Co-Sponsored Lectures
Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness
Speakers: Manfred Elfstrom, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia. Yao Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology and Law, University of Florida Moderator: Anthony Saich, Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Strikes, protests, and riots by Chinese workers have […]
Connecting the World-Island: What will China’s PEACE cable bring to Pakistan and East Africa?
Speakers: Motolani Agbebi, University teacher, Faculty of Management and Business, University of Tampere (Finland) Tayyab Safdar, Post-Doctoral Researcher, East Asia Centre & Department of Politics, University of Virginia Roxana Vatanparast, Affiliate, Center on Global Legal Transformation, Columbia Law School Moderators: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies […]
Panel Discussion – Gaming with Chinese Characteristics
Speakers: Heather Inwood, Cambridge University Nakamura Akinori, Ritsumeikan University Deng Jian, Peking University Special Guest: Zhu Jiayin, Founder/Editor of Chuapp Organizers: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Yedong Sh-Chen, Harvard University This panel is co-sponsored by the Harvard Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. It is a part of the […]
Panel Discussion – Taiwan Studies: New Questions and Challenges
Speakers: Kevin Luo 羅巍, Tsinghua University Chih-Wei Chung 鍾秩維, Fu Jen Catholic University Su-Yon Lee 李時雍, National Taiwan University Jaewoong Jeon 全在雄, Harvard University Lawrence Yang 楊子樵, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Cheng-Heng Lu 盧正恆, Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Organizer: David Der-wei Wang 王德威, Harvard University A bilingual workshop sponsored by the Fairbank Center […]
Chih-ming Wang – Re-Articulations: Foreign Literature Studies in Taiwan
Speaker: Chih-ming Wang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University This talk revisits the institutional and intellectual history of foreign literature studies in Taiwan through the lenses of colonial […]
Panel Discussion – Combatting Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny: Perspectives from Harvard Alumni
Speakers: Kei Ashizawa (MC/MPA 2017) U.S – Japan Relations Community Organizer and Attorney at Law Aaron Huang (MPP 2020) U.S. Foreign Service Officer Jenny Lu Mallamo (MPP 2013) Deputy Director, Global Communications & Media Relations at Council on Foreign Relations Rebecca Yang (MPP 2015) Business Advisor of U.S. Education & State and Local Government, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services Moderator: […]
Honghong Tinn – Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan, 1966-1975: Emulation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota Check back soon for more information! Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoceChqTgvGNY7dLnS5_mIdbCPifM4qpy1 Part of the Science and Technology in Asia Seminar Series
Wang Junyang – The State’s Handling of Petitioners through the Judiciary since the Abolition of Re-education through labor system in China
Speaker: Wang Junyang, Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: Yuhua Wang, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University […]
Mengmeng Yang – The Syntax of “NP zhi (之) VP” in Old Chinese
Speaker: Mengmeng Yang, Associate Research Professor, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: C.-T. James Huang, Professor of Linguistics, Harvard University This talk focuses on […]
Carla Nappi – How to Come Apart: Decomposing a History of Translation in China
Speaker: Carla Nappi, The University of Pittsburgh Check back soon for more information! Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfuyuqzstHNLcP21UNFfqiHHReSkx1_H7 Part of the Science and Technology in Asia Seminar […]
Yang Lichao – Children’s Dimensions of Poverty: Qualitative Studies in Urban China
Speaker: Yang Lichao. Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Management/School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: Nicole Newendorp, Lecturer on Social Studies, Harvard University Poverty is multidimensional […]
Tatsuya Nakanishi – Chinese-Speaking Muslims’ Responses to Islamic Intellectual Trends from West, South and Central Asia during the Nineteenth Century
Speaker: Tatsuya Nakanishi, Associate Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: Ali Asani, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim […]