Events of Interest
Liu Chen – Father and Son: A Neglected Legacy of the Renaissance on Liang Qichao and Liang Sicheng
Speaker: Liu Chen, Tsinghua University, HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Discussant: Lino Pertile, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/liu-chen-november-7
Vigil and Memorial: Two Films by Wang Bing
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAn in-person discussion with Wang Bing follows each film screening. $12 Special Event Tickets This event is co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center's Emergent Visions in Independent Chinese Cinema series, organized by Professor Jie Li, and the Harvard Film Archive. ***NOTE TIME CHANGE*** Friday November 9 at 8pm Mrs. Fang A moving and bracing portrait of […]
Hopkins-Nanjing Center Open House
The Johns Hopkins University Hopkins-Nanjing Center will hold an information session for students interested in graduate study in China. Students at the HNC take coursework in Chinese in areas including […]
Zheng Jing – From Asylums to Housing: A Vernacular Architectural Adaptation in Southeastern China
Speaker: Zheng Jing, Wuhan University, HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/asylums-housing-vernacular-architectural-adaptation-southeastern-china
Shen Hong – “Seeking Truth”? True and Not True: On the Equivocal Position of Hangchow Christian College in the History of Zhejiang University
Spekaer: Shen Hong, Zhejiang University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Discussant: David Wang, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/shen-hong-november-20
Film Screening: The Great Buddha
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDirected by Huang Hsin-yao. With Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai Taiwan 2017, DCP, color & b/w, 102 min. Min Nan with English subtitles https://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa General Admission Tickets $9, $7 Non-Harvard Students, Seniors, Harvard Faculty and Staff. Harvard students free
Kang Jin-A — Transnational Merchant Diaspora in Modern East Asia: British and Cantonese cooperation in the treaty ports seen through the case of the Tongshuntai Firm
Speaker: Kang Jin-A, History Department, Hanyang University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Victor Seow, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/transnational-merchant-diaspora-modern-east-asia-british-and-cantonese-cooperation-treaty
Panel Discussion – Early? Modern? Asia?: Three Perspectives
Panelists: Professor Carla Nappi, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh Professor Elaine Fisher, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University Professor Michael Charney, Department of History, SOAS, University of London Chair: […]
Wang Horng-luen— Patriotic Education for the PRC?: Examining the “National Experience” of Degree-Pursuing PRC Students in Taiwan
Speaker: Wang Horng-luen, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Paul Cohen, Professor of History Emeritus, Wellesley College https://harvard-yenching.org/events/wang-horng-luen-december-4
Xi Chen – Historical Maps and Digital Humanities: A Survey on Harvard Library’s China-Related Map Collection
Speaker: Xi Chen, Visiting Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library; Fudan University The presentation will be given in Chinese.
Sheena Greitens – Information, Prevention, and Authoritarian Stability: Local Coercive Capacity in China
Conference Room, Cotting House Soliders Field Road, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Sheena Greitens, University of Missouri
Wang Zhen — An undesigned nuclear triangle of the U.S., China and India?
Speaker: Wang Zhen, Associate Professor of International Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Chair/discussant: Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School https://harvard-yenching.org/events/undesigned-nuclear-triangle-us-china-and-india