Events

Beijing’s Multiple Facets from the Qing to the Present (1644-2025)

Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University 121 Bay State Rd, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Speakers:XU Yamin, Department of History, Lemoyne College Eugenio Menegon, Department of History, Boston UniversityDaigengna Duoer, Department of Religion, Boston UniversityCathy Yeh, World Languages and Literatures, Boston UniversityMA Zhao, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Washington University in St. LouisMin Ye, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityJorge Heine, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Presentations followed by Q&A and conversations on the history of Beijing, […]

China Initiative: Impacts and Implications – Law, Science, and U.S.-China Relations 

WCC 2012, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speakers: Patrick Toomey, National Security Project Deputy Director, ACLUGang Chen, Professor, MIT Mechanical EngineeringYasheng Huang, Professor, MIT Sloan SchoolEdgar Chen, Special Advisor, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association  The China Initiative, launched under the Trump administration, led to the wrongful prosecution of Chinese American scientists, including MIT Professor Gang Chen. With discussions of its possible revival, […]

Film Screening: This Woman (這個女人)

Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium 465 Huntingon Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Directed by Alan Zhang (China, 2023, 90 min.). Mandarin with English subtitles.  In her striking debut feature, filmmaker Alan Zhang explores the life of a 35-year-old woman who, after losing her decade-long job during the COVID-19 pandemic, returns to her hometown from Beijing. As she works to support herself, her parents, and her child, she […]

Daisy Yan Du – Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion

Room S030, CGIS South 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Daisy Yan Du, Associate Professor, Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  Moderator: Alexander Zahlten, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University  Registration appreciated for planning purposes.  Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion is the first edited volume that explores the multiple histories, geographies, industries, technologies, media, and transmedialities of Chinese animation, from early animated special […]