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SUMMARY:Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jianbo Huang — Can China Live Without Religion?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jianbo Huang\, Professor of Anthropology\, East China Normal University \n\n\n\nChina is often labeled as the least religious nation in the world\, yet its people express a rich tapestry of spirituality. This talk reveals that Chinese citizens engage with a broad spectrum of religious and spiritual traditions—frequently in informal settings and beyond traditional institutional boundaries. These practices are driven by diverse personal motivations and deep-rooted cultural imperatives. Neither political pressures nor the forces of modernization and rationalization have eradicated religious influence in China. Rather\, religious life in China endures and adapts\, demonstrating that economic or material progress cannot substitute for the profound meaning offered by spiritual practices. Understanding this dynamic interplay is essential for anticipating China’s future trajectory.Jianbo Huang is Professor of anthropology at East China Normal University (ECNU)\, director of the Institute of Anthropology\, and the Center of Ethnicity and Development. Before joining ECNU in 2014\, he was a faculty member of anthropology institute\, Renmin University of China since 2005. After receiving his PH.D. in anthropology from Central Minzu University in 2003\, he was post-doc fellow at the Institute of Anthropology and Ethnology\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences\, in 2003-2005\, and at the Institute of Studies of Religion\, Baylor University\, in 2007-2008. He received numerous funds from both the state social science foundation of China and international funds\, and was named as Shanghai Shuguang Scholar in 2015. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critical-issues-confronting-china-series-featuring-jianbo-huang-can-china-live-without-religion/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Critical Issues Confronting China,Critical Issues Confronting China Series
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SUMMARY:Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Admiral James Stavridis\, USN (Ret.) — Crisis Scenario: Imagining U.S.-China Relations and War in the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Admiral James Stavridis\, USN (Ret.)\,  Partner and Vice Chair\, Global Affairs\, The Carlyle Group; Chair of the Board of Trustees\, Rockefeller Foundation \n\n\n\nAdmiral James Stavridis is Partner and Vice Chair\, Global Affairs of The Carlyle Group and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation\, following five years as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. A retired 4-star officer in the U.S. Navy\, he led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander with responsibility for Afghanistan\, Libya\, the Balkans\, Syria\, counter piracy\, and cyber security. He also served as Commander of U.S. Southern Command\, with responsibility for all military operations in Latin America from 2006-2009. He earned more than 50 medals\, including 28 from foreign nations in his 37-year military career. \n\n\n\nEarlier in his military career he commanded the top ship in the Atlantic Fleet\, winning the Battenberg Cup\, as well as a squadron of destroyers and a carrier strike group – all in combat. In 2016\, he was vetted for Vice President by Hillary Clinton and subsequently invited to Trump Tower to discuss a cabinet position in the Trump Administration. \n\n\n\nAdmiral Stavridis earned a PhD in international relations and has published fourteen books and hundreds of articles in leading journals around the world\, including the recent novel “2034: A Novel of the Next World War\,” which was a New York Times bestseller and “To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and The Crucible of Decision.” His most recent book “The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy” was published in October 2024. His 2012 TED talk on global security has close to one million views. Admiral Stavridis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and Chief International Security Analyst for NBC News. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critical-issues-confronting-china-series-featuring-admiral-james-stavridis-usn-ret-crisis-scenario-imagining-u-s-china-relations-and-war-in-the-pacific/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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