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SUMMARY:Texas: From Carbon Emitter to Green Hydrogen Exporter - A Promising Sustainable Future
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Haiyang Lin\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Harvard-China Project on Energy\, Economy and Environment \n\n\n\nTexas\, 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 as a primary energy source. By harnessing its abundant wind and solar resources\, Texas has the potential to become a major producer and exporter of green hydrogen\, reducing its carbon footprint and promoting a sustainable energy future. This talk is part of comparative research on the same topics in China\, led by Chinese researcher Dr. Haiyang Lin\, and drawing on knowledge from China. \n\n\n\nThis research conducts detailed simulations and optimizations of green hydrogen supply scenarios\, incorporating decarbonization of the power sector in Texas. The objective is to explore the role of Texas’s green hydrogen in decarbonizing its economy and reducing the carbon footprint of energy use in the United States more broadly. First\, the potential of renewable sources is estimated. Hydrogen supply\, pipeline planning\, and grid expansion are then integrated to assess opportunities for using zero-carbon hydrogen in transport services\, industrial processes\, and chemical production. The study reveals that Texas has significant advantages in an expanding hydrogen economy\, including abundant renewable sources\, existing infrastructure\, and availability of salt caverns for storage\, all of which provide both scale and cost benefits\, as well as enhanced grid stability. Under 2030 low carbon policy restrictions\, more than 20 million tons of hydrogen can be produced and then used as fuel or converted to other chemicals at a competitive cost compared to fossil fuel sources. Retrofitting extensive oil and gas pipelines originating from Texas or constructing new pipelines\, Texas can maintain its role as an energy exporter\, contributing to the energy needs of the country in a sustainable manner. \n\n\n\nOur work considers the possibility of importing the cheap alkaline electrolyzer from China to Texas to help the state develop a green hydrogen economy. Chinese electrolyzer is one third of the cost for US eclectrolyzer. We simulated their utilization in Texas and highlighted the impact of importing Chinese electrolyzer on green H2 production in terms of levelized H2 cost and scale. \n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, given the similarities of Texas and Inner Mongolia in fossil fuel consumption\, industrial development\, and renewable power endowment\, we are looking for collaborations to pursue a comparative study on Inner Mongolia\, China. This seminar will focus on Texas’s green hydrogen economy but the research framework and methodology we developed are well applicable for studying other regions. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/texas-from-carbon-emitter-to-green-hydrogen-exporter-a-promising-sustainable-future/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall 100F\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230306T140000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182540
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SUMMARY:Contesting Territory\, Asserting Sovereignty beyond China’s Borders
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: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\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nChina is increasingly assertive in its claims to territories along its borderlands. From renewed tensions with India in the Himalayas\, to the construction of military outposts on expanded islets in the South China Sea\, China’s pursuit of land and maritime claims display an unwillingness to compromise in its contestations over territory. Combined with its overseas expansion in military bases and civilian infrastructure\, China’s outbound activities indicate that Beijing will continue to assert claims over its near abroad and beyond to ensure its political\, military\, and economic security. Bringing together experts on the South China Sea\, the Indian Ocean\, and China’s overseas expansion\, this panel discussion asks how China’s adaptive understanding of sovereignty and territory interact with a growing assertiveness in its foreign affairs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/contesting-territory-asserting-sovereignty-beyond-chinas-borders/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182540
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SUMMARY:Li Chunyuan - Contextualizing the Numbers: grain prices in Yuan 元 dynasty China\, 1250-1350
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Li Chunyuan\, Associate Professor\, Department of History\, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: David Yang\,  Associate Professor of Economics\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\nMasks are required for all in-person audience members. Seating is limited. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/li-chunyuan-contextualizing-the-numbers-grain-prices-in-yuan-%e5%85%83-dynasty-china-1250-1350/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182540
CREATED:20230208T145554Z
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SUMMARY:Jie Gao - From Planned Economy to Planned Governance: Transformation of China’s Socialist Planning System
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\n\nIn 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 wisdom argues that the market will “grow out of the plan” in tandem with the state’s gradual abandonment of the core features of the Soviet-style socialist planning system\, such as direct state allocation of materials. But have the scope and reach of the socialist planning system been reduced after the market grows out of the plan? This study argues that after three decades of marketization and decentralization reforms\, the socialist planning system has not shrunk. On the contrary\, it has been “reinvented\,” and its role in governing China has expanded. The transformation of the socialist planning system can be observed from the rise of a governance-by-targets regime during the past four decades—a phenomenon that performance targets\, many of which are derived from the party-state’s development plans\, are increasingly and ubiquitously used in managing social\, economic and political affairs. Put in this light\, China is moving from a planned economy to “planned governance”\, and during this process\, the reinvention of the socialist plan is happening alongside the growth of the socialist market\, rather than one superseding the other. \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\nSeating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audience members \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/jie-gao-from-planned-economy-to-planned-governance-transformation-of-chinas-socialist-planning-system/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T091500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T103000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182540
