Events of Interest
Events
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Wang Jianping – Upholding the Faith in an Atheistic Land: Flourishing Unofficial Islamic Publications in Contemporary China
Speaker: Wang Jianping, Professor of Islamic Studies (retired), Shanghai Normal University; HYI Library Research Grant recipient Chair: James Cheng, Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/upholding-faith-atheistic-land-flourishing-unofficial-islamic-publications-contemporary-china
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Wu Xinbo – Managing growing and expanding competition between China and the U.S.
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Wu Xinbo, Professor & Director Center for American Studies Dean Institute of International Studies Fudan University Dr. Wu is Professor and Dean, Institute of International Studies, […]
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Liu Shuguang – Cultural Heritage in China: Present and Future
Speaker: Liu Shuguang, Deputy Administrator, State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), People's Republic of China This talk will focus on the distinctive features of cultural heritage in China, the formation […]
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Victor Seow – Energy Transitions amidst Regime Change: Mining Coal in the Early People’s Republic of China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University The decade after the revolution of 1949 witnessed a China that was being made anew. The material […]
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David Shambaugh – Power Shift? America and China in Southeast Asia
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: David Shambaugh, George Washington University Professor Shambaugh is an internationally recognized authority and author on contemporary China and the international relations of Asia, with a strong […]
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Amelia Ying Qin – Seeking Patterns: Close and Distant Readings of Two Collections of Tang 唐 (618-907) Dynasty Anecdotes
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Amelia Ying Qin, An Wang Post Doctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies This study takes two different approaches—close and distant readings—to the hidden patterns in two anecdote collections. The Songchuang […]
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The Arnold Arboretum and China: A Century-Old Partnership
Weld Hill Research Building 1300 Centre St., Boston, MA, United StatesSurrounded by our Bonsai & Penjing collection, enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as you view Professor Yin Kaipu's (Chengdu Institute of Biology) photographs which document a century of environmental change. […]
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Gufran Beig – Anatomy of Extreme Pollution Event in a Megacity: Delhi
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Gufran Beig, Project Director, System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India; Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences; World […]
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Jennifer Hsieh – Noise, Decibels, and the Paradox of Reproducibility in Urban Taiwan
Davison Room, Music Building 3 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jennifer Hsieh, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Jennifer Hsieh holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Stanford University and comes to the Fairbank Center from the University of Amsterdam where […]
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David Yang – Historical Traumas and the Roots of Political Distrust: Political Inference from the Great Chinese Famine
Littauer Center, Room M16 1805 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: David Yang, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University Chairs: Melissa Dell, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University Claudia Goldin,Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard […]
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Martha Hanson – Heaven and Earth Are Within One’s Grasp (Qian Kun zai wo 乾坤在握): The Handy Mind in Late Imperial Chinese Medicine
Room 469, Science Center 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Professor Marta Hanson, Johns Hopkins Part of the Harvard University Asia Center Science and Technology Seminar Series
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Tony Saich and Jesse Turiel – Polling China: Understanding Public Opinion Across China
Speakers: Tony Saich, Ash Center Director, and Jesse Tureil, PhD candidate, Boston University Join us for a conversation with Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs Tony Saich […]