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SUMMARY:Art of Journeys: From Ape Tales to the Monkey King Wukong
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe launch of the hit game\, “Black Myth: Wukong\,” in August 2024 has sparked renewed interests in the many historical sites that inspired its stunning visuals. In fact\, the role that players take on in the game—an anthropomorphic monkey with supernatural abilities—also has many previous incarnations in the history of Chinese and East Asian art at large. The most well-known is perhaps the Monkey King Sun Wukong\, from Wu Chengen’s monumental sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West. Yet Wu’s Journey to the West was only one of the converging points that brought together visual and textual sources dating back to the Han dynasty. Harvard Visual China’s 2025 Graduate Symposium presents two panels on the topic of Art of Journeys—From Ape Tales to the Monkey King Wukong.For a complete program and more information\, visit https://www.harvardvisualchina.com/hvc-2025-symposium-info-reg.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/art-of-journeys-from-ape-tales-to-the-monkey-king-wukong/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Daisy Yan Du - Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Daisy Yan Du\, Associate Professor\, Division of Humanities\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  Moderator: Alexander Zahlten\, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nRegistration appreciated for planning purposes.  \n\n\n\nChinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion is the first edited volume that explores the multiple histories\, geographies\, industries\, technologies\, media\, and transmedialities of Chinese animation\, from early animated special effects to socialist classics\, from computer-generated-imagery (CGI) blockbusters to edgy independent films\, and from stop-motion to virtual reality. \n\n\n\nIts fifteen chapters\, grouped under the five themes of junctures\, gender\, identities\, digitality\, and practices\, span a century of animation since the 1920s across mainland China\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, Singapore\, and the diasporic world. Derived from the 2021 Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies (ACAS)\, this volume as a whole defines Chinese animation studies as a new field of research emerging from the peripheries of modern Chinese literature and film studies on the one hand\, and from the margins of Western and Japanese animation studies on the other. Incorporating diverse academic approaches and perspectives\, this groundbreaking book is an indispensable guide for a rapidly growing community of scholars\, students\, animators\, fans\, and general readers interested in Chinese and world animation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/daisy-yan-du-%f0%9d%98%be%f0%9d%99%9d%f0%9d%99%9e%f0%9d%99%a3%f0%9d%99%9a%f0%9d%99%a8%f0%9d%99%9a-%f0%9d%98%bc%f0%9d%99%a3%f0%9d%99%9e%f0%9d%99%a2%f0%9d%99%96%f0%9d%99%a9%f0%9d%99%9e%f0%9d%99%a4/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Room S153\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:China's Future: Navigating Geopolitics in a New Era
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:David J. Firestein\, President and CEO of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations \n\n\n\nAndrew S. Erickson\, Professor of Strategy\, U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute; Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/chinas-future-navigating-geopolitics-in-a-new-era/
LOCATION:Room L-166\, Littauer Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Wang Bing's Youth Trilogy - Youth (Homecoming) Qingchun: Gui
DESCRIPTION:More than two decades after making his monumental West of the Tracks (2002)\, documentary auteur Wang Bing (b. 1967) has released a new cinematic fresco of Chinese workers. Whereas his debut work memorializes the declining Socialist industrial complex in Northeast China and its aging employees\, the Youth trilogy chronicles the plights of young migrant workers struggling with the vagaries and pressures of a free capitalist market. Between 2014 and 2019\, Wang Bing and his crew shot around 2\,600 hours of footage in the garment-making township of Zhili\, near Shanghai\, with hundreds of thousands of seasonal laborers from all over the country sewing children’s clothes in some 18\,000 workshops. The three installments of Youth—Spring\, Hard Times and Homecoming—premiered in competition at the Cannes\, Locarno and Venice film festivals\, respectively. Taken together\, this documentary trilogy not only provides a nuanced\, empathetic and critical look at China’s fashion industry\, but could also inspire in its audiences alternative experiences of time\, space and the material fabric of our lives.  \n\n\n\nYouth (Homecoming) Qingchun: Gui \n\n\n\nThe final installment of the Youth trilogyzooms in on a handful of workers as they return to their villages for the Lunar New Year\, meanwhile zooming out spatially from Zhili’s garment workshops to China’s vast countryside. After seeking payment of their owed wages\, Mu Fei and Dong Minyan board a packed train to Yunnan and take a van up a hazardous mountainside road. In homes decorated with giant Chairman Mao portraits\, their parents speak of illnesses and injustices\, debts and expenses. Firecrackers\, a confetti gang\, bride-carrying and karaoke create an exuberant atmosphere at Shi Wei’s and Liang Xianglian’s wedding. From the southwest mountains\, the film moves to the lower Yangtze River to celebrate the God of Prosperity and another wedding banquet. After the holidays\, the bride Fang Lingping takes her husband to Zhili and teaches him to sew. The last third of the film revisits familiar characters from Spring and Hard Times such as Lin Shao and Chen Wenting\, no longer teenagers in love but young parents\, uncertain how the cycles of seasonal labor will shape their children’s future. \n\n\n\nDirected by Wang Bing \n\n\n\nFrance/Luxembourg/Netherlands 2024\, DCP\, color\, 160 min. Mandarin with English subtitles \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets $10\, $8 Non-Harvard student\, seniors\, Harvard faculty and staff. Harvard students admitted free to regularly priced shows. \n\n\n\nSpecial event tickets (for in-person appearances) $15 – $20. \n\n\n\nTickets go on sale 30 minutes prior to show time at the box office and are also available in advance on the HFA website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-wang-bings-youth-trilogy-youth-homecoming-qingchun-gui/
LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive\, Carpenter Center\, 24 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T180000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Wang Bing's Youth Trilogy - Youth (Hard Times) Qingchun: Ku
DESCRIPTION:More than two decades after making his monumental West of the Tracks (2002)\, documentary auteur Wang Bing (b. 1967) has released a new cinematic fresco of Chinese workers. Whereas his debut work memorializes the declining Socialist industrial complex in Northeast China and its aging employees\, the Youth trilogy chronicles the plights of young migrant workers struggling with the vagaries and pressures of a free capitalist market. Between 2014 and 2019\, Wang Bing and his crew shot around 2\,600 hours of footage in the garment-making township of Zhili\, near Shanghai\, with hundreds of thousands of seasonal laborers from all over the country sewing children’s clothes in some 18\,000 workshops. The three installments of Youth—Spring\, Hard Times and Homecoming—premiered in competition at the Cannes\, Locarno and Venice film festivals\, respectively. Taken together\, this documentary trilogy not only provides a nuanced\, empathetic and critical look at China’s fashion industry\, but could also inspire in its audiences alternative experiences of time\, space and the material fabric of our lives.  \n\n\n\nYouth (Hard Times) Qingchun: Ku \n\n\n\nFocusing on the factory laborers’ economic struggles and workplace conflicts\, the second installment of Youth follows multiple narrative threads that stretch and tighten\, sometimes to a breaking point of violence and despair. A young woman keeps making mistakes and must redo several batches of trousers\, while her colleagues discuss ways to dodge the manager’s surveillance. Just released from police detention after an altercation with his boss\, a young man searches in vain for his lost account book. Parents pore over sewing machines while their child plays with scissors and cell phones. From the balcony outside their shop\, a group of workers watch their indebted boss beat up a fabric supplier and run away without paying their wages\, so they sell the shop’s sewing machines while the landlord cuts the power and water of their living quarters. In another dark dorm\, a worker who made tons of unsold denim recounts his participation in a labor riot and the ensuing police brutality. The exhaustion of overtime and deadlines thus alternates with the anxiety of dead time and wasted time\, accruing into the bitterness at the core of Wang Bing’s trilogy. \n\n\n\nDirected by Wang Bing \n\n\n\nFrance/Luxembourg/Netherlands 2024\, DCP\, color\, 226 min. Mandarin with English subtitles \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets $10\, $8 Non-Harvard student\, seniors\, Harvard faculty and staff. Harvard students admitted free to regularly priced shows. \n\n\n\nSpecial event tickets (for in-person appearances) $15 – $20. \n\n\n\nTickets go on sale 30 minutes prior to show time at the box office and are also available in advance on the HFA website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-wang-bings-youth-trilogy-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive\, Carpenter Center\, 24 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T180000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Wang Bing's Youth Trilogy - Youth (Spring) Qingchun
DESCRIPTION:More than two decades after making his monumental West of the Tracks (2002)\, documentary auteur Wang Bing (b. 1967) has released a new cinematic fresco of Chinese workers. Whereas his debut work memorializes the declining Socialist industrial complex in Northeast China and its aging employees\, the Youth trilogy chronicles the plights of young migrant workers struggling with the vagaries and pressures of a free capitalist market. Between 2014 and 2019\, Wang Bing and his crew shot around 2\,600 hours of footage in the garment-making township of Zhili\, near Shanghai\, with hundreds of thousands of seasonal laborers from all over the country sewing children’s clothes in some 18\,000 workshops. The three installments of Youth—Spring\, Hard Times and Homecoming—premiered in competition at the Cannes\, Locarno and Venice film festivals\, respectively. Taken together\, this documentary trilogy not only provides a nuanced\, empathetic and critical look at China’s fashion industry\, but could also inspire in its audiences alternative experiences of time\, space and the material fabric of our lives.  \n\n\n\nYouth (Spring) QingchunThe first in Wang Bing’s opus centered on young migrant laborers in Zhili employs his trademark long takes and fixed camera setups\, contrasting routine days of sewing\, stitching and scissoring with bustling street scenes and after-hours sequences set in the workers’ cramped living quarters\, chancing upon dramas that inevitably emerge from such a repetitive\, cloistered and threadbare existence. While Zhili’s privatized structure and incentive-based production model allows for certain advantages over the kind of centrally governed factories seen in earlier Wang films like West of the Tracks (2002)\, it also leaves employees at the mercy of predatory managers\, a situation the director depicts as an endless tug-of-war for better pay. With textbook rigor\, Wang captures a new economic reality that\, for all it promises\, has only fostered a new form of exploitation. – Jordan Cronk \n\n\n\nDirected by Wang Bing \n\n\n\nFrance/Hong Kong/Luxembourg/Netherlands 2023\, DCP\, color\, 215 min. Mandarin with English subtitles \n\n\n\nGeneral Admission Tickets $10\, $8 Non-Harvard student\, seniors\, Harvard faculty and staff. Harvard students admitted free to regularly priced shows. \n\n\n\nSpecial event tickets (for in-person appearances) $15 – $20. \n\n\n\nTickets go on sale 30 minutes prior to show time at the box office and are also available in advance on the HFA website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-wang-bings-youth-trilogy/
LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive\, Carpenter Center\, 24 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T140000
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SUMMARY:Reading Sinophone Women Writers
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Li Zishu 黎紫書Lu Pin 鹿苹Lin Zhao 林棹Dorothy Tse 謝曉虹Moderators:David Der-wei Wang\, Harvard UniversityMingwei Song\, Wellesley CollegeDingru Huang\, Tufts University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/reading-sinophone-women-writers/
LOCATION:Plimpton Room (133)\, Barker Center\, 12 Quincy St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T153000
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SUMMARY:Rong Ma — Powering a Just Transition: The Impacts of Place-Based Solar Expansion in Rural China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Rong Ma\, Associate Professor\, China Agricultural University; Alumnus (Visiting Fellow) and Collaborator\, Harvard-China Project \n\n\n\nThis paper examines a solar subsidy program in China designed to alleviate poverty among rural households in the country’s most impoverished regions through solar resource development. The empirical findings indicate a substantial increase in firm entry in treated villages\, accompanied by a marked structural transformation characterized by a reduction in self-employment and a shift in land use from farmland to built-up areas. This surge in firm entry appears to be driven primarily by improvements in local electricity availability and reliability\, as well as upgrades in local transportation infrastructure. Correspondingly\, the analysis identifies a notable rise in local nightlight intensity and a reduction in regional nightlight disparities. Moreover\, treated villages experience significant improvements in air quality\, largely attributable to decreased pollutant emissions from nearby thermal power plants. By elucidating the impacts of place-based renewable energy policies\, this study underscores their potential to foster a more equitable energy transition. \n\n\n\nDr. Rong Ma is an Associate Professor at China Agricultural University\, College of Economics and Management. He is also a former Visiting Fellow and Collaborator with the Harvard-China Project. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on environmental economics and energy economics. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the Harvard-China Project on Energy\, Economy\, and Environment at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/powering-a-just-transition-the-impacts-of-place-based-solar-expansion-in-rural-china/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall Room 301\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T170000
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SUMMARY:Trump’s U.S.\, Xi’s China\, and Our Future: An Evening with the Award-Winning Creators of Face-Off: The U.S. vs China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Jane Perlez\, Former Beijing Bureau Chief\, The New York Times Rana Mitter\, S.T. Lee Chair in U.S.-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy School Mia Lobel\, Executive Producer\, Face-Off: U.S. vs China Frank Zhou ’26\, Associate Producer\, Face-Off: U.S. vs China \n\n\n\n****THE EVENT VENUE HAS CHANGED TO CGIS S030.**** \n\n\n\nCurious what China’s rise means for you as a young American or international student? Want an inside look at how Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter and leading producer craft longform reporting into an award-winning podcast? Want to hear one of the world’s leading experts break down what’s next in America’s competition with the world’s second-largest economy? Join a panel and meet-and-greet with top reporters and experts to celebrate Face-Off: The U.S. vs China | Season Two\, an award-winning podcast from Airwave Media supported by the Carnegie Corporation and Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.Dumplings will be served.Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoKcNAy8bBu0ybwvkpExt7xxvr_4OWYTGjdl2tuFcm1EI0zQ/viewform. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/trumps-u-s-xis-china-and-our-future-an-evening-with-the-award-winning-creators-of-face-off-the-u-s-vs-china/
