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  • Li Zheng – Decarbonization Pathways of China’s Power Sector

    Speaker: Li Zheng, Executive Vice President, Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University; Professor, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsdeGopj4oHtFVDnYKTCpu9EiOozMH7rFi

  • Free Ekpar: Commemorating Five Years of the Unjust Detention of Ekpar Asat

    Speakers: Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch Thor Halvorssen, President, Human Rights Foundation Irwin Cotler, Raoul Wallenberg Center Gregory Niemeyer, University Of California, Berkeley Chris Coons, US Senator, Delaware Martha Minow, Former Dean, Harvard Law School Join Rayhan Asat (Harvard Law School ‘16) in commemorating the fifth anniversary of her brother Ekpar’s imprisonment by the Chinese […]

  • Harvard-Yenching Library Bibliographic Orientation Session

    The Harvard-Yenching Library is offering virtual bibliographic orientation sessions via Zoom to introduce you to the most important Chinese language resources. Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc--oqzIqGdxB4YY7w9_4_JRVcTfeHNBh

  • Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis

    Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding of the genocide in this region. Panels will explore topics of authoritarianism, digital repression, complicity in the fashion industry, and the separation of Uyghur families. […]

  • China Social and Economic Symposium: The Evolving Role of US and China in the Global Economy

    Panelists: Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury; Former Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; President and CEO of Asia Society; President of Asia Society Policy Institute; Chairman of International Peace Institute Jin Liqun, President and […]

  • Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis

    Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding of the genocide in this region. Panels will explore topics of authoritarianism, digital repression, complicity in the fashion industry, and the separation of Uyghur families. […]

  • Teng Fei – Re-estimating the Stranded Assets of the Coal Power Sector in China: Is It Too Big To Fail?

    Speaker: Teng Fei, Associate Professor in the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy at Tsinghua University; Deputy Director of the Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change Teng Fei's research interests include climate policy, international climate regimes, consumer behavior in energy consumption, and energy modeling. He is also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

  • From the May Fourth to Baodiao: Defend the Diaoyu Islands Movement 1971-2021 海上風雷：五四論保釣，1971-2021

    This forum will be conducted in Mandarin In 1971, overseas Chinese students across the United States launched the Baodiao movement in response to the territorial disputes over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands between Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States. The movement ignited massive demonstrations and debates on issues from sovereignty to territoriality, and form patriotism […]

  • William Kirby – The Rise of China in the World of Universities

    Speaker: William C. Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University. German universities defined academic excellence in the 19th century. American universities came to set global standards in the 20th century. What, then, are the prospects for China to lead the world of universities […]

  • Zhang Xianqing – People without Land: The Transition of Ethnic Landscape and Social Reconstruction of Dan in Eastern Fujian, China

    Speaker: Zhang Xianqing, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Eugenio Menegon,  Boston University More information: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/ Presented via Zoom registration required