Events of Interest
Events
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Chen Wenyi – Networks, Regions, and Knowledge in Fourteenth Century China: The Compilers of the History of the Yuan
Speaker: Chen Wenyi, Academia Sinica Chair: Peter Bol, Harvard University Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge Sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute https://harvard-yenching.org/events/networks-regions-and-knowledge-fourteenth-century-china-compilers-history-yuan
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Zhou Dan – Unbecoming Advocates: The Queer Career of Public Interest Lawyering in China
Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Zhou Dan, L.L.M, ’16 SJD candidate
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Ong Chang Woei – The Limits of “Civilization” in the Late Northern Song
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ong Chang Woei, National University of Singapore Wang Anshi’s New Policies included hotly debated military reforms, but little is known about how the new military system functioned in different regions. The Khara-Khoto manuscripts discovered in the early 20th century allow us to explore how military reforms transformed territorial administration in Shaanxi from their initial […]
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Ya-Wen Lei – Publics, Scientists, and the State: Mapping the Global Human Genome Editing Controversy, 2015–2019
William James Hall, Room 1550 33 kirkland st, cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
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Panel Discussion – Archival and Private Collection in Modern China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead and download the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of Colorado at Boulder Riley Brett-Roche, The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellow (2018); PhD Candidate in History, Stanford University Xiaosong Gao, Director, The Za Library; Associate at the Department of EALC, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial […]
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Elizabeth Ingleson – Making Made In China: Race, Labor, and Politics in U.S.-China Trade 1971-1980
History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Elizabeth Ingleson, Southern Methodist University
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Kyle Jaros – China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Kyle Jaros, author of China's Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development; Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China Respondent: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business of Administration, Harvard Business School Moderator: Tony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School This is a brown bag lunch event, refreshments will […]
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Chen Jian – A Flawed Giant: Zhou Enlai and China’s Prolonged Rise
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai Moderator: Fred Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government https://ash.harvard.edu/event/st-lee-lecture-flawed-giant-zhou-enlai-and-china%E2%80%99s-prolonged-rise
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Philippe Le Corre – China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Impact and Perceptions in Europe
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Philippe Le Corre, Research Associate, HKS Ash Center Moderator: Tony Saich, Ash Center Director, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs When China started promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, Europe was always going to be a key destination for both the "Belt" and the "Maritime Road" with an open goal of targeting the […]
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Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation
Milstein East A/B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation, edited by Jerome A. Cohen, William P. Alford & Dr. Chang-fa Lo. Jerome A. Cohen, Professor, NYU School of Law and Faculty Director, NYU […]
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Seyram Avle – Designing the South: Emerging Accounts of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Collaboration between Africa and China
Center for African Studies Lounge, 3rd Floor 1280 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Seyram Avle, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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Panel Discussion – Ten Years of Healthcare Reform in China: Progress and Gaps in Universal Health Coverage
Kresge Building, G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of International Health Policy and Economics Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health William Hsiao, K.T. Li Research Professor of Economics Hong Wang, Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation In 2009, China launched major health-care reform to provide all citizens with equal access […]