Co-Sponsored Lectures
Does Neighborhood Urban Form Influence Non-Motorized Transport in Chengdu, China? Toward Walkable Low-Carbon Cities
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Guan ChengHe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project; Research Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design Sustainable 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 […]
River, Governance and Place: Sentiment in The Travels of Lao Can
Speaker: Hsu Hui-Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Karen Thornber Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Sentiment has been viewed as a major force of modernization. Studies in the past decade are inclined to understand modern sentiment in early 1900s China […]
Huang Yinghong – Compulsory Development: the Ideal Type of Land Acquisition in India and China
Speaker: Huang Yinghong, Associate Professor, School of International Relations, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Malcolm McPherson, Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School https://harvard-yenching.org/events/compulsory-development-ideal-type-land-acquisition-india-and-china
East Asian Legal Studies Talk With Professor Curtis Milhaupt
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English and Media Studies, Bentley University Wednesday, November 15 For Fun (Zhao le) (China, 98 min) Introduced by: Haijing Hao, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor, Management […]
Tyler Harlan – Small Hydropower and the Low-Carbon Frontier in China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Tyler Harlan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Since the 1950s, the Chinese government has used small hydropower (SHP) to drive rural electrification and local economic […]
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English and Media Studies, Bentley University Wednesday, November 15 For Fun (Zhao le) (China, 98 min) Introduced by: Haijing Hao, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor, Management […]
Maria Repnikova – Media Politics in China: Improvising Power under Authoritarianism
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. Lunch will be provided.
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English and Media Studies, Bentley University Wednesday, November 15 For Fun (Zhao le) (China, 98 min) Introduced by: Haijing Hao, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor, Management […]
Prasenjit Duara – Spiritual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcendence in Contemporary Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Prasenjit Duara, Oscar Tang Professor of East Asian Studies, Duke University The 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 […]
Ezra Vogel – China’s Development and Its Role in the Global Affairs
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesKeynote Speaker: Ezra Vogel (傅高义）, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus Panelists: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of […]
David Huang – Accommodating America?: Understanding U.S. Influence in Xi’s Policy Toward Taiwan
The Ash Center invites you to a discussion with David Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS), Academia 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 […]