Asia”Michael Puett\, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and AnthropologyFAS; Harvard College Professor 4:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.            Closing AcknowledgementRachelle Walsh\, Executive Director\, Asia Center\, FAS\, Harvard University     \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Asia Center\, the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs\, the Korea Institute\, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute\, the Harvard-Yenching Institute\, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/asia-and-asians-at-harvard-conference/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Conference and Workshops
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SUMMARY:Ma Xinrong — Migration Pathway\, Precariousness and Migration Control: the Case of Irregular Migrants From the Philippines and Myanmar to China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: MA Xinrong\, Associate Professor\, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Meg Rithmire\, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School \n\n\n\nChina\, emerging as a new destination for international migration\, has been receiving an increasing number of labor migrants from neighboring countries. Except for limited pilot schemes in border areas\, Chinese authorities have not issued work visas to foreign migrant workers nationwide; thus\, international labor migrants in most non-border regions are classified as sanfei renyuan (people entering\, staying\, and working illegally). This research focuses on irregular migrant workers from Southeast Asia to China\, with particular attention to female migrant workers from the Philippines and Myanmar. Based on interviews and participant observation with both irregular migrants and immigration officials at the grassroots level\, this study examines how irregular migration pathways are shaped by geopolitics and migration policies over the past decade. It also investigates how migration control—particularly the deportation regime toward irregular migrants—is mutually constituted by the state\, the discretionary power of migration officials\, citizens\, and non-citizens. The research further demonstrates that\, in the face of tightened migration controls during and after the COVID-19 pandemic\, irregular migrant workers have exercised agency despite their marginalized and precarious conditions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/ma-xinrong-migration-pathway-precariousness-and-migration-control-the-case-of-irregular-migrants-from-the-philippines-and-myanmar-to-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Antje Richter — Health and the Art of Living: Illness Narratives in Early Medieval Chinese Literature
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Antje Richter\, Associate Professor of Chinese\, University of Colorado\, Boulder \n\n\n\nModerator: Xiaofei Tian\, Ford Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nRegistration appreciated for planning purposes.  \n\n\n\nHealth and the Art of Living offers reflections on health and illness in early medieval Chinese literature (ca. 200–ca. 600). Surveying a range of literary sources—essays\, prefaces\, correspondence\, religious scriptures\, and poetry—it explores the spectrum of views on health and illness expressed in these texts. Part One\, centered on the essay “Nurturing the Vital Breath” in Liu Xie’s Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons\, reveals the deep concern of writers\, troubled by overwork and excessive mental exertion\, with the preservation and cultivation of their literary creativity. For them\, the ability to write was inextricably connected with their social roles as officials. Part Two turns to self-narratives of health and illness in authorial prefaces\, informal notes\, formal letters\, and official communications. Writers of these texts depicted their physical condition according to specific rhetorical purposes\, whether that was to legitimize authorship\, maintain intimate relationships\, or avoid office. Part Three describes the rise of sickbed poetry\, shaped by Xie Lingyun and the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra\, which established illness as a topic in the refined literature of the period. Drawing attention to the grounding of literature in the lived experience of their creators\, this book illuminates the conditions of literary production in early medieval China. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/book-talk-%f0%9d%98%8f%f0%9d%98%a6%f0%9d%98%a2%f0%9d%98%ad%f0%9d%98%b5%f0%9d%98%a9-%f0%9d%98%a2%f0%9d%98%af%f0%9d%98%a5-%f0%9d%98%b5%f0%9d%98%a9%f0%9d%98%a6-%f0%9d%98%88/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T130000
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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/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T140000
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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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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
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T130000
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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: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:Sigrid Schmalzer — The Connected Worlds of Dazhai and the Whole Earth Catalog: Capitalism\, Colonialism\, and Alternative Technology Movements
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sigrid Schmalzer\, University of Massachusetts Amherst \n\n\n\nSigrid Schmalzer is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research focuses on social\, cultural\, and political aspects of the history of science in modern China and also includes the history of science activism transnationally. She is the author of The People’s Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth-Century China (Chicago 2008)\, Red Revolution\, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China (Chicago 2016)\, and numerous other publications. She is also the editor of the UMass Press book series Activist Studies of Science and Technology and serves as Co-President of the Massachusetts Society of Professors (the union of faculty and librarians at UMass Amherst). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/sigrid-schmalzer-the-connected-worlds-of-dazhai-and-the-whole-earth-catalog-capitalism-colonialism-and-alternative-technology-movements/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S153\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T200000
