Co-Sponsored Lectures
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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 […]
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Reconsidering Chinese Literature in the World: An International Symposium in Honor of Stephen Owen
In honor of Harvard University Professor Stephen Owen’s retirement from teaching, the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and the Department of East Asian Languages and […]