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SUMMARY:US-China-India Triple Entente in Bangladesh
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPanelists: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 \n\n\n\nModerator: James Robson\, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director\, Asia Center\, Harvard College ProfessorPresented online via Zoom. Register here:https://tinyurl.com/2p8tuprj \n\n\n\nAsia Beyond the Headlines Seminar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/us-china-india-triple-entente-in-bangladesh/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230222T110000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182540
CREATED:20230216T174827Z
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SUMMARY:Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Changgui Dong\, Associate Professor\, School of Public Administration and Policy\, Renmin University of China \n\n\n\nDr. 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 and climate change policies. He earned his Ph.D in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin and then worked as a postdoc at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for one year prior to beginning his tenure at Renmin University.Sponsored by the Harvard-China Project on Energy\, Economy\, and Environment at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.Presented via Zoom. Register at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoceuopjMuHdTSYtbmN91Y88pYdhp5NCci.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/evaluating-the-impact-of-the-feed-in-tariffs-on-solar-pv-and-wind-power-development-in-china/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20230130T153029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T153031Z
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SUMMARY:Wei Wei - Family Matters: Chinese Queer Politics Around the Rise of a Family-State
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Wei Wei\, Professor of Sociology\, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Michael Bronski\, Professor of the Practice In Media And Activism In Studies Of Women\, Gender\, And Sexuality\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nLGBT activism in mainland China\, based on the trajectory of identity politics\, faces increasing challenges from the state in recent years. Drawing insights from the scholarship of provincizing sexual citizenship and building on my decades-long researches into Chinese LGBT communities and activism\, the study situates such challenges and responses of the LGBT communities in the context of a rising Chinese family-state. It first lays out the bleak reality of civic participation and mobilization\, parallel to the ascendance of familist discourses\, that lead to the reconfiguration of Chinese queer politics. The engagement of LGBT communities to the Chinese family-state will be the focus of the talk. On the one hand\, the newly emerging LGBT parent families utilize the opportunities of policy change to strive for the state’s recognition; on the other hand\, family value as a shared rhetoric but open for contestation\, has been appropriated by the LGBT activism to negotiate with the state for survival. The talk concludes with a discussion of Chinese homonationalism in the making\, which may also have implication for queer politics beyond China. \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar Talk \n\n\n\nMasks are required for all in-person audience members. Seating is limited. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/wei-wei-family-matters-chinese-queer-politics-around-the-rise-of-a-family-state/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230209T133000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20230126T190508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T191645Z
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SUMMARY:Scott Kennedy - Xi Jinping’s About Face: Implications for China’s Economy\, Politics\, and Relations With the West
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Scott Kennedy\, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business & Economics\, Center for Strategic & International Studies.  \n\n\n\nLunch 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.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/scott-kennedy-xi-jinpings-about-face-implications-for-chinas-economy-politics-and-relations-with-the-west/
LOCATION:Rubenstein 414AB\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230208T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20230130T151834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230209T163806Z
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SUMMARY:Zhou Zhenyu - The origin of ancient Austronesian: from the perspective of archaeological discoveries in Southeast China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zhou Zhenyu\, Associate Professor\, Institute of Archaeology\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23 \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Rowan Flad\, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk \n\n\n\nSeating is limited. Masks are required for all in-person audience members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zhou-zhenyu-the-origin-of-ancient-austronesian-from-the-perspective-of-archaeological-discoveries-in-southeast-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T114500
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20230202T190356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T191310Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen Halsey - Rocks and Bugs: Developmentalism and the Environment in Early Twentieth Century China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Stephen Halsey \n\n\n\nPresented via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItfuuopzgpH9QA2pFC6FpjH_0wL_Nd7nB1 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/stephen-halsey-rocks-and-bugs-developmentalism-and-the-environment-in-early-twentieth-century-china/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221103T183404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T144622Z
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SUMMARY:Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin - Mitigating COVID Disinfodemic: Health Misinformation\, Digital Literacy and Vaccination in Taiwan
DESCRIPTION: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 \n\n\n\nChair/discussant: Winnie Yip\, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\n\nDuring the COVID-19 pandemic\, social media algorithms has facilitated the viral spread of mis- and disinformation\, resulting in global public health crises. After raising Coronavirus epidemic warning in mid-2021\, Taiwan has faced increasing health misinformation risks and challenges of mitigation. The goal of the mixed-method research is two-fold: to examine characteristics of Taiwan’s health misinformation after COVID-19 Level 3 Alert\, and to investigate the complex relationship among social media users’ (dis)information efficacy\, health literacy and their impacts on vaccination. First\, I systematically analyzed viral health misinformation messages verified by fact-check organizations over the past 1.5 years. Content analysis shows that prevalent types of Coronavirus falsehoods are related to vaccine effectiveness\, false cures and preventative measures\, and government’s epidemic prevention. Their most salient motives include fear mongering and conspiracies\, especially on political smear. Next\, my survey of Taiwanese social media users finds that COVID-19 health literacy significantly increases individual adoption of preventive measures and vaccination. Social media information efficacy is the key to improve critical posts of COVID-19 information\, which positively affects health literacy and its components (i.e.\, accessing\, understanding\, appraising\, and applying health information). Nonetheless\, social media disinformation efficacy moderately influences how people understand and apply health literacy. \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk \n\n\n\nSeating is limited. Masks are required for all audience members. \n\n\n\nAlso available on Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jiV82_fKQtafSgLHhmYnyg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/trisha-tsui-chuan-lin-mitigating-covid-19-disinfodemic-health-misinformation-social-media-efficacy-and-health-literacy-in-taiwan/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221202T130110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T130112Z
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SUMMARY:The Significance of Small Things: Small Hydropower\, Renewable Energy\, and Rural Development in the PRC\, 1949-1979
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-significance-of-small-things-small-hydropower-renewable-energy-and-rural-development-in-the-prc-1949-1979/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall 100F\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T220000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221129T152355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230617T035905Z
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SUMMARY:Urban China Seminar Series featuring Tingting Lu - Collaborative Neighborhood Governance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Join Zoom Meeting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Tingting Lu\, ​Shanghai Jiao Tong University \n\n\n\n​The COVID-19 pandemic is a governance challenge for nations and cities across the world. While early observations have primarily focused on nation-scale government actions\, our research shows that neighborhood social capital also plays a key role in Chinese neighborhoods. Drawing from collaborative governance theory\, we examine the horizontal and hierarchical dynamics of neighborhood governance collaboration during crisis responses in urban China. Using a large-scale questionnaire survey of frontline community workers conducted in six Chinese cities in February 2020\, we find that from the perspective of residents’ committees\, the effectiveness of collaborative governance in pandemic control is predicted by both neighborhood social capital (i.e. civic engagement and citizen participation) and hierarchical steering by the government through setting policy priorities and providing support. We also surveyed residents for their opinions on neighborhood collaborative governance post pandemic. Social capital presents opposite correlations to one’s collaboration with a residents’ committee and collaboration with a private management company.  \n\n\n\nTingting Lu is an Associate Professor at School of International and Public Affairs\, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research focuses on neighborhood governance and housing development in urban China. Recently she has also worked on gated communities\, social segregation\, and neighborhood attachment\, and has published in leading journals in urban studies and geography\, including Urban Studies\, Urban Geography\, and Geoforum.  \n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96217779608 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/urban-china-seminar-series-featuring-tingting-lu-collaborative-neighborhood-governance-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T131500
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221116T140421Z
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SUMMARY:The Chip War: China\, The US\, and Europe
DESCRIPTION:Register For zoom hybrid attendance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:John Haigh\, Co-Director\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolChris Miller\, Associate Professor of International History\, The Fletcher School\, Tufts University; author of The Chip War. \n\n\n\nModerator: Edoardo Campanella​\,  \n\n\n\nM-RCBG Senior Fellow  \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. Zoom registration: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZxRp90CRRHiaDcFMLJrYWw \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-chip-war-china-the-us-and-europe/
LOCATION:Ellwood Democracy Lab – Rubenstein 414AB\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
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SUMMARY:Jane Lim - Faking Origins: Imitating China in Eighteenth-Century English Literature
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jane Lim | Associate Professor\, Department of English Language and Literature\, Seoul National University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23Chair/discussant: Deidre Shauna Lynch\, Harvard College Professor; Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk \n\n\n\nSeating is limited. Masks are required for all audience members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/jane-lim-faking-origins-imitating-china-in-eighteenth-century-english-literature/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221103T182317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T151941Z
