Events

Panel Discussion – Strongman Politics in the 21st Century

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

Speakers: Elsa Clavé, Harvard University Asia Center Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University Valerie Sperling, Clark University Moderator: Thomas Vallely, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School Listen again on Soundcloud: As the role of "strongman" leaders on the world stage appears to be […]

Ngoc Tho Nguyen – Taking Root Wherever You Land: The Liturgical Transformation of Popular Cults Among Ethnic Chinese in Vietnam

Speaker: Professor Ngoc Tho Nguyen, Asia Center Visiting Scholar; Associate Professor in East Asian Cultural Studies, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Chair: Professor Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Asia Center Fellows Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Press Freedoms in Asia – Perspectives From China, Myanmar, and Thailand

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

Speakers: David Barboza, The New York Times; former New York Times Shanghai Bureau Chief, 2013 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting Esther Htusan, Nieman Foundation Fellow; correspondent for the Associated Press in Myanmar Puangthong R. Pawakapan, Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute; Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University Moderator: Mable Chan, Fairbank Center […]

China’s Belt Road Initiative in Eurasia: The Challenge of Fostering Sustainable Connectivity

CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speakers: Philippe Le Corre,  Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School Mamuka Tsereteli, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, American Foreign Policy Council Nargis Kassenova, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University   Discussant: Svante E. Cornell, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Since its official launch in 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has become a topic of intense […]

Christina Davis – East Asian Trade at a Crossroads: From TPP to China’s State-led Capitalism

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

Speaker: Christina Davis, Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Meg Rithmire – Unfaithful Friends: State and Business in Developing Asia

Speaker: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business of Administration, Harvard Business School Chair: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Harvard University Asia Center Seminar Series; co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Chen Wei – How well has China’s family planning policy worked?

Speaker: Chen Wei, Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Mary Brinton,  Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Demography is destiny. China’s economic success has been importantly driven by its demographic changes which might also determine China’s future. At the center of the demographics […]