LOCATION:Room S030\, CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250327T143000
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SUMMARY:Layered Taiwan: Interwoven Pasts and Multiple Futures
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerated by Robert Weller\, Boston University Department of Anthropology \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule9:00 AM Morning Opening Reception \n\n\n\n9:15 AM Welcoming Remarks from BUCSA Director Robert Hefner9:20 AM Welcoming Remarks by TECO-Boston Education Director Cynthia Huang9:25 AM Opening Remarks by Rob Weller and Daigengna Duoer\, Overview of the conference theme & Q&A format9:30 AM Lung-chih Chang\, Director\, National Museum of Taiwan History\, “Representing the Multiple Histories of an Island Nation: The Case of the National Museum of Taiwan History”10:20 AM Coffee Break10:35 AM Scott Simon\, Department of Anthropology\, University of Ottawa\, “Indigenous Peoples and States: Layers of History in Taiwan’s Archipelago”11:25 AM Lunch11:55 AM Catherine Tsai\, East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University\, “Becoming Japanese: Naturalization and Memories of the Taiwanese Diaspora in the Yaeyama Islands\, 1960- 1972”12:45 PM Coffee Break1:00 PM Daigengna Duoer\, Department of Religion\, Boston University “Strata of Sovereignty: Buddhist Relic Diplomacy in Cold-War Taiwan”2:00 PM Panel Discussion & Closing RemarksReigster at: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5hkRjs26vCwqmNg \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/layered-taiwan-interwoven-pasts-and-multiple-futures/
LOCATION:Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston University\, 121 Bay State Rd\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T134500
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SUMMARY:Chinese Companies Going Global with Han Kun 汉坤 
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs Chinese companies expand globally\, they face regulatory scrutiny\, geopolitical challenges\, and cross-border disputes. Whether you’re a founder\, investor\, or legal professional\, this is a must-attend event to understand the opportunities and challenges for Chinese companies going global. Experts from Han Kun Law Offices—including former partners from White & Case and Kirkland & Ellis—will share insights on navigating Rednote’s impact and managing compliance risks in global expansion. \n\n\n\nLunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nInterested in deeper insights? In addition to the lunch talk\, you can join a closed-door session with Han Kun partners after the talk. Indicate your interest when filling out the registration form: https://forms.gle/RrTYtxmc1ZvocDf36 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/chinese-companies-going-global-with-han-kun-%e6%b1%89%e5%9d%a4/
LOCATION:WCC 1015\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T122000
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SUMMARY:Fu Hualing in Conversation With Bill Alford
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Fu Hualing\, Dean of the Faculty of Law; Warren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities\, University of Hong Kong \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Bill Alford\, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School \n\n\n\nFu Hualing is Professor of Law and holder of the Warren Chan Professorship in Human Rights and Responsibilities at the University of Hong Kong. He holds an LL.B. from Southwestern University in China\, an M.A. from University of Toronto and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from OsgoodeHall. \n\n\n\nProfessor Fu’s current research focuses on the rise of human rights lawyering in China and its implications for political and legal reform in China\, the politics of anti-corruption enforcement\, popular justice (including China’s evolving use of mediation processes)\, and a critical re-assessment of rule of law reform in China in the past four decades. His other research areas include the constitutional status of Hong Kong\, in particular central-local relationships in the Hong Kong context and national security legislation. \n\n\n\nProfessor Fu has published widely in various books and journals\, and as a believer in collaborative approaches to scholarship has co-edited a number of significant studies including Hong Kong’s Constitutional Debate: Conflict over Interpretation (HKU Press 2000); National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong’s Article 23 Under Scrutiny(HKU Press 2005); Liu Xiaobo\, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China (HKU Press 2012); Mediation in Contemporary China (Wildy\, Simmonds and Hill 2017); Transparency Challenges Facing China (Wildy\, Simmonds and Hill 2018); Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia (Cambridge University Press 2018); Authoritarian Legality in Asia: Formation\, Development and Transition (Cambridge University Press 2020); The National Security Law of Hong Kong: Restoration and Transformation (HKU Press 2022); and Regime Type and Beyond: The Transformation of Police in Asia (Cambridge University Press 2023). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fu-hualing-in-conversation-with-bill-alford/
