Events of Interest
China’s Evolving Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts: A Spatial Analysis of its Infrastructure System
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Xi (Sisi) HU, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford; Visiting Fellow, China Project Sponsored by the China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. To learn more about our seminar series, visit our website: https://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminars You can also subscribe to our mailing list by emailing tiffanychan@seas.harvard.edu
Maitreya’s Terrestrial Paradise: Medieval Mural Paintings at Dunhuang
Speaker: Prof. April D. Hughes (Dept. of Religion, Boston University). Organized by BUCSA and supported by AsianArc and the BU Center for the Humanities.
A New Asia: How China Shaped the Postwar Global Order
Loeb House 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe 2016 S.T. Lee Lecture will be presented by Rana Mitter, professor of history and politics of modern China and fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford. Established in 2001, the Lee Lecture focuses on military history, strategy, and policy making. RSVP to arrd_events@hks.harvard.edu
Book Talk: The Last Days of Stalin
Lewis 241A 1557 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Joshua Rubenstein. staff member of Amnesty International USA from 1975 to 2012 and associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Unparalleled Momentum: A Review of China-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations Under President Obama
Dr. Xiang Yu, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center; Director of the Division of American Economy Studies, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR); Research Fellow and Associate Professor, CICIR Chair: Dr. William Overholt, Asia Center Senior Fellow
China’s National Cap-and-Trade Program: the Promise and the Reality
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: WANG Pu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Co-sponsored by the China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Harvard Kennedy School. China’s national cap-and-trade program is regarded as a cornerstone of its climate policy outlined in the 13th Five-year plan (2016-2020), published right after the […]
Workshop: The Artist’s Hand—Technology in Practice
Deknatel Hall 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis workshop is an international event jointly sponsored by the Harvard History of Art and Architecture Dept., the China Academy of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design. It is designed to unite practicing artists and art historians in an exploration of the role of the Artist’s Hand and traditional technique in contemporary artistic […]
Film Screening and Discussion: Mr. Deng Goes to Washington
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesMr. Deng Goes to Washington tells the story of Deng Xiaoping’s, China’s paramount leader, historic visit to the United States in 1979 that changed the trajectory of world history. This dramatic story is told through first-hand experiences of those people from both countries who made the normalization of relations possible–politicians, diplomats, and one former U.S. […]
Film Screening: “Song of the Reed”
In 1998, the Taiwan Women’s Rescue Foundation (TWRF) made a groundbreaking documentary that revealed the existence of Taiwanese comfort women. More than 15 years later, the same organization filmed a second documentary, Song of the Reed. Following the later years of six former comfort women, Song of the Reed focuses on the therapy that the […]
South China Sea: Hague and Aftermath
Boston University School of Education Auditorium 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Andrew Loewenstein, Partner, Foley Hoag Peter Dutton, Naval War College Michael McDevitt, CNA Strategic Studies Taylor Fravel, MIT
The Mining Industry, Caravan Transportation and Ethnic Mobilization in southwest China from the 17th to 19th Century
Speaker: Prof. Ma Jianxiong (Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology; HYI Visiting Scholar) Chair/discussant: Prof. Michael Szonyi (Director, Harvard University Fairbank Center) Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunchtime Talk This talk will review the history of silver and copper mines on the borderland between Yunnan and Burma, in particular the social organization of miners in remote mountainous […]
The World of Universities in the 21st Century – Two Case Studies: UC-Berkeley & Hong Kong University
Lower Level Library, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWilliam Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University Commentators: Charles S. Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History, Harvard University Aniket De, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University