Events of Interest
Exhibition Opening and Panel Discussion – Black and Red Revolution: Dazibao and Woodcuts from 1960s China
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States哈佛费正清中国研究中心的大字报特展 Join the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for a panel discussion and reception to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition of Cultural Revolution-era artworks. The exhibition will be on […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Film noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFilm noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has […]
Huang Yinghong – Compulsory Development: the Ideal Type of Land Acquisition in India and China
Speaker: Huang Yinghong, Associate Professor, School of International Relations, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Malcolm McPherson, Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School https://harvard-yenching.org/events/compulsory-development-ideal-type-land-acquisition-india-and-china
East Asian Legal Studies Talk With Professor Curtis Milhaupt
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt is the Parker Professor of Comparative Corporate Law and Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law at Columbia Law School. He also serves as the Law School's director of the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law and director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies. He is also a member of Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFilm noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has been a rare event in Chinese cinema, because it is considered by the authority as an admission to the discontents of life in what is […]
Roderick MacFarquhar – The Rise of Xi Jinping
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science and former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Listen again on the Fairbank Center's podcast:
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English and Media Studies, Bentley University Wednesday, November 15 For Fun (Zhao le) (China, 98 min) Introduced by: Haijing Hao, Asia Center Associate; Assistant Professor, Management […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFilm noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has been a rare event in Chinese cinema, because it is considered by the authority as an admission to the discontents of life in what is […]
Tyler Harlan – Small Hydropower and the Low-Carbon Frontier in China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Tyler Harlan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Since the 1950s, the Chinese government has used small hydropower (SHP) to drive rural electrification and local economic […]
Film Series – Aging in Asia
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMonday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English […]
New Noir: Chinese Crime Films
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFilm noir, as its meaning “black film” or “film of the night” indicates, is an art of darkness. For its connotation of pessimism and menace, crime, especially unsolved ones, has […]