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SUMMARY:JFK Jr. Forum — The Long Game and What Comes Next: Where U.S.-China Competition Has Come From and Where It’s Going
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Rush Doshi\, Deputy Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs on National Security Council (2021-2024)Moderator: Rana Mitter\,  ST Lee Chair in U.S.-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nThe 2025 S.T. Lee Lecture will give attendees insight and guidance on how to view U.S.-China completion and how grand strategy may play a role here. The S.T. Lee Lecture focuses on military history and how it might shape global approaches to policymaking. The lecture also reflects Dr. Lee’s dedication to providing a platform for scholars and policymakers to address critical international issues. \n\n\n\nPlease register with a valid Harvard email address to attend in-person. All JFK Jr. Forums are publicly livestreamed on their YouTube channel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/jfk-jr-forum-the-long-game-and-what-comes-next-where-u-s-china-competition-has-come-from-and-where-its-going/
LOCATION:JFK Jr. Forum\, Harvard Kennedy School\, 79 John F. Kennedy St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T133000
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SUMMARY:Economic Conjunctures: Planners\, Residents\, and Chinese-Led Urban Development in Nairobi
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Elisa Tamburo\, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow\, Anthropology Department\, Harvard University; School of Geography and the Environment\, University of Oxford \n\n\n\nModerator: Michael Puett\, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Harvard College Professor; Director\, Harvard University Asia Center \n\n\n\nSince the early 2000s\, the rise of Chinese businesses in the construction sector of Nairobi has transformed how the city is planned\, built\, and lived. The talk sets out to examine such urban transformations from the point of view of builders\, planners\, and residents. Not only does Chinese-led urban development divide the Kenyan urban middle class\, but it evidences a multiplicity of interests among Chinese stakeholders. In examining how Chinese entrepreneurs have come to thrive in the real estate market in Nairobi\, the paper enlivens the role of transnational economic and temporal conjunctures\, which can impact individual and family trajectories in significant ways. \n\n\n\nRegistration appreciated for planning purpose.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/economic-conjunctures-planners-residents-and-chinese-led-urban-development-in-nairobi/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S153\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T113000
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SUMMARY:Lin Chen — Contested Sociocultural Spaces of Aging in Rural China: From Older Adults’ Lived Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lin Chen\,  Associate Professor\, Department of Social Work\, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2024-25 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Arthur Kleinman\, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nHYI Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lin-chen-contested-sociocultural-spaces-of-aging-in-rural-china-from-older-adults-lived-experiences/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T113000
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SUMMARY:Chen Chunxiao — Chinese Migrants in the Middle East during the Mongol-Yuan Period: Settlements and Activities
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Chen Chunxiao\, Associate Professor\, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2024-25 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Mark Elliott \, Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History; Vice Provost for International Affairs\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nHYI Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/chen-chunxiao-settlements-and-activities-of-chinese-immigrants-in-west-asia-during-the-mongol-era/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250406T150000
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SUMMARY:Harvard College China Forum 2025 | April 4th - 6th
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1997\, Harvard College China Forum (HCCF) is dedicated to a constructive dialogue on the challenges\, trends\, and issues affecting China. The Forum aims to engage leaders in business\, academia\, and politics in a discourse that offers insights and generates ideas. HCCF is North America’s leading and longest-running student-run conference on China. The annual Forum takes place every April in Boston\, Massachusetts. Over a thousand attendees and nearly a hundred speakers attend the forum\, making it the largest of its kind.You can find the full list of speakers for this 28th annual conference here: 2025 Harvard College China Forum Speakers.The event is free for Harvard undergraduates. Register to attend here. For further questions\, please email: contact@harvardchina.org. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/harvard-college-china-forum-2025-april-4th-6th/
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T140000
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SUMMARY:Asia’s Border Conflicts & Indigenous Approaches to Peace and Healing
DESCRIPTION: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  \n\n\n\nModerator: Sugata Bose\, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nAsia is home to some of the most complex and long-standing border conflicts worldwide. From the South China Sea to the Himalayas\, and from the Indo-Myanmar frontier to the Korean Peninsula\, territorial disputes and border-related tensions significantly influence regional geopolitics. These conflicts often stem from historical grievances\, colonial legacies\, and competing nationalisms. \n\n\n\nAsia also hosts roughly 260 million Indigenous Peoples—three-quarters of the global total—making it the region with the greatest cultural diversity. Beyond state-centric approaches to border disputes\, many Indigenous communities maintain cross-border relationships\, employ traditional peacebuilding mechanisms\, and practice unique forms of conflict resolution. These knowledge systems provide valuable insights into alternative paths for reconciliation\, healing\, and sustainable peace. \n\n\n\nThis panel discussion will bring together scholars\, policymakers\, Indigenous leaders\, and civil society representatives to examine Indigenous-led peace-building initiatives\, evaluate their relevance to current border challenges\, and develop actionable strategies for reconciliation and healing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/asias-border-conflicts-indigenous-approaches-to-peace-and-healing/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T130000