LOCATION:Austin Hall Room 308\, 1515 Mass Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T160000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20250206T170929Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: This Woman (這個女人)
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirected by Alan Zhang (China\, 2023\, 90 min.). Mandarin with English subtitles.  \n\n\n\nIn her striking debut feature\, filmmaker Alan Zhang explores the life of a 35-year-old woman who\, after losing her decade-long job during the COVID-19 pandemic\, returns to her hometown from Beijing. As she works to support herself\, her parents\, and her child\, she navigates intimate relationships and embarks on a profound journey of self-discovery. Deftly blurring the line between documentary and fiction\, This Woman delves into the role of women in contemporary Chinese society\, questioning the expectations imposed on them and their pursuit of freedom. Awarded the Special Jury Prize at Visions du Réel\, Zhang—a feminist activist\, artist\, and filmmaker—delivers a timely and courageous work that invites reflection and dialogue. \n\n\n\nWatch the trailer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-this-woman-%e9%80%99%e5%80%8b%e5%a5%b3%e4%ba%ba/
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, Remis Auditorium\, 465 Huntingon Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02115\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest,Film Screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T133000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20250206T165930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T165932Z
UID:39304-1739449800-1739453400@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:China Initiative: Impacts and Implications – Law\, Science\, and U.S.-China Relations 
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: Patrick Toomey\, National Security Project Deputy Director\, ACLUGang Chen\, Professor\, MIT Mechanical EngineeringYasheng Huang\, Professor\, MIT Sloan SchoolEdgar Chen\, Special Advisor\, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association  \n\n\n\nThe China Initiative\, launched under the Trump administration\, led to the wrongful prosecution of Chinese American scientists\, including MIT Professor Gang Chen. With discussions of its possible revival\, this talk will explore its legal and social impact\, its effects on the scientific community\, and what its return could mean for U.S.-China relations.  \n\n\n\nSponsored by China Law Association. For more info\, contact Ying Zhou at yzhou@jd25.law.harvard.edu \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-initiative-impacts-and-implications-law-science-and-u-s-china-relations/
LOCATION:WCC 2012\, Wasserstein Hall\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T170000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20250130T125817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T131030Z
UID:39183-1739440800-1739466000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Beijing’s Multiple Facets from the Qing to the Present (1644-2025)
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:XU Yamin\, Department of History\, Lemoyne College Eugenio Menegon\, Department of History\, Boston UniversityDaigengna Duoer\, Department of Religion\, Boston UniversityCathy Yeh\, World Languages and Literatures\, Boston UniversityMA Zhao\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Washington University in St. LouisMin Ye\, Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston UniversityJorge Heine\, Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston University \n\n\n\nPresentations followed by Q&A and conversations on the history of Beijing\, past\, present\, and future\, at the intersection of urban history\, politics\, religion\, literature\, and the arts. The meeting is open to faculty\, graduate students\, and advanced undergraduates.Register at: https://bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bmFCX0ScZP4RU8K?Q_CHL=qr \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/beijings-multiple-facets-from-the-qing-to-the-present-1644-2025/
LOCATION:Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston University\, 121 Bay State Rd\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T163000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20250124T201212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T201214Z
UID:39175-1738251000-1738254600@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The Role of Long-Duration Storage in Decarbonizing China's Power Sector