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SUMMARY:Eva Nga Shan Ng - Trials Heard by a Foreign Ear: A Study of Chinese Jurors’ Comprehension of English Trials in Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Eva Nga Shan Ng\, Assistant Professor\, Translation Programme\, School of Chinese\, the University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23Chair/discussant: Nicholas Harkness\, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nStudies in jury comprehension have hitherto mainly explored Anglo-American courts and focused on examining English-speaking jurors’ ability to understand legal discourse\, particularly with respect to jury instructions. Such studies reveal doubts about jurors’ comprehension of the legalese in jury instructions and argue for the use of plain English to make jury instructions accessible to lay jurors. This paper reports findings of a study contextualized in the Hong Kong courtroom\, where criminal trials in the High Court are routinely heard by local Chinese jurors presumed to have a sufficient command of the language used in court\, be it English or Chinese. This study aims to test the validity of  the presumption about Chinese jurors’ ability to understand trials conducted in English\, which they speak as a second or even a foreign language (L2)\, and to explore how L2 jurors’ comprehension might be further compromised due to a lack of proficiency in English. A random sample of local Chinese eligible for jury service (N=53) are recruited from the community to take part in the study\, which comprises a demographic survey of the subjects\, as well as a test of their comprehension of courtroom discourse using authentic audio recordings of two trials from the High Court of Hong Kong. The results of this study show an average listening comprehension level of around 41% by the subjects\, with some attaining below 25%. The results also show that the subjects’ listening comprehension problems are not limited to legalese. Taking the Voice Projection Framework (Heffer 2018) as a point of reference\, this study suggests that while discursive voicing is largely to blame for the subjects’ comprehension problem\, as in studies with native English-speaking jurors\, in the case of L2 jurors\, the speakers’ physical voicing of courtroom discourse is demonstrated and perceived by the subjects to be a major factor in impeding their comprehension of the courtroom discourse. This paper argues that making courtroom discourse accessible to L2 jurors means more than improving the discursive voicing\, but physical voicing matters as much\, if not more. This paper also discusses the possibility of providing interpretation for jurors in need of the service to ensure equal participation in jury service by people randomly selected from the community and to mitigate the jury dilemma. \n\n\n\nHarvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk \n\n\n\nSeating is limited. Masks are required for all audience members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/eva-nga-shan-ng-trials-heard-by-a-foreign-ear-a-study-of-chinese-jurors-comprehension-of-english-trials-in-hong-kong/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221101T114500
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220829T140215Z
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SUMMARY:Lan Li - Sea Shells: Metaphor\, Anatomy\, and Epistemology of Brainlessness
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Lan Li \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lan-li-sea-shells-metaphor-anatomy-and-epistemology-of-brainlessness/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T132000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221012T134007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T171519Z
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ Rights Advocacy in China: Status and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:RSVP now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Yanhui Peng\, Former Director\, LGBT Rights Advocacy ChinaZhijun Hu\, Founder\, China’s Parents\, Family\, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)Wei Wei\, Professor of Sociology\, East China Normal University; Visiting Scholar\, Harvard-Yenching Institute \n\n\n\nIf 5% of the population are members of the LGBTQ community\, China’s LGBTQ population reaches at least 70 million. Over the past two decades\, the LGBTQ community in China has become increasingly visible and diverse. Meanwhile\, the community\, civil society\, and scholars also face unique challenges as they seek to provide social services\, conduct queer studies\, and disseminate queer theory in higher education institutions in China. \n\n\n\nThis panel features three activists/scholars sharing their insights into China’s LGBTQ movement over the past 20 years\, ongoing challenges\, and future prospects of the movement. \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided. RSVP at: tinyurl.com/HLSChinaLGBTQ. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lgbtq-rights-advocacy-in-china-status-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall 1019\, Harvard Law School\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T103000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220927T141058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T135810Z
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SUMMARY:Debt and Financial Risk from China's Real Estate Sector: Michael Pettis and Hui Shan
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Michael Pettis\, Professor of Finance\, Peking UniversityHui Shan\, Managing Director and Chief China Economist\, Goldman Sachs \n\n\n\nConcluding Remarks:William Overholt\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nModerators:Richard Yarrow and Jinlin Li\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nReal estate has had a vast influence on China’s economy. In particular\, real estate has taken a massive role across China’s financial system — accounting for an estimated 70 percent of Chinese households’ assets\, 30 percent of local governments’ revenues\, and almost 30 percent of all outstanding bank loans before the pandemic. \n\n\n\nAs China’s real estate sector faces a sharp crisis\, what are the implications for the financial system and the financial health of China’s broader economy? What are China’s debt risks as real estate prices plateau or fall? \n\n\n\nPlease join experts on China’s financial sector for this discussion. This event is the second in a series on China’s real estate sector and its broader economic effects. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/debt-and-financial-risk-from-chinas-real-estate-sector-michael-pettis-and-hui-shan/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221019T171500
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221004T140455Z
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SUMMARY:The United States Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State Daniel J. Kritenbrink
