Events

Thomas Gold – An ‘Old Youth’ (老青年) Looks at Chinese Youth Today

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

Read event summary here Speaker: Thomas B. Gold, University of California at Berkeley Thomas B. Gold is Professor of Sociology at the University of California. Since 2000 he has also served […]

Reporting on Asia – A Discussion with Four Nieman Fellows

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

Speakers: Glenda M. Gloria, Managing Editor and Co-Founder of Rappler, Philippines social news network Shalini Singh, Features Reporter, New Delhi, India; former reporter for The Week and the Hindustan Times; […]

Dwight Perkins – How to Measure China’s Economic Reform

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

Read event summary here Speaker: Dwight Perkins, Harvard University Dwight H. Perkins is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy of Harvard University, where he joined the faculty […]

Manoranjan Mohanty – China’s Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap

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

Speaker: Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University/Harvard-Yenching Institute The book provides insights into the economic and social transformation that China has undergone from 1979 […]

Diana Fu: Mobilizing Without the Masses

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

Read event summary here Speaker: Dr. Diana Fu, University of Toronto Diana Fu is assistant professor of Asian politics. Her research examines the relationship between popular contention, state power, and civil society in contemporary China.  She is the author of  “Mobilizing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China,” (Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Series and Columbia University’s […]

Harvard University Asia Center 20th Anniversary Celebration

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

S020, Belfer Case Study Room, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse 9:30 a.m.         Coffee 9:45 a.m.         Welcome by Professor Karen Thornber, Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center; Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University 10:00 a.m.       Introduction by Vice Provost Mark Elliott, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University; Mark […]

Kevin Rudd – China’s Worldview Under Xi Jinping

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

Speaker: The Honorable Kevin Rudd, President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010, 2013) and former Foreign Minister (2010-2012) Sponsored by the Tsai Lecture Fund, Harvard University Asia Center; co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Greater China Club of the Harvard Business School   

Liu Zhenya – The Art of Energy Revolution: From Ultra High Voltage Power Grids to Global Energy Interconnection

Milstein East B/C, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Liu Zhenya, Former Chairman and President of State Grid Corporation of China; Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) Mr. Liu formerly served as the Chairman and President of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the world’s largest utility company. He is currently the Chairman of GEIDCO, a United Nations- and […]