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Haiyang Jiang\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Harvard-China Project \n\n\n\nThe increasing integration of renewable energy sources introduces significant long-term uncertainty to power systems\, creating challenges for maintaining energy balance over extended periods. Traditionally\, coal-fired generation has provided the flexibility needed to address these imbalances. However\, as coal-fired generation is phased out\, long-duration storage emerges as a promising solution to mitigate the risks of long-term imbalances in renewable-dominated power systems. This talk will explore the critical role of long-duration storage in advancing the decarbonization of China’s power sector. \n\n\n\nDr. Haiyang Jiang is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Harvard-China Project at Harvard University. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2023 and was a visiting student at the Harvard-China Project in 2022. His research focuses on power system modeling and planning\, long-duration energy storage\, and assessing long-term inadequacy risks in the power sector. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-role-of-long-duration-storage-in-decarbonizing-chinas-power-sector/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall Room 301\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160513Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-18/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160445Z
UID:37853-1732370400-1732384800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-17/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160406Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-16/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T160000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241106T201158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T201159Z
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SUMMARY:Fan Dai — Certainties out of the Uncertain: Subnational Climate Diplomacy Between the U.S. and China
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Fan Dai\, Director\, California-China Climate Institute\, University of California\, Berkeley; Senior Fellow\, Environment and Natural Resources Program and Science\, Technology and Public Policy Program\, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nDr. Fan Dai is the director of California-China Climate Institute\, and adjunct faculty at Energy and Resource Group\, University of California\, Berkeley. She is also a Senior Fellow in the Environment and Natural Resources Program and Science\, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research expertise includes market mechanisms for climate change mitigation\, climate diplomacy and governance. \n\n\n\nDr. Dai was appointed by former California Governor Jerry Brown as Special Advisor to chair the state’s China Interagency Working Group and served as the liaison on critical economic and environmental initiatives with China. Previously\, she served as a senior advisor at the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development\, where she provided counsel on the state’s international policy and global climate partnerships. At the California-China Climate Institute\, she led several critical research projects on subnational climate policy and long-term planning for carbon neutrality. Dr. Dai received her BS in law from Beijing Forestry University\, her master of law from Berkeley Law\, University of California\, and her doctoral degree on environmental policy and economics from State University of New York at Syracuse. \n\n\n\nSponsored by Harvard-China Project\, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fan-dai-certainties-out-of-the-uncertain-subnational-climate-diplomacy-between-the-u-s-and-china/
LOCATION:Pierce Hall 100F\, 29 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160309Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-15/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241116T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160230Z
UID:37847-1731765600-1731780000@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-14/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241010T160144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T160146Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-13/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CAMlab.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T173000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
CREATED:20241023T174648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T144709Z
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SUMMARY:Conference: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism and the Institution of the Dalai Lama
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReincarnation recognition began in the 13th century as a distinctive practice in Tibetan Buddhism to ensure continuity in spiritual authority across successive lives of religious masters. Over time such recognized reincarnations took on significant temporal power as well\, particularly the line of the Dalai Lamas who were instrumental in the formation of the Tibetan Ganden Phodrang government in the 17th century. This conference will look at the history across the region\, the esoteric practices of rebirth and divination\, and the modern-day geopolitical implications of the continuation of this practice in Tibetan\, Himalayan\, Mongolian\, and Central Asian communities — and indeed across the Buddhist world in Asia and beyond. \n\n\n\nDay 1: Thursday\, November 14\, 20244:00 p.m. – Opening and Introductions   Michael Puett\, Harvard UniversityJanet Gyatso\, Harvard University \n\n\n\n5:00 p.m.                    Reception \n\n\n\nDay 2: Friday\, November 15\, 2024 \n\n\n\n8:15 – 9:00 a.m.          Breakfast \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:15 a.m.          Welcome \n\n\n\n9:15-11:15 a.m.         