Exploring the myriad material possibilities of clay, Zhao pushes the boundaries of the medium while reworking traditional forms. A closing reception and panel discussion will feature artists and scholars Brad Miller, Jeffrey Moser, Sun Ren, Eugene Y. Wang, and Nigel Wood. Closing Event: Friday, October 25, 2019 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM Room 427 | […]
Speaker: Wilt L. Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus, Harvard University When the Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze was first introduced to the academic world, it was presented as the earliest work in the genre, as its edition was believed to date from the Yuan dynasty (1260-1368). By now it is acknowledged that this […]
Speaker: Jeffrey Ding, Researcher, Center for Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford and Creator of AI Newsletter East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
Speakers: Tony Saich, Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Jane Perlez, Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times Victoria Tin-bor, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Speaker: Chen Wenyi, Academia Sinica Chair: Peter Bol, Harvard University Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge Sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute https://harvard-yenching.org/events/networks-regions-and-knowledge-fourteenth-century-china-compilers-history-yuan
Speaker: Ong Chang Woei, National University of Singapore Wang Anshi’s New Policies included hotly debated military reforms, but little is known about how the new military system functioned in different regions. The Khara-Khoto manuscripts discovered in the early 20th century allow us to explore how military reforms transformed territorial administration in Shaanxi from their initial […]
Read and download the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of Colorado at Boulder Riley Brett-Roche, The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellow (2018); PhD Candidate in History, Stanford University Xiaosong Gao, Director, The Za Library; Associate at the Department of EALC, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial […]
Speaker: Kyle Jaros, author of China's Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development; Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China Respondent: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business […]