Events of Interest
The Lifestyles in the Tang Dynasty under the Influence of Manuscript Culture
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Zhao Shuyang, Nanjing University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/Discussant: Prof. Xiaofei Tian, Harvard University The physical form of books plays a crucial role in human’s daily life. Prior to the […]
International Mitigation Finance: Carbon Mitigation, Welfare, and Optimal Recipient Design
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Naixin Huang, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Tsinghua University; Harvard-China Project Fellow International mitigation finance is a primary way in global climate cooperation to limit fast-growing carbon emissions of developing countries. […]
He Wenkai – Book talk: Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, Japan, and China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: He Wenkai, Associate Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; HYI Visiting Scholar 2016-17 In this book, Public Interest and State Legitimation: Early Modern England, […]
Hou Zhe – Between Ideals and Reality: The Working Class‘s Role in China’s Education Revolution
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Hou Zhe, Assistant Professor, Institute of China Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24 Chair/Discussant: Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching […]
The China Challenge and America’s Future
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin us for a special conversation with Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist […]
Jiajun Zou – Is Examination Success the Result of Geographical Luck? New Ming Provincial Examination Dataset and Its Macro Social and Historical Implications
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Jiajun Zou, Ph.D. Candidate in History, Emory University Jiajun Zou introduces a fresh perspective to Ming dynasty studies with his pioneering dataset of 92,000 juren profiles. In his presentation, […]
Harvard East Asia Society Conference 2024 – Knots: Complex Legacies and Imagined Futures of East Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference is an annual event which provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on topics […]
Transport and Communication in Late Imperial China: Routes and Costs
CGIS South, Room S001 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Ruoran Cheng, Ph.D. candidate at the London School of Economics. Ruoran Cheng will introduce his work on transport routes and costs in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Using techniques […]
Elizabeth Perry – Public Health, National Strength and Regime Legitimacy: China’s Patriotic Health Campaign
Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University 121 Bay State Rd, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute This talk focuses on China's longest-lived mass movement: the Patriotic Health Campaign(PHC). Introduced by Mao Zedong […]
Echoes of the Past, Visions for the Future: The Power of Ideas to Navigate the China- West Divides
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Tiziana Lippiello, Ca’ FoscariMichael Puett, Harvard UniversityAnna Irene Baka, Harvard University; Ca’ FoscariBryan Van Norden, Vassar CollegeTao Jiang, Rutgers UniversityHsinning Liu, Academia SinicaWen Yu, Boston CollegeBenjamin Gallant, Harvard UniversityKaren Turner, […]
Michelle Miao – Health Code Apps as Social Control in China: Empirical Findings from the Pandemic
Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Michelle Miao, Associate Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Fellow, Stanford University Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Michelle Miao is Associate Professor of Law […]
Mitchell Presnick – US-China Business Relations: Past, Present, and Future
Room K354, CGIS Knafel 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Mitchell Presnick, Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Mr. Presnick will lead a fireside chat about his 30 years in China from 1988 - 2019. Topics will include […]