Events of Interest
Zheng Jing – From Asylums to Housing: A Vernacular Architectural Adaptation in Southeastern China
Speaker: Zheng Jing, Wuhan University, HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/asylums-housing-vernacular-architectural-adaptation-southeastern-china
Shen Hong – “Seeking Truth”? True and Not True: On the Equivocal Position of Hangchow Christian College in the History of Zhejiang University
Spekaer: Shen Hong, Zhejiang University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Discussant: David Wang, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/shen-hong-november-20
Film Screening: The Great Buddha
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDirected by Huang Hsin-yao. With Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai Taiwan 2017, DCP, color & b/w, 102 min. Min Nan with English subtitles https://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa General Admission Tickets $9, $7 Non-Harvard Students, Seniors, Harvard Faculty and Staff. Harvard students free
Kang Jin-A — Transnational Merchant Diaspora in Modern East Asia: British and Cantonese cooperation in the treaty ports seen through the case of the Tongshuntai Firm
Speaker: Kang Jin-A, History Department, Hanyang University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Victor Seow, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/transnational-merchant-diaspora-modern-east-asia-british-and-cantonese-cooperation-treaty
Panel Discussion – Early? Modern? Asia?: Three Perspectives
Panelists: Professor Carla Nappi, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh Professor Elaine Fisher, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University Professor Michael Charney, Department of History, SOAS, University of London Chair: […]
Wang Horng-luen— Patriotic Education for the PRC?: Examining the “National Experience” of Degree-Pursuing PRC Students in Taiwan
Speaker: Wang Horng-luen, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Paul Cohen, Professor of History Emeritus, Wellesley College https://harvard-yenching.org/events/wang-horng-luen-december-4
Xi Chen – Historical Maps and Digital Humanities: A Survey on Harvard Library’s China-Related Map Collection
Speaker: Xi Chen, Visiting Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library; Fudan University The presentation will be given in Chinese.
Sheena Greitens – Information, Prevention, and Authoritarian Stability: Local Coercive Capacity in China
Conference Room, Cotting House Soliders Field Road, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Sheena Greitens, University of Missouri
Wang Zhen — An undesigned nuclear triangle of the U.S., China and India?
Speaker: Wang Zhen, Associate Professor of International Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Chair/discussant: Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School https://harvard-yenching.org/events/undesigned-nuclear-triangle-us-china-and-india
Jianping Ye – Rural Land Tenure System in China: History and Current Reform
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 13 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesOverview: China's rural land tenure system has experienced continuous reforms since 1978, but has faced new challenges amid rapid urbanization. The institutional structure of the system is complicated and evolving. In this seminar, Professor Ye will trace the history of institutional and policy changes in China's rural land tenure system, and discuss the current reform […]
Exhibition Opening – Eye Eye Nose Mouth: Art, Disability, and Mental Illness in Nanjing, China and Shiga-ken, Japan
Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, Lower Level 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis exhibition at the Harvard University Asia Center explores the intersections of art, disability, and mental health by displaying original works on paper and sculptures created by ten groundbreaking, self-taught artists from China and Japan. Their compelling, formally innovative works come in a wide range of styles and media, from gestural abstractions to proliferating figurations, from […]
Chen Wei – How well has China’s family planning policy worked?
Speaker: Chen Wei, Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19 Chair/discussant: Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Demography is destiny. China’s economic success has been importantly driven by its demographic changes which might also determine China’s future. At the center of the demographics […]