Panel 1: Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism and Beyond Moderator: Michael Szonyi\, Harvard UniversityPanelists:Weirong Shen\, Tsinghua UniversityBodhisattvas in Saṃsāra: The Avalokiteśvara Cult and the Reincarnation of Tibetan LamasTengyur Rinpoche\, Thubten Shedrubling Foundation  The History of Reincarnated Lamas in TibetTawni Tidwell\, University of Wisconsin–MadisonLife in Suspension with Death: Biocultural Ontologies\, Perceptual Cues\, and Biomarkers for the Tibetan Tukdam Postmortem Meditative State \n\n\n\nSangseraima Ujeed\, University of MichiganThe Ocean Lama: The Dalai Lamas of the Mongols \n\n\n\nNicole Willock\, Old Dominion University Authenticity and Authority: Methodological Pathways for Understanding the Tulku Institution \n\n\n\n11:15-11:30 a.m.         Break  \n\n\n\n11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Panel 2: Ganden Phodrang\, Regents\, and Succession \n\n\n\nModerator: Janet Gyatso\, Harvard University  \n\n\n\nPanelists:Martin Mills\, University of AberdeenThe Ganden Podrang: Sovereignty and Succession Under the Dalai Lamas \n\n\n\nCameron Warner\, Aarhus UniversityTibet’s Regents: A Historical Overview of the Men Tasked with Finding the Dalai Lama \n\n\n\nHon-Shiang Lau\, City University of Hong KongChinese Primary-Source Official Records on Using a Golden Urn to Identify a New Dalai Lama \n\n\n\n1:00-2:00 p.m.            Lunch  \n\n\n\n2:00-3:30 p.m.           Panel 3: The Present Dalai Lama and GeopoliticsModerator: William Kirby\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanelists: Jigme Yeshi\, University of CalcuttaCompassion in Praxis – The Life and Legacy of the 14th Dalai Lama \n\n\n\nAllen Carlson\, Cornell UniversityWho’s Next (And Why It Matters So): Reincarnates (Especially the Dalai Lama Lineage\, Particularly the 14th\, Tenzin Gyatso) and the Coming Crisis in Tibet-China Relations \n\n\n\nTenzin Dorjee\, Columbia UniversityBeijing’s Reincarnation Games: Why the Chinese Communist Party Wants the Dalai Lama to be Reborn \n\n\n\n3:30-3:45 p.m.            Break  \n\n\n\n3:45-5:15 p.m.            Panel 4: Buddhist World in Asia and BeyondModerator: Michael Puett\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanelists:Lobsang Sangay\, Harvard UniversityCo-opting the Sacred: The Intersection of Atheist Governance and Tibetan Buddhist Spiritual Authority \n\n\n\nJosh Rogin\, The Washington PostProspects of US Tibet Policy in the Next Administration \n\n\n\nDibyesh Anand\, University of WestminsterCompeting Notions of Sovereignty: Tibet\, China\, and the Politicizing of Reincarnation \n\n\n\n5:15-5:30 p.m.            Conclusion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/conference-reincarnation-in-tibetan-buddhism-and-the-institution-of-the-dalai-lama/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-12/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T180000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-11/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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UID:37839-1731074400-1731088800@fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-10/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T180000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-9/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-8/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T180000
DTSTAMP:20260706T153454
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:reserve a ticket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks\, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. \n\n\n\nDunhuang’s cave shrines date from the fifth to fourteenth centuries. Each encloses visitors within murals and carved figures that depict Buddhist legends and paradises. Chronicling innumerable exemplary works of Buddhist artmaking over centuries\, Dunhuang forms the largest encyclopedia art collection in situ. More significant than these artistic achievements\, the caves offer a glimpse into a universe that rests beyond our known physical reality. Much like the shadowy illusions of Plato’s allegorical cave\, the pictorial programs across Dunhuang’s caves reveal higher truths about life\, death\, and spiritual transcendence. \n\n\n\nThis fall\, CAMLab contextualizes Dunhuang within Buddhism’s broader currents of space- and art-making that surged across China during the medieval period.• Immersing visitors in confluences of light and sound\, the Cave Dance and Shadow Cave projects are case studies of two Dunhuang caves that reimagine the rich theatricality conjured by depictions of the dramas of the Buddha’s life and dances of transcendent beings. \n\n\n\n• Rebuilding the world’s tallest pagoda in VR\, the Embodied Architecture project invokes an 11the century transmission of these dynamics within the towering Shayka pagoda of the Fogang Monastery in present-day Yingxian\, China. There\, Buddhist pictorial motifs demarcate a journey of ascension toward enlightenment. \n\n\n\n• The Digital Temple project uses an interactive interface to unpack the multiplicity of compositions and multivalent topographies rendered across the murals of Kaihua monastery. \n\n\n\nBy examining Buddhism’s three primary contexts in medieval China—the cave\, the pagoda\, and the temple—these CAMLab projects reveal the dramatic perceptual experiences and invisible force fields embedded by visual programs within Buddhist sites.Reserve Your Ticket \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/exhibit-dunhuang-and-beyond-7/
LOCATION:Sackler Building\, Lower Level\, 485 Broadway\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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