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Daniel J. Kritenbrink\, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs \n\n\n\nPlease join the Asia-Pacific Initiative and Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Daniel J. Kritenbrink\, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The Assistant Secretary will deliver remarks on the Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy\, followed by a conversation moderated by Chris Li (Director of the Asia-Pacific Initiative) and Erika Manouselis (Manager of the Future of Diplomacy Project). \n\n\n\nAdvance registration is required\, and attendance is limited to current Harvard affiliates (students\, staff\, faculty\, fellows). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-united-states-indo-pacific-strategy-a-conversation-with-assistant-secretary-of-state-daniel-j-kritenbrink/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, Littauer Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221015T173000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20221004T134449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T135132Z
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SUMMARY:Navigating Asia: Interdisciplinary Conversations in Honor of Ezra Vogel
DESCRIPTION:This conference is organized to honor and celebrate the late Professor Ezra Vogel’s role as the inaugural Director of the Harvard Asia Center and his commitment to transnational scholarship.  \n\n\n\nDay 1: Friday\, October 14\, 2022 \n\n\n\n4:00-5:00pm Welcome:James Robson (Victor and William Fung Director\, Harvard Asia Center; James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University)Opening Remarks:Neil Rudenstine (President Emeritus\, Harvard University\, 1991-2001)Keynote:“Why America Needs an Ezra Vogel for Southeast Asia” Professor Chan Heng Chee (Ambassador-at-Large\, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, former Singaporean Ambassador to the United States 1996-2012; Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Chair of Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities\, Singapore University of Technology and Design)Reception to follow5:00-6:00pmDay 2: Saturday\, October 15\, 20228:15-8:45am Coffee and Continental Breakfast 8:45-9:00am Opening Comments by Arthur Kleinmen (Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology\, Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine\, Professor of Psychiatry\, Harvard Medical School; Former Director of the Asia Center\, Harvard University) \n\n\n\n9:00-10:30am Panel 1: Governance and LeadershipModerator: Elizabeth J. Perry (Director\, Harvard-Yenching Institute; Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government\, Former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University)Panelists:Christina L. Davis (Director\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Professor\, Department of Government\, Harvard University)Cheng Li (Director\, John L. Thornton China Center and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy\, Brookings Institute)Eun Mee Kim (President\, Ewha Woman’s University; Professor\, Graduate School of International Studies; former Dean\, Graduate School of International Studies; and former Director\, Institute for Development and Human Security)Nakano Koichi (Professor\, Sophia University)Doreen Lee (Professor of Anthropology; Acting Director\, Asia and the World Program\, Northeastern University)10:30-10:45am Coffee Break10:45am-12:15pmPanel 2: Regional RelationsModerator: Arunabh Ghosh (Professor\, Department of History\, Harvard University) and Carter Eckert (Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University)Panelists:Selina Ho (Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation\, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy\, National University of Singapore)Andrew Mertha (Inaugural Director\, SAIS China Global Research Center; George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies\, John’s Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies)Hirano Kenichiro (Professor Emeritus Tokyo University and Waseda University; Executive Director\, Toyo Bunko)Li Tingjiang (Professor\, Faculty of Law\, Chuo University\, Japan; Director\, Center for Japanese Studies\, Tsinghua University\, Beijing)John D. Ciorciari (Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement; Professor of Public Policy; Director\, International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center\, University of Michigan)12:15-1:15pm Lunch  \n\n\n\n1:15-2:45pmPanel 3: Political Economy and MarketsModerator: Mark Wu (Director of Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law\, Harvard University)Panelists:William Overholt (Senior Research Fellow\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy School)Kristen Looney (Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Government\, Georgetown University)Meg Rithmire (F. Warren MacFarlan Associate Professor in the Business\, Government\, and International Economy Unit\, Harvard Business School)Steven Vogel (Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies; Professor of Political Science and Political Economy; Director\, Political Economy Program\, University of California\, Berkeley)2:45-3:00pm Coffee Break 3:00-4:30pmPanel 4: Asia in a Global ContextModerator: Sugata Bose (Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, Harvard University)Panelists: Manjari Chatterjee Miller (Senior Fellow for India\, Pakistan\, and South Asia\, Council on Foreign Relations; Associate Professor of International Relations; Director of the Rising Powers Initiative\, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston University)Aniket De (Ph.D. student in History\, Harvard University)Engseng Ho (Professor of Cultural Anthropology\, Duke University; Muhammad Alagil Distinguished Visiting Professor in Arabia Asia Studies\, Asia Research Institute\, National University of Singapore)Ambassador Shyam Saran (President of India International Centre; Former Foreign Secretary of India; Indian Ambassador to Myanmar\, Nepal\, and Indonesia)Karen L. Thornber (Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature\, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Interim Chair\, Regional Studies East Asia\, Former Director of the Asia Center\, Harvard University) \n\n\n\n4:30-5:30pmPanel 5: Reflecting on Ezra Vogel and His LegacyModerator: James Robson (Victor and William Fung Director\, Harvard Asia Center; James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University)Panelists:Charlotte Ikels (Professor Emerita of Anthropology\, Case Western Reserve University)Richard E.  Dyck (Owner and President\, TGK-Japan)Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good (Professor Emerita of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Harvard Medical School)Mary C. Brinton (Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology; Director\, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\, Harvard University)Chunli Li (Director\, International Center for Chinese Studies; Professor\, Faculty of Economics\, Aichi University) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/navigating-asia-interdisciplinary-conversations-in-honor-of-ezra-vogel/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220929T164633Z
