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  • The Significance of Small Things: Small Hydropower, Renewable Energy, and Rural Development in the PRC, 1949-1979

    Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Harvard UniversityArunabh Ghosh is a historian of modern China, with research and teaching interests in social and economic history, history of science and statecraft, transnational history, and China-India history. Venue

  • Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin – Mitigating COVID Disinfodemic: Health Misinformation, Digital Literacy and Vaccination in Taiwan

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin, Professor, College of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Harvard Yenching Visiting Scholar, 2022-23; Fulbright Senior Researcher, Harvard University, 2022-23 Chair/discussant: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media algorithms has facilitated the viral spread

  • Zhou Zhenyu – The origin of ancient Austronesian: from the perspective of archaeological discoveries in Southeast China

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Zhou Zhenyu, Associate Professor, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Discussant: Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk Seating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audience members. Venue

  • Scott Kennedy – Xi Jinping’s About Face: Implications for China’s Economy, Politics, and Relations With the West

    Rubenstein 414AB 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business & Economics, Center for Strategic & International Studies. Lunch will be served for those joining us in person in Rubenstein 414AB. Others should register to join us remotely via Zoom. Register at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mrBlnYUUSwW9rduJgp_6wQ. Venue

  • Wei Wei – Family Matters: Chinese Queer Politics Around the Rise of a Family-State

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Wei Wei, Professor of Sociology, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Chair/Discussant: Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice In Media And Activism In Studies Of Women, Gender, And Sexuality, Harvard University LGBT activism in mainland China, based on the trajectory of identity politics, faces increasing challenges from the state in recent years.

  • Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China

    Presented via Zoom

    Speaker: Changgui Dong, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China Dr. Changgui Dong's research focuses on energy and environmental economics, technological change, policy evaluation and China’s governance. He is particularly interested in analyzing energy and environmental policies from an interdisciplinary perspective, and understanding China’s governance from the perspective of renewable energy

  • US-China-India Triple Entente in Bangladesh

    Presented via Zoom

    Panelists:Anu Anwar, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Ph.D. candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesMichael Kugelman, Director, South Asia Institute, The Wilson CenterGeoffrey Macdonald, Senior Advisor for Asia, International Republican Institute Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor

  • Jie Gao – From Planned Economy to Planned Governance: Transformation of China’s Socialist Planning System

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Jie Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23Discussant: Isabella Weber, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst In China as in many other Communist countries, the evolution of socialist planning has been central to the transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented one. Conventional

  • Li Chunyuan – Contextualizing the Numbers: grain prices in Yuan 元 dynasty China, 1250-1350

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Li Chunyuan, Associate Professor, Department of History, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Chair/Discussant: David Yang, Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk Masks are required for all in-person audience members. Seating is limited. Venue

  • Contesting Territory, Asserting Sovereignty beyond China’s Borders

    Presented via Zoom

    Speakers:Darshana M. Baruah, Fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceAndrew Chubb, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and International Relations, Lancaster UniversityIsaac B. Kardon, Senior Fellow for China Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceModerators:Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian StudiesJames Evans, Ph.D. Candidate in History,

  • Texas: From Carbon Emitter to Green Hydrogen Exporter – A Promising Sustainable Future

    Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Haiyang Lin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment Texas, as the largest oil and natural gas producer in the United States, faces significant challenges in the global move towards decarbonization. As a potential solution, this study examines the feasibility of investing in green hydrogen, a promising alternative to oil and gas