Co-Sponsored Lectures
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Manoranjan Mohanty – China’s Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
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Diana Fu: Mobilizing Without the Masses
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead 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 […]
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Harvard University Asia Center 20th Anniversary Celebration
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesS020, 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 […]
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Lin Wei-ping – Gender, Gambling, and the State in the Militarized Islands between China and Taiwan
Speaker: Lin Wei-ping, National Taiwan University; HYI Associate Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/gender-gambling-and-state-militarized-islands-between-china-and-taiwan
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Kevin Rudd – China’s Worldview Under Xi Jinping
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
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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 StatesSpeaker: 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 […]
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Edward Cunningham – Elite Philanthropy in the US and China: What Does the Data Tell Us?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Dr. Edward A. Cunningham, Harvard Kennedy School Edward Cunningham is Director of Ash Center China Programs and of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also […]
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Nathan Sivin – Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference than Others
Boylston Hall Room 203 Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania In his talk, ‘Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference than Others,’ Professor Sivin will explore motivations for East-West and other comparative studies, as well as […]
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Graham Allison – Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’ Trap?
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School Discussants: Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History, Harvard University Oriana Skylar Mastro, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Edmund A. […]
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Wang Jianping – Upholding the Faith in an Atheistic Land: Flourishing Unofficial Islamic Publications in Contemporary China
Speaker: Wang Jianping, Professor of Islamic Studies (retired), Shanghai Normal University; HYI Library Research Grant recipient Chair: James Cheng, Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/upholding-faith-atheistic-land-flourishing-unofficial-islamic-publications-contemporary-china
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Wu Xinbo – Managing growing and expanding competition between China and the U.S.
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Wu Xinbo, Professor & Director Center for American Studies Dean Institute of International Studies Fudan University Dr. Wu is Professor and Dean, Institute of International Studies, […]
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Victor Seow – Energy Transitions amidst Regime Change: Mining Coal in the Early People’s Republic of China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University The decade after the revolution of 1949 witnessed a China that was being made anew. The material […]