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SUMMARY:Zhang Changdong - Taxation and State Building Contradiction: Grassroots State Reconfiguration under Tax State Transition in Rural China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zhang Changdong\, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2022-23Chair/discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry\, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University; Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. \n\n\n\nTaxation is regarded as an important dynamic in state building\, and plays a crucial role in driving the process of bureaucratization. However\, this process could be contradictory under certain circumstances. Through an in-depth examination of taxation and state building in rural China\, we find that the state strategically uses different institutional building strategies in different periods to penetrate the rural society for different purposes. We develop a two by two matrix by combining concentration and centralization\, as a typology of micro institutional building strategies\, to describe the evolution of institutional strategies and cadre’s roles. Specifically\, we find that after the market transition in 1980s and 1990s\, the tax state transition\, especially the abolition of agricultural taxes in early 2000s\, marks a transition from penetration for extraction to non-penetration with non-extraction. Using unique datasets which combines individual\, village and county/province level data\, we focus on the dynamic on the role of village cadres which reflects the evolution of institutional strategies. We test the hypotheses of village cadres’ income (dis)advantage before and after abolition of agriculture taxes which depended on village or upper-level government fiscal conditions\, respectively. We find that before the tax state transition village cadres as tax farmers had income advantages over ordinary peasants regardless the village and county fiscal conditions. But after the transition they turned to semi-bureaucrats and lost their income advantage in most regions all over China. They only held advantages in those fiscally-rich regions. This research indicates that the state building in rural China is associated with the ending of taxation power rather than a development of taxation capacity which led to state involution. This study contributes to taxation and state building literature by revealing this contradiction\, and complement to the market transition debate by bringing taxation back in. \n\n\n\nIn-person talk – Seating is limited. Masks are required for all audience members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zhang-changdong-taxation-and-state-building-contradiction-grassroots-state-reconfiguration-under-tax-state-transition-in-rural-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T123000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220929T164210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T164212Z
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SUMMARY:Jae-Jung Suh - Diatribes and Dialogues over the Past: “History Problems” and Regional Orders in Northeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jae-Jung Suh\, Professor\, Department of Politics and International Studies\, International Christian University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2022-23 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Paul Y. Chang\, Associate Professor of Sociology\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, I propose to re-analyze the history of the historical contentions in Northeast Asia as that of the regional actors’ attempts to manage their differences over national identities and their relationships in the context of the region’s shifting power balance. On the one hand\, the states and civil society actors in the region have been held together by a shared past salient and meaningful to all of them\, jointly creating a common transnational discursive sphere among themselves—a regional order. On the other hand\, they have been molding and remolding that regional order in different shapes by endowing their common past with sometimes convergent\, and sometimes contradictory\, meanings. I postulate that the regional actors’ perception of others’ legitimacy and their framework of meaning may be combined in four possible ways to shape the nature of the region’s order—nationalist spheres\, parallel national spheres\, contentious regional sphere\, and regional public sphere—and that Northeast Asia’s regional order has since the end of the Asia Pacific War evolved from parallel national spheres to a regional public sphere to a contentious regional sphere. \n\n\n\nMore info: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/diatribes-and-dialogues-over-the-past-history-problems-and-regional-orders-in-northeast-asia/ \n\n\n\nIn-person talk – Seating is limited. Masks are required for audience members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/jae-jung-suh-diatribes-and-dialogues-over-the-past-history-problems-and-regional-orders-in-northeast-asia/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220816T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220816T110000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220811T153813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220811T172737Z
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SUMMARY:In Search for a New Architecture for New China— Zhang Kaiji and Chinese Modern Architecture in the 1950s
DESCRIPTION:Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer:Harvard CAMLab \n\n\n\nAcademic Convenor:Jeffrey W. CODYFormer Senior Project Specialist\, Building & Sites Department\, Getty Conservation Institute \n\n\n\nWU JiangFormer Vice-President of Tongji UniversityAcademician of the French Academy of Architecture \n\n\n\nPanelist:FAN SizhengTeaching Professor\, College of Technology\, Architecture and Applied Engineering\, Bowling Green State University \n\n\n\nCHENG LizhenAssociate Professor\, School of Architecture and Design\, Beijing Jiaotong UniversityAuthor of Architect\, ZHANG Kaiji \n\n\n\nCHANG Yung HoPrincipal Architect FCJZProfessor of the Practice MIT \n\n\n\nLAI DelinMorgan Endowed Chair in Fine Arts\, Department of Fine Arts\, University of LouisvilleForeword Writer of Architect\, ZHANG Kaiji \n\n\n\nLI ShiqiaoWeedon Professor in Asian Architecture\, Architecture + Architectural History\,Director of the PhD in the Constructed Environment Program\, School of Architecture\, University of Virginia \n\n\n\nModerator:ZHANG QinAssociate in Research\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard UniversityAssociate\, Harvard CAMLab \n\n\n\nMIN JiajianProject Lead\, Harvard CAMLab \n\n\n\nInterpreter:ZHU NingResearcher\, Harvard CAMLab \n\n\n\nAbstract:Zhang Kaiji (1912-2006)\, graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering of the Central University in 1935\, is one of the most outstanding Chinese architects of the second generation. In the dynamic period of political and cultural transformation\, the division and collision of different ideologies contributed to Zhang Kaiji’s architectural practice. In his 71 years of profession\, he synthesized different ideologies and design theories\, practiced with a wide range of typologies\, focused on various issues of the built environment\, and elevated the professional and technical exploration to a humanistic\, social and historical level. \n\n\n\nOn the occasion of the 110th anniversary of Mr. Zhang Kaiji’s birth and the upcoming release of the new book “Architect Zhang Kaiji”\, Harvard CAMLab China Builders Project launched this Academic Symposium. This event was academically convened by Professor Jeff Cody and Professor Wu Jiang. It is an honor to invite architect Chang Yung Ho\, son of Zhang Kaiji\, Professor Cheng Lizhen\, the author of “Architect Zhang Kaiji”\, Professor Lai Delin\, the foreword writer of “Architect Zhang Kaiji”\, and many other influential scholars. Starting from this new book\, we will focus on Zhang Kaiji’s influence on Chinese modern architecture and urban planning\, and more importantly\, the underlying social\, cultural and economic context in the 1950s\, as well as the meaning of “New Architecture for New China” in a broader context. \n\n\n\nSchedule:(120mins in total) \n\n\n\nPart I Introduction 10minsIntroduction to Harvard CAMLab\, Symposium\, Panelists\, Topic and Background \n\n\n\nPart II Panel Talk 55minsEach Convenor/Panelist will have 10 mins to address the topic with their related research. \n\n\n\nPart III Discussion and Q&A 45minsAcademic Convenors will summarize panel talks and start the discussion and the group dialogue. \n\n\n\nPart IV Event Summary 10mins \n\n\n\nSymposium in both Chinese and English with Simultaneous InterpretingThis virtual workshop is open to the public with registration. It will be recorded and the edited version will be released to the public online\, or in other forms on the Harvard CAMLab platform. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/in-search-for-a-new-architecture-for-new-china-zhang-kaiji-and-chinese-modern-architecture-in-the-1950s/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T100000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220714T145525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220720T213050Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons for East Asia from Eastern Europe’s Economic Challenges and Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Lajos Bokros\, Professor at Central European University and former Minister of Finance of HungaryMarcin Piatkowski\, Professor at Kozminski University\, author of Europe’s Growth Champion\, and former visiting scholar at Harvard’s Center for European StudiesDwight Perkins\, Professor Emeritus in the Harvard Economics Department\, former Director of the Fairbank Center and the Harvard Institute for International Development \n\n\n\nModerated by: Richard Yarrow\, Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore \n\n\n\nIn the 1980s\, Eastern European economies were stagnant or in decline. Mass shortages and unemployment combined with decaying institutions to throw economies and societies in turmoil. Three decades later\, Eastern Europe has transformed. Of the 23 countries to become high income since 1992\, nine are in Eastern Europe. In the 1980s\, Poland had a lower per capita GDP than Suriname; today\, the total GDP of the EU states in Eastern Europe is larger than the GDP of Russia. In much of the region\, corruption has declined\, while education\, health\, and other social and economic indicators have improved.How did these changes occur\, and what dilemmas did Eastern European countries encounter during the transformation of their economies and institutions? This webinar brings experts from across Eastern Europe to discuss causes behind Eastern Europe’s economic problems\, and the challenges of rejuvenating economies and institutions after the end of the Cold War. In doing so\, panelists will discuss the potential lessons that East Asian countries can learn from the challenges and successes of Eastern Europe’s economic reforms and transformation. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis event is the second part of a two-part series of panels. One can register for the first part\, on governing challenges\, at https://nus-sg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IVgHUfzMQAiGAnef7aNwLQ?timezone_id=America%2FNew_York. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lessons-for-east-asia-from-eastern-europes-economic-challenges-and-transformation/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220728T100000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
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SUMMARY:Lessons for East Asia from Eastern Europe’s Institutional Changes and Governing Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Bojan Bugarič\, Professor at the University of Sheffield and former Deputy Interior Minister of SloveniaLance Liangping Gore\, Senior Research Fellow at the NUS East Asian InstituteJacques Rupnik\, Professor at CERI-Sciences Po and former advisor to President Vaclav Havel and to the European Commission \n\n\n\nModerated by: Richard Yarrow\, Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore \n\n\n\nIn the 1980s\, governing systems of Eastern Europe were in a state of turmoil. Few people trusted political leaders or regimes’ ideologies. Large\, little-changed bureaucracies were unable to cope with growing pressure for social and economic improvement. By the late 1980s\, widespread protests shook political systems across the region\, leading to a period of steady\, inconsistent political changes and reform attempts across the region.Thirty years after the first elections following the end of the Warsaw Pact\, what can countries in Asia learn from the governing challenges and development of new political institutions in Eastern Europe? This webinar brings experts on Eastern European politics to discuss causes of political turmoil in the 1980s\, the challenges of reforming Eastern Europe’s political structures\, and why Eastern European countries experienced varied outcomes in their institutional development. Through this analysis\, panelists will comment on lessons for East Asia to learn from Eastern Europe’s political changes. \n\n\n\nThis event is the first part of a two-part series of panels. One can register for the second part\, on economic challenges and transition\, at https://nus-sg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IVgHUfzMQAiGAnef7aNwLQ?timezone_id=America%2FNew_York. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lessons-for-east-asia-from-eastern-europes-institutional-changes-and-governing-challenges/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T211500
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220509T150053Z
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SUMMARY:Chen Long and Yang Yuanchen - China's Real Estate Sector: Bubble\, Bail-Out\, or Further Growth?
