Events of Interest
Harvard-Yenching Library Bibliographic Orientation Session
The Harvard-Yenching Library is offering virtual bibliographic orientation sessions via Zoom to introduce you to the most important Chinese language resources. Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc--oqzIqGdxB4YY7w9_4_JRVcTfeHNBh
Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis
Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding […]
China Social and Economic Symposium: The Evolving Role of US and China in the Global Economy
Panelists: Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury; Former Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Rudd, 26th […]
Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis
Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding […]
Teng Fei – Re-estimating the Stranded Assets of the Coal Power Sector in China: Is It Too Big To Fail?
Speaker: Teng Fei, Associate Professor in the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy at Tsinghua University; Deputy Director of the Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change Teng Fei's research interests include climate policy, international climate regimes, consumer behavior in energy consumption, and energy modeling. He is also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
From the May Fourth to Baodiao: Defend the Diaoyu Islands Movement 1971-2021 海上風雷：五四論保釣，1971-2021
This forum will be conducted in Mandarin In 1971, overseas Chinese students across the United States launched the Baodiao movement in response to the territorial disputes over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands […]
William Kirby – The Rise of China in the World of Universities
Speaker: William C. Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University. German universities defined academic excellence in the 19th […]
Zhang Xianqing – People without Land: The Transition of Ethnic Landscape and Social Reconstruction of Dan in Eastern Fujian, China
Speaker: Zhang Xianqing, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Eugenio Menegon, Boston University More information: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/ Presented via Zoom registration required
A Symposium on Displacement and Convergence in the Age of Multipolarity (550s–610s)
This symposium will be a multi-disciplinary examination of the displacement and diasporic communities during the period between 550s and 610s, from the fall of the Liang through the end of […]
Combatting Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny: What is our Local Community Doing?
This public discussion will highlight key challenges of racism, misogyny and other discrimination faced by our Asian and Asian-American community, the responses of local organizations who have long sought to […]
Aging in China: Labor Participation, Retirement, Pension and Long-term Care Insurance
China’s population is ageing rapidly at a rate that surpasses most of its Asian neighbors and advanced economies in the West. In 2015, 10.5% of the population was aged 65+, […]
Nancy Steinhardt – Convergence and Entanglement: Reconsidering the Mongol Architectural Narrative
Speaker: Nancy Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art, University of Pennsylvania Among approximately four hundred buildings that survive in China from the period of Mongolian […]