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  • 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 Zoom

    Speaker:  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 States

    Speaker: 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 States

    This 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

  • Jim Suk-Fong (Theodora) – Divine Saving in Greek and Chinese Polytheism

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Jim Suk-Fong (Theodora), Associate Professor, Ancient Greek History, The University of Nottingham; HYI Library Research Scholar, 2024Chair/Discussant: Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Director, Asia Center, Harvard University Contrary to the tendency to study ancient Mediterranean religions in isolation from religions in the Far East, this project brings together

  • Michael C. Davis — Freedom Undone: The Assault on Liberal Values and Institutions in Hong Kong

    124 Mount Auburn Street Suite 200N, Ash Center Seminar Room 225 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Michael Davis, Global Fellow, Wilson Center; Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asia Institute; Professor of Law and International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University. Discussant: Dennis Kwok, Partner, Elliott Kwok Levine Jaroslaw Neils LLP What happens when liberal constitutional institutions guaranteeing basic freedoms are undone? Can Freedom survive the loss of separation of powers with the

  • Asia Beyond Borders: Transnational Activist Connections from Sun and Ho’s Day to this Era of Lennon Walls and Three-Finger Salutes 

    CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Director, Harvar-Yenching Institute  In-person event. RSVP appreciated.  This presentation will look at some of the various ways that activists fighting for change in different parts of Asia have learned

  • Laikwan Pang – One and All: The Logic of Chinese Sovereignty

    Presented via Zoom

    Speakers: Laikwan Pang, Chinese University of Hong KongYurou Zhong, University of TorontoHang Tu, National University of SingaporeModerator:David Der-wei Wang, Harvard UniversityCo-Sponsors: East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard UniversityChiang Ching-kuo FoundationFairbank Center for Chinese Studies Presented via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jmaBY41-TSS6wjgs6fWQmQ Venue

  • Sung Eun Kim – Circumventing the Liberal Order: Protectionism with Chinese Characteristics

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Sung Eun Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Stephen Chaudoin, Assistant Professor, Government, Harvard University This talk will explore how China navigates its position as a rising power within the U.S.-led liberal economic order by employing veiled protectionist measures that align with international rules

  • JFK Jr. Forum – A Conversation with Ambassador Kevin Rudd

    JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Australia's Ambassador to the United States and Former Prime Minister of Australia Moderators:Graham Alison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityMark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law  In Rudd’s summary, Xi is "part emperor and part revolutionary socialist." Drawing on his direct experience with Xi,

  • Chang-Min Yu — The Use of the Modern and Taiwanese Film History

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Chang-Min Yu, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Alexander Zahlten, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University This talk will address a fundamental issue in the writing of film history: how do we articulate the relationship between modernity/modernization and film history without determination?

  • Digital China Initiative Workshop — Building a Digital Collection with GenAI Tools

    Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    This workshop focuses on leveraging GenAI tools to create, manage, and analyze digital collections for Literary Sinitic Studies. Participants will learn basic database concepts, use Nocodb for data storage, and explore how GenAI can assist in scraping, cleaning, and classifying data. The workshop will also cover fundamental analysis techniques for the resulting digital collection. Target

  • China-North Korea Dynamics: Is Their Bond Eroding as North Korea Draws Closer to Russia?

    CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Seong-Hyon Lee, Associate, Harvard University Asia Center; Former China Director, Sejong Institute, SeoulModerator: Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College; Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University The talk will examine the evolving China-North Korea relationship, particularly as Pyongyang strengthens its ties with Russia and how this