Events of Interest
Events
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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
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Lively (linghuo) Accumulation: China’s 1980s Coastal Development Strategy and Histories of Capitalist and Socialist Crises
Room 125, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Andrew Liu, Associate Professor of History, Villanova University Commentators:Ya-Wen Lei, Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard UniversityKashish Bastola, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Venue
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Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yuk Hui, Erasmus UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Taiwan: The Politics of Difference
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Anthony Hao Yeh, National Chengchi UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Sinophone South Studies: A Dialogue
Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Chia-rong Wu, University of CanterburyKyle Shernuk, Georgetown UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Taiwan Studies+ 2.0 Symposium
Yenching Auditorium 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesAs Taiwan finds itself reentering into the global conversation today, where does the field of Taiwan Studies find itself in this historical moment? From the origins of capitalism to the
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What Does It Mean to “Write Oneself” in Tibetan Autobiographical Tradition: The Amazing Life of Guru Chowang
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Geri Jiebu, Associate Professor, School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Language and Literature, Minzu University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School Venue
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Subversion and Seduction: China’s Economic Statecraft
Fainsod Room (324), Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Audrye Wong, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteChair: Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Even as the Chinese government intensifies supply-chain coercion, it continues to
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at 10: Legal Innovation in Multilateral Development Banks
WCC 3019 Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Natalie Lichtenstein JD '78, AIIB Inaugural General Counsel (retired) Discussant: Alastair Iain Johnston, The Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Research Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard
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Beyond Tariffs and Subsidies: Toward a New Framework for U.S. Industrial Policy
WCC 3016, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Y.S. Lee, West Virginia University College of Law The United States has returned to tariffs and subsidies with renewed force, seeking to rebuild domestic manufacturing, promote strategic industries, and