Co-Sponsored Lectures
Zhang Ying – Maimonides’s Conception of Nature and Zhu Xi’s Doctrine of Principle/Coherence (Li理) and Material Force (Qi氣)
Speaker: Zhang Ying, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: David Stern, Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Maimonides (1138-1204) and Zhu Xi (1130-1200) are unparalleled in their transformation and renewal of the Jewish and the […]
Richard Weitz: Russia, China, and the United States as Great-Power Competitors: Implications for Nuclear Security and Conflict
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Richard Weitz, Senior Research Fellow, Hudson Institute
Huang Xiangchun – The Art of Keeping Appropriate Distance: Practicing “Ethnicity” of the “Dan” (蜑) on the Margins Through Time
Speaker: Huang Xiangchun, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2018-19| Chair/discussant: Robert Weller, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University What does “ethnicity” mean in late imperial and […]
Li Yinghua – Let Silent Stones Speak: A technological analysis of lithics and examination of cultural homogeneity and diversity in South China and Southeast Asia from 30,000 to 6,000 years ago
Speaker: Li Yinghua Professor, School of History, Wuhan University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/let-silent-stones-speak-technological-analysis-lithics-and-examination-cultural-homogeneity
May Fourth @ 100: China and the World
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAn international symposium to celebrate and reflect upon the monumental legacy of China’s May Fourth movement. Listen to the keynote speeches by Rudolf Wagner (University of Heidelberg) and Chen Pingyuan on Soundcloud: Download the transcript of Rudolf Wagner's keynote speech here: Reconstructing May Fourth Keynote Speech by Rudolf Wagner Speakers: Chan, Leonard K.K. Chan, […]
Lim Jaehwan – The Rise and Decline of Collective Leadership in China: An Institutional Approach
Speaker: Lim Jaehwan, Associate Professor, Department of International Politics, Aoyama Gakuin University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University President Xi Jinping’s quick and impressive power consolidation has sparked much debate over the current state and future trajectory of the collective leadership in the Chinese Communist […]
Dagmar Schafer – Lists, Local Gazeteers, and the True Lies of Premodern China’s Patterns of Social Mobility
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Dagmar Schäfer, Director of Department III, "Artefacts, Action, and Knowledge," Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin Chair: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, […]
Lu Pin – Finding a Voice: A Conversation on China’s Feminist Voices
Speaker: Lu Pin, Chinese journalist and feminist activist Chair: Julian Gewirtz, Lecturer, Department of History; Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University Discussant: Moira Weigel, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows Asia Center Seminar Series. Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center; cosponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Harutoshi Matsutani – The Social Cost of Automobiles and Environment Policies in Asia: A Comparative Study on China and Japan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Harutoshi Matsutani, Fellow, Harvard Asia Center; Professor of Economics, Aichi University, Japan Chair: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Discussant: Andrew Gordon, Lee and […]
Mobilities & Immobilities: Histories of Modern Migration to and in the Americas
William James Hall, Room 1550 33 kirkland st, cambridge, MA, United StatesFor complete information, visit www.migrantherstory.com.
JFK Jr Forum – Hong Kong: The Future of One Country, Two Systems
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Tony Saich, Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Jane Perlez, Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times Victoria Tin-bor, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Chong Ja Ian – How Hedging Made US-China Tensions Worse: Order, Strategic Competition, and Aggregated Security Dilemmas in Asia and the Pacific
Speaker: Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]