DESCRIPTION:Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:CHEN Long\, Co-Founder and Partner\, PlenumYANG Yuanchen\, Economist\, International Monetary Fund \n\n\n\nModerators:Jinlin Li and Richard Yarrow\, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nChinese businesses employing tens of millions of people rely on property development— from steel to construction to banking. China’s property sector faced a crisis this past year\, with talk of the bankruptcy of Evergrande and threats of a debt crisis and sharp slowdown in China’s overall economy. As China faces renewed covid lockdowns alongside official calls to keep GDP growth at 5.5% for 2022\, how are changes in real estate markets affecting the growth and vitality of other businesses and sectors across China’s economy? \n\n\n\nPlease join experts on China’s real estate sector and macroeconomy for this discussion. Speakers’ presentations will be followed by Q&A. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/chen-long-and-yang-yuanchen-chinas-real-estate-sector-bubble-bail-out-or-further-growth/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T133000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
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SUMMARY:He Zhaohui - The Bookwheel: A Cross-Cultural Story
DESCRIPTION:Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: He Zhaohui\, Professor\, Institute for Advanced Confucian Studies\, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2021-2022 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Ann Blair\, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor\, Harvard UniversityMore Info: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-bookwheel-a-cross-cultural-story/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/he-zhaohui-the-bookwheel-a-cross-cultural-story/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T133000
DTSTAMP:20260510T182541
CREATED:20220412T140324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220707T204305Z
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SUMMARY:Liu Wenjin - Voice and Salvation: Listening to Ba Jin’s Random Thoughts (《随想录》）
DESCRIPTION:Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Liu Wenjin\, Professor\, Department of Chinese Language and Literature\, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2021-2022Chair/Discussants: David Wang\, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature\, Harvard UniversityJie Li\, John L. Loeb Associate Professor Of The Humanities\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nBa Jin (1904-2005)\, who called himself “the son of the May 4th movement\,” is a giant of 20th-century Chinese literature whose writing inspired a generation of youth to join the communist movement. Written in his later years\, Random Thoughts is one of the earliest and most influential memoirs of China’s Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. His memoir testified to the double sides of the remarkable “confession” promoted by the party-state during this God-making movement. This talk examines the meaning of voice in this text from the perspective of the phenomenon of voice in Chinese literary culture in the 20th century. \n\n\n\nBy considering Random Thoughts as testimonial literature\, this talk presents Ba Jin’s strategy and ethics of witnessing the silent moral “grey zone” under totalitarianism by recovering his own voice. It explores what “telling the truth” – the keywords in Random Thoughts – means and the relationship between this truth-telling and his personal beliefs and his salvation in hard times that “has no god.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/liu-wenjin-voice-and-salvation-listening-to-ba-jins-random-thoughts-%e3%80%8a%e9%9a%8f%e6%83%b3%e5%bd%95%e3%80%8b%ef%bc%89/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T131500
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion - How Will the War in Ukraine Impact China’s Engagement in Eastern Europe?
DESCRIPTION:Topics:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Jinghan Zeng\, Professor of China and International Studies\, Lancaster University; Academic Director of China Engagement and Director of Lancaster University Confucius Institute \n\n\n\nUna Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova\, Head\, China Studies Centre\, Riga Stradins University; Head\, Asia Program\, Latvian Institute of International Affairs \n\n\n\nJeremy Garlick\, Director\, J. Masaryk Centre of International Studies; Associate Professor of International Relations and China Studies\, Prague University of Economics and Business \n\n\n\nArseny Sivitsky\, Co-Founder and Director\, Minsk-based Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies \n\n\n\nModerators:Nargis Kassenova\, Senior Fellow\, Program on Central Asia\, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies \n\n\n\nJames Evans. Communications Officer\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nOver the past three decades\, China has become a major trade partner and investor for Belarus\, Moldova\, and Ukraine. The region is also an important component of the BRI New Eurasian Land Bridge\, providing alternative access to Western Europe. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is shaking up China’s plans and prospects in this part of Eurasia. With the closing of borders between Russia and the EU\, China’s long-term interests are arguably at risk. The war is also resulting in geopolitical shifts and hardening divisions between the West on the one hand\, and China and Russia on the other. This panel discusses China’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact that today’s dramatic developments will have on China’s presence in Eastern Europe and its BRI plans. \n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/panel-discussion-how-will-the-war-in-ukraine-impact-chinas-engagement-in-eastern-europe/
LOCATION:Presented via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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