Co-Sponsored Lectures
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Panel Discussion – Vietnam: Party, State and Society in an Era of Great Power Rivalry
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesChair: Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University The nature and limits of the party-state: Borje Ljunggren, Associate, Harvard Asia Center; former Swedish Ambassador to […]
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Carma Hinton – From Goddess to Demon? Musings on the Transformation of Female Imagery in Paintings of Central Asia and China from the Late Tang to the Song Dynasties
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Carma Hinton, Asia Center Visiting Scholar; Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University Chair: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard […]
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Qu Tongli – Emergence of Modern Humans in China: Behavioral Perspectives
Speaker: Qu Tongli, Associate Professor in Archaeology, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Amy Clark, College Fellow - Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University China has been the focus […]