Environment
The Arnold Arboretum and China: A Century-Old Partnership
Weld Hill Research Building 1300 Centre St., Boston, MA, United StatesSurrounded by our Bonsai & Penjing collection, enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as you view Professor Yin Kaipu's (Chengdu Institute of Biology) photographs which document a century of environmental change. Each of his images will be paired with a sister image taken in the same location by Arboretum explorer Ernest Henry Wilson. Then screen highlights […]
From Eco-Threat to Green Leader: Narratives of China’s Environment
Speaker: Elizabeth Lord, An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies This talk aims to unpack dominant narratives about China’s environment, including the discourse of crisis, the idea that growth brings environmental protection and the potential that China can act as an environmental ‘vanguard’ at the international level. By analyzing how each of these […]
Gufran Beig – Anatomy of Extreme Pollution Event in a Megacity: Delhi
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Gufran Beig, Project Director, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences; World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar Megacities are engines of growing pollution. Delhi is cursed by its geography to be […]
Rob Efird – Nature for Nurture: Environmental Education, Nature Experience, and the Healthy Chinese Child
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Robert Efird, Professor of Anthropology and Asian studies, Seattle University For the past 15 years, the Chinese Ministry of Education’s attempt to promote environmental education in public schools has faced nearly insurmountable structural obstacles. By contrast, there is a growing popular embrace of the value of nature exposure for children’s health and well-being. Drawing […]
Ruth Mostern – The Natural and Unnatural History of the Yellow River
Speaker: Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh The geographer Jamie Linton has observed that under conditions of human entanglement, there is no such thing as a hydrological cycle, and that we should seek to understand the dynamics of hydrosocial cycles instead. Under anthropogenic conditions, water still precipitates and evaporates. Rivers are still fluvial systems in which […]
Christopher Atwood: Environmental Geographies of the Mongol Empire
Speaker: Christopher Atwood, Professor, Mongolian and Chinese Frontier & Ethnic History, University of Pennsylvania The European conquest of the Americas, the consequent ecological exchange, massive mortality, and rise of plantation economies have been one of the prime topics of environmental history. Less widely understood have been the similar ecological impacts and imperatives of the thirteenth century […]
Alex Wang – Symbolic Legitimacy and Chinese Environmental Reform
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Alex Wang, UCLA At the heart of debates over Chinese rule of law is the question of state legitimacy. Critics argue that legitimacy requires liberal democratic rule of law. Chinese leaders have long relied on performance legitimacy – economic development and maintenance of social stability – as the core basis of their rule. Western […]
Yu Zhou – Technological Innovation: Exploring Chinese Models
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead the event summary here Speaker: Yu Zhou, Vassar College China’s technological ambition and trajectory have become a central concern for the US-China Trade War and will likely to define US-China relations for a long time to come. This talk traces the evolution of Chinese policies on technological innovation. Based on case studies on ten […]
***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesTHIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR APRIL 2021. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College Featuring roundtable conversations on: Multispecies Entanglement Imaginaries and Representations Land, Water, Fire, Air Energy and Resource Food, Body, Health Environmental Politics and Policies of Contemporary China Building a […]
The River Dragon Has Indeed Come! –– Chinese Floods and Flood Management in 2020 and in the Past
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies · The River Dragon has indeed come! Chinese Floods and Flood Management in 2020 and in the past Speakers: Clark ALEJANDRINO, Trinity College Chris […]
Environment in Asia Lecture Series Featuring David Fedman and Ian M. Miller – East Asian Forestry and Empires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMs2rz71b8&t=2s https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/east-asian-forestry-and-empires-with-david-fedman-and-ian-m-miller-moderated-by-ling-zhang Read the transcript of the event here. Speakers: David Fedman, Assistant Professor of History,University of California, Irvine Ian M. Miller, Assistant Professor of History, St. John's University Moderator: Ling Zhang, Boston College David Fedman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Seeds of […]
Environment in Asia Series Featuring Judith Shapiro and Yifei Li – Authoritarian Environmentalism and Chinese Ecological Civilization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sdJJU2JhZ0&t=2177s https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/authoritarian-environmentalism-and-chinese-ecological-civilization-with-judith-shapiro-and-yifei-li Read the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Judith Shapiro, Director of the Masters in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development for the School of International Service, American University Yifei Li, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU Shanghai,Global Network Assistant Professor, New York University; Residential Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment […]