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SUMMARY:Pop-Up Exhibition — Resonant Interval: Beyond Seven Strings and Tablature
DESCRIPTION:The history of the guqin\, the Chinese zither\, reflects how a civilization sustains itself amid change. Its tablature preserves fingering while leaving rhythm and expressive proportion to the performer. Each interpretation allows the past to happen anew through another body\, revealing how openness can sustain continuity. \n\n\n\nBringing ancient tablature\, historical interpretation\, contemporary performance\, and AI generation into dialogue\, the exhibition unfolds through layers of sound and moving image. Footsteps awaken the strings; stillness allows resonance to unfold. Visitors become part of this evolving experience\, as their pauses and choices leave a new “score” that becomes the next visitor’s starting point.Exhibition Dates & Hours: October 24–30\, 2026\, 2:00–5:00 PM. Visits outside regular exhibition hours are available by appointment. Please contact bwei@fas.harvard.edu at least one day in advance to arrange a visit. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. \n\n\n\nArtists: Youdi Wang and Bing Wei are Visiting Scholars at Harvard FAS CAMLab (2026–2027). Wang is a guqin performer and Assistant Professor at the Xi’an Conservatory of Music. Wei is a curator and artist with PhDs in Engineering and Arts\, and an Associate Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/pop-up-exhibition-resonant-interval-beyond-seven-strings-and-tablature/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Between Cinema and Experience: War-Related Dreams and the Intergenerational Transmission of Memory in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: ISHII Yumi\, Associate Professor\, Tohoku University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Andrew Gordon\, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nhttps://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/trans-generational-transmission-of-war-memories-in-china/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/trans-generational-transmission-of-war-memories-in-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261103T122000
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DTSTAMP:20261006T152744Z
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SUMMARY:Networked State Capital in China's AI Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt\, William F. Baxter International Professor of Law\, Stanford Law School; Senior Fellow\, by courtesy\, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies \n\n\n\nProfessor Milhaupt will discuss “Networked State Capital in China’s AI Ecosystem\,” his current joint project with Liwen Lin\, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia\, Allard School of Law. \n\n\n\nSelf-reliance and technological resilience in artificial intelligence are national priorities of the Chinese party-state. Yet most of the key players in China’s AI ecosystem – including major platform and technology groups designated by the government as members of the “AI National Team” as well as AI unicorns – remain privately controlled at the apex of their corporate groups. If AI is a strategic priority\, why are many of the leading players not subject to apex-level state ownership and hierarchical administrative control traditionally associated with Chinese state capitalism? \n\n\n\nUsing corporate registry data\, the article maps where state-affiliated capital enters otherwise private technology groups and AI unicorns. The analysis shows that state capital is positioned at multiple points within AI ownership\, investment\, and deployment networks\, typically in subsidiaries below the apex. Some of these positions create durable channels through which the development of technology\, pilot projects\, standard setting\, and deployment can be coordinated with policy priorities. \n\n\n\nThe article conceptualizes China’s approach to state capitalism in the AI sector as a networked system of state capital and institutionalized state-private encounters rather than a binary divide between state-owned and private firms. \n\n\n\nCurtis J. Milhaupt is an internationally recognized expert on comparative corporate governance\, the legal systems of East Asia (particularly Japanese law)\, and state capitalism. \n\n\n\nA light lunch will be served. Please register here. Registration is not required but appreciated\, for planning purposes. \n\n\n\nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/networked-state-capital-in-chinas-ai-ecosystem/
LOCATION:WCC 3019\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Mass. Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T131500
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SUMMARY:Structuring Chinese History: Diwang Tu 帝王圖\, Nianbiao 年表\, “Chinese Dynasties” Charts\, and Paradigmatic Crisis in Chinese Historiography
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James Millward\, Georgetown UniversityPeriodization by “Chinese dynasties” is a structural foundation of the historiography of continental eastern Eurasia\, but even those passingly familiar with the field know the idea is beset with problems: The Chinese dynasties aren’t all “Chinese.” They weren’t all in the same place\, but were scattered around geographical China and Inner Asia\, often two or more at the same time. What we call “dynasties” go by many names in Chinese (what’s the difference between a chao\, a dai\, and a guo?). And no one can tell you exactly how many “Chinese dynasties” there were. \n\n\n\nDespite these issues\, the modern list of “dynasties” is central to the notion of a unified\, linear\, and continuous “China” that is said to be the “oldest civilization in the form of a state in the world.” This lecture examines charts and tables of monarchs and polities from Sinitic and European traditions to scrutinize dynasties periodization as a translingual practice. It will argue that Sinitic efforts to periodize were linear and progressive\, not cyclical; always discursive rather than canonical; and that the list of so-called “Chinese dynasties” changed with political winds and trends in historical philosophy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/structuring-chinese-history-diwang-tu-%e5%b8%9d%e7%8e%8b%e5%9c%96-nianbiao-%e5%b9%b4%e8%a1%a8-chinese-dynasties-charts-and-paradigmatic-crisis-in-chinese-historiography/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S050\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:The Platform State: How China Innovates to Achieve Tech Supremacy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang\, Professor of Law\, University of Southern California\, Gould School of Law \n\n\n\nProfessor Zhang will discuss “The Platform State: How China Governs Innovation to Achieve Tech Supremacy\,” her current joint project with S. Alex Yang\, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School. \n\n\n\nChina’s innovation economy presents a puzzle.  In recent years\, the country has emerged as a leader in fields ranging from advanced manufacturing to artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Yet technological success has not consistently translated into financial success for Chinese firms. Across many high-tech sectors\, even leading companies operate on razor-thin margins\, while others incur substantial losses. \n\n\n\nTo resolve this puzzle\, this talk conceptualizes China as a “platform state” that governs innovation by orchestrating an ecosystem composed largely of relatively autonomous yet highly interdependent firms. This model of governance follows three strategic principles that make China resemble a platform company: prioritizing ecosystem orchestration over picking winners\, embedding control in key interfaces alongside selective ownership\, and scaling first and capturing value later.  While China is not the first to adopt platform strategy to spur innovation\, it stands apart in combining strong state capacity and domestic scale needed to cultivate a vast innovation ecosystem with substantial discretion over how its gains are distributed and deployed. \n\n\n\nLaw is central to the platform state model\, enabling experimentation and expansion while maintaining order in the innovation ecosystem. By shifting the unit of analysis from individual firms to the ecosystem as a whole\, the platform-state framework advances a new organizational theory of state capitalism and broadens the conventional scope of industrial policy. It also offers a more nuanced account of Chinese institutions and contributes to a richer understanding of the functions of law in China. \n\n\n\nAngela Huyue Zhang is Professor of Law at the University of Southern California\, where she writes and teaches at the intersection of law\, technology\, and geopolitics. Her research examines the institutional dynamics of regulation and governance\, with a current focus on the U.S.–China tech rivalry and the global regulation of artificial intelligence. Zhang is the author of two award-winning books: Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford University Press\, 2021) and High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy (Oxford University Press\, 2024). Prior to joining USC\, Zhang taught at the University of Hong Kong\, NYU School of Law\, and King’s College London. Earlier in her career\, Zhang practiced law for six years in Asia\, the United States\, and Europe. Zhang received her LLB from Peking University and her LLM\, JD\, and JSD from the University of Chicago Law School. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-platform-state-how-china-innovates-to-achieve-tech-supremacy/
LOCATION:Hauser Hall Room 104\, 1575 Mass Ave\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T113000
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SUMMARY:Sea Charts in the Eastern Half of Asia
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yannan DING\, Associate Professor\, Historical Geography\, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Peter K. Bol\, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/sea-charts-in-the-eastern-half-of-asia/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261208T113000
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SUMMARY:Rethinking the Golden Age of Journalism and Liberal Media in China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Fang Kecheng\, Associate Professor\, School of Journalism and Communication\, Chinese University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27 \n\n\n\nChair/Discussant: Jie Li\, Ford Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies; Director of Graduate Studies\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nChina’s liberal media are often remembered through a familiar narrative: commercialization opened space for critical journalism\, outspoken newspapers challenged political authority\, and tightening state control brought their golden age to an end. This talk revisits that account\, asking what it reveals and what it leaves unexplained. Where did China’s liberal journalistic traditions come from? How did liberal media relate to the state’s reform agenda? And what\, beyond political repression\, helps explain their decline? Drawing on historical examples and research on Chinese newspapers\, the talk explores the tensions between professional ideals\, political commitments\, and the material conditions of journalism. It concludes by considering what survives the golden age and what its legacies and limitations might tell us about the future of journalism in China. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/rethinking-the-golden-age-of-journalism-and-liberal-media-in-china/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/rethinking-the-golden-age-of-journalism-and-liberal-media-in-china/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T113000
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DTSTAMP:20261014T161402Z
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UID:46048-1796902200-1796907600@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Economic Historiography in Early PRC: An Intellectual Portrait
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Li Chenxiao\, Research Fellow\, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Arunabh Ghosh\, Professor of History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n\nEconomic Historiography in early PRC: An Intellectual Portrait\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/economic-historiography-in-early-prc-an-intellectual-portrait/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270331T180000
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SUMMARY:Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture: The Art and Design of Chinese Money
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Helen Wang\, Adjunct Researcher\, School of Art and Archaeology\, Zhejiang University \n\n\n\nMore info coming soon. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/ilse-and-leo-mildenberg-memorial-lecture-the-art-and-design-of-chinese-money/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museum\, Menschel Hall\, Lower Level\, 32 Quincy St\, cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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