Events

China Humanities Seminar – Huaben and the Mind

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Tina Lu, Yale University As a genre, huaben are relentlessly experimental. Sometimes these stories come close to stream of consciousness (especially in their depiction of dreams), and it is easy to lapse into habits of reading that consider those experiments proto-modernist. Tina Lu would like to take a step back and consider the ways […]

Jack Downey and the Third Force in China

Speaker: John Delury, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies. Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies Professor Delury will discuss his research on the extraordinary case of Jack Downey, who flew into Mao’s China in 1952 as part of a CIA project to support a “Third Force” resistance against the Communist government. Downey’s plane was shot down, and he […]

China Town Hall Featuring Susan Rice

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections Join 80+ communities across the United States in a national conversation on China. Featuring an interactive webcast with former UN Ambassador Susan Rice, […]

Longmen Grottoes: New Perspectives

CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

A UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with magnificently carved Buddhist caves, the Longmen Grottoes are renown throughout the world for their enduring legacy to Chinese art. Join experts from the Longmen […]

River, Governance and Place: Sentiment in The Travels of Lao Can

Speaker: Hsu Hui-Lin,  Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Karen Thornber Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University   […]