Co-Sponsored Lectures
Joel Mokyr — China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University Join Joel Mokyr as he discusses his book "Two Paths to the Twentieth Century: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000" coauthored with Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini. Forthcoming with Princeton University Press, it explores a […]
Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang
BKC Multipurpose Room 515 Lewis Law Center, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States***WAITLIST REGISTRATION ONLY***This event's pre-registration has reached its capacity. You may register for the waitlist, and we will notify you if a space becomes available.Speaker: Audrey Tang, Inaugural Minister for Digital Affairs, Taiwan (2022-2024) Taiwan sits on the front lines of global misinformation campaigns. From election interference to fake news stories, Taiwanese society faces a […]
JFK Jr. Forum — Building a Digital Democracy
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:Audrey Tang, Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan Megan Smith, Former Chief Technology Officer of the United StatesDanielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard UniversityMathias Riss, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Also held on September […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Register here. Venue
Karine Chemla – Historiography and History of Mathematical Symbolism: A View from Chinese Sources
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Karine Chemla, Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique The common historiography of mathematical symbolism holds that it is a “European invention.” This view has been disputed based on Arabic, Sanskrit and Chinese sources. These challenges to the mainstream historiography, however, tacitly accept the common understanding of what mathematical symbolism means. In […]
Dongsheng Zang — China’s Reception of the AI Revolution
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Dongsheng Zang, Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of LawDongsheng Zang joined the faculty at University of Washington School of Law full-time in 2006, after serving as a visiting assistant professor in 2005-06. His teaching and research areas include international law and comparative study of Chinese law. In recent years, his research […]
Yao Yu — China’s Natural Rubber Plantation in the 1950s: A Global View
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yao Yu, Professor, History, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Venue
Digital China Initiative Workshop — Beyond Chatbots: RAG and Agent
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop delves deeper into advanced applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) beyond simple chatbot interfaces. Participants will explore how to leverage APIs to connect various tools with LLMs, build private knowledge bases for more accurate and context-specific generation, and utilize agents to expand the capabilities of LLMs in Literay Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop […]
Amit Prasad — Contestations over Stem Cell Ethics and the US-China Tech War: What Should We Do with Their Orientalist and Colonial Framing?
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Amit Prasad, Associate Professor of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech Part of the Science and Technology in Asia series. Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center. Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Presented via Zoom. Register at: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia Venue
Zhang Jing — A Modernization Marching to Revolution: Science, Technology, and Diplomacy in Mao’s China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Zhang Jing, Associate Professor, Department of History, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant, Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University As a set of terms, “modernization” and its earlier discursive forms, such as “industrialization” and “Westernization,” have been continuously invoked by historical actors and historians throughout over a century of Chinese history, particularly […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — Beyond Chatbots: RAG and Agent
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop delves deeper into advanced applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) beyond simple chatbot interfaces. Participants will explore how to leverage APIs to connect various tools with LLMs, build private knowledge bases for more accurate and context-specific generation, and utilize agents to expand the capabilities of LLMs in Literay Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop […]