Events of Interest
Events
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Conference — Designers of Mountains and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
Piper Auditorium Gund Hall - 42 Quincy St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThe Sinographic compound (山水), denoting “mountain and water,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts, with different regional traditions and approaches. As shanshui in China, sansui in Japan, and sansu in Korea, the term has historically
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Harvard East Asia Society Conference — Delineations: Temporality, Boundaries, and Imaginaries of East Asia
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference is an annual two-day event that provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on
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China and the Asymmetric Great Power Competition in the Middle East
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Gangzhen She, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Director, Center for Overseas Security and Associate Professor Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University, China Discussant: Robert Ross, Professor of Political
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Chinese Immigrant Lawyers in the United States: Challenges and Adaptation
WCC 3009, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:Ji Li, John & Marilyn Long Professor of US-China Business and Law, UC Irvine School of Law William Lee, Partner, WilmerHaleEli Goldston, Visiting Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School Tiezheng
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International Security and What’s Next for U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: A Discussion with Dr. Ely Ratner
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ely Ratner, Principal, The Marathon Initiative; Senior Advisor, Clarion Strategies; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, 2021-2025 Respondent: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law
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How US Internet Optimism Turned to AI Alarm with China
WCC 3013, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Graham Webster, Stanford University US thinkers once looked to the future of Internet technology in China with dreams of liberalization. China and the US co-built and jointly profited from
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The Death of Strategic Ambiguity: Middle Power Survival in the New U.S.-China Cold War
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Seong-Hyon Lee, Senior Fellow, George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations; Associate, Harvard University Asia Center Moderator: Andrew Erickson, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University;
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Against Erasure: Uyghur Poems, Imprisoned Souls, and the Act of Resistance
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Aziz Isa Elkun, University of London In the face of the Chinese government1s systemic efforts to silence the Uyghur people, the written word becomes a profound act of resistance.
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Butchered Rooms: Precarity, Resilience, and the Politics of Informal Housing in Post-Handover Hong Kong
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Ruby YS LAI, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University In the past decades, the growing housing crisis
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Harvard Asia Law Conference II
WCC, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MassachusettsPlease join us for HALS 2026 Conference, which will take place at the WCC on Harvard Law School Campus April 1st & 2nd. This year, panels will feature topics like
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What Would a Rational and Effective U.S.-China Trade Policy Look Like? Is One Still Possible?
WCC B015, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MassachusettsSpeaker: Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025) Ambassador Katherine C. Tai served as the 19th United States Trade Representative. As a member of President Biden’s Cabinet, Ambassador Tai was the
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The OpenClaw Paradox: AI Agents, Labor Anxiety, and Radical Pragmatism in China
M-RCBG Conference Room B-102 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Lihui Zhang, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School In this study group, led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Lihui Zhang, we will explore how Chinese