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SUMMARY:Margarita Estévez-Abe — Citizenship and Multiculturalism in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in Japan\, South Korea and Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:Register for zoom attendance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: 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 \n\n\n\nAlso via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpfuGqqDsjH9LgCaHUWTqRhSIkadozzBwd \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/margarita-estevez-abe-citizenship-and-multiculturalism-in-east-asia-a-comparative-study-of-marriage-migration-in-japan-south-korea-and-taiwan/
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262\, 1737 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T183000
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SUMMARY:HYI Annual Roundtable — Authoritarianism in Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION: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 Science\, University of Notre DameRana Mitter\, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolKellee Tsai\, Dean\, College of Social Sciences and Humanities\, Northeastern University \n\n\n\nModerator: James Robson\, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Director\, Harvard-Yenching Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/hyi-annual-roundtable-authoritarianism-in-hong-kong/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T180000
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SUMMARY:Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and Manchuria
DESCRIPTION:Register for hybrid zoom access\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Joseph Seeley\, Assistant Professor\, Department of History\, University of VirginiaChair: Victor Seow\, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nBorder 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 seasonal patterns of freezing\, thawing\, and flooding shaped colonial efforts to control who and what could cross the border. The unpredictable movements of water\, ice\, timber-cutters\, anti-Japanese guerrillas\, smugglers\, and other borderland actors spilled outside the bounds set by Japanese colonizers\, even as imperial border-making reinforced Japan’s wider political and economic power. Drawing on archival sources in Japanese\, Korean\, Chinese\, and English\, Border of Water and Ice tells the story of the river and the imperial Japanese border haphazardly imposed on its surface from 1905 to 1945 to show how rivers and other nonhuman actors play an active role in border creation and maintenance. Emphasizing the tenuous\, environmentally contingent nature of imperial border governance\, Border of Water and Ice argues for the importance of understanding history across the different seasons. \n\n\n\nJoseph Seeley is an Assistant Professor in the University of Virginia’s Corcoran Department of History and specialist in the histories of Korea\, the Japanese Empire\, and East Asian environments and borderlands. His book Border of Water and Ice (Cornell University Press) examines the Yalu River boundary between northern Korea and China during a period of Japanese expansion in the region. Drawing on previously unexamined sources in Chinese\, Korean\, and Japanese\, he argues that the seasonally freezing\, thawing\, and flooding river was a critical actor in imperial border creation and contestation. As part of his multilingual research on Korean history\, Seeley has also published on topics such as animal disease control in colonial Korea\, US-Korean diplomatic history\, Korean tiger-human relations\, and the history of Japanese colonial zoos in Seoul and Taipei. Prior to joining the History faculty at UVA Seeley completed his doctoral studies at Stanford University\, where his research was supported by the Korea Foundation and the Freeman Spogli Institute. Before Stanford he earned a bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Korean from Brigham Young University.To attend this event online\, please register here. \n\n\n\nKorea ColloquiumCo-sponsored by Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Program on U.S.-Japan Relations \n\n\n\nGenerously supported by the Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund at the Korea Institute\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/border-of-water-and-ice-the-yalu-river-and-japans-empire-in-korea-and-manchuria/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S050\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T130000
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SUMMARY:Li Miao — Retaining Desire for Social Mobility Within and Beyond Schooling: A Longitudinal Ethnography of Migrant Youth in China
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\n\nBased 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 reunion and educational purposes. How do they make sense of the value of schooling and their prospects for upward mobility in an increasingly stratified society? Drawing on ethnographic data from a longitudinal study (2011 to the present)\, this talk examines the educational experiences of a group of migrant youth over ten years of circular migration between Beijing and Zouping\, a county-level city in Shandong Province. These youth retain desire for upward mobility by resisting “gratitude education” in urban schools\, questioning the incorporation of live-streaming technologies in rural education\, forming the “shehui ren” (society man) subculture\, and exploring opportunities in the gig economy. Their sustained efforts highlight the obstacles posed by structural and institutional constraints in the larger society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/li-miao-retaining-desire-for-social-mobility-within-and-beyond-schooling-a-longitudinal-ethnography-of-migrant-youth-in-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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