Environment
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
***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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Environment in Asia Lecture Series – Infectious Diseases and Public Health Management in China: From Historical and Anthropological Perspectives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQx3sgioXuI https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/infectious-diseases-and-public-health-management-in-china?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Nicole Elizabeth Barnes, Duke University Mary Augusta Brazelton, The University of Cambridge Miriam Gross, The University of Oklahoma Elanah Uretsky, […]
Meng Gao – The Essential Role of Vertical Profile Observations of Atmospheric Composition in China
**PLEASE NOTE THE DATE OF THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM NOVEMBER 18 TO DECEMBER 2** Speaker: Meng Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University; Associate, Harvard-China Project Monitoring and modeling/predicting air pollution are crucial to understanding the links between emissions and air pollution levels, to supporting air quality management, and to reducing human […]