Events of Interest
Discovering Freshwater Jellyfish in Modern China: Arthur de Carle Soweby and Craspedacusta sowerbii, 1880–1941
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Christine Luk, Associate Professor of the History of Science, Tsinghua University More information: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia Venue
Michael Stanley-Baker – Evolution of A Recipe: How DocuSky’s Post-Search Classification function reveals historical change
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Stanley-Baker, Nanyang Technological University Join us for an illuminating workshop hosted by the Digital China Initiative (DCI) and the China Biographical Database Project (CBDB), showcasing the innovative DocuSky […]
Perspectives on Academic Freedom
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Sugata Bose, Harvard UniversityWilliam Kirby, Harvard University Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts, AmherstZeynep Kadirbeyoglu, Brandeis UniversitySidney Chalhoub, Harvard UniversityJoan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonDurba Mitra, Harvard UniversityBeshara Doumani, Brown […]
A Cosmos of Vital Feeling: Qing (Affect) and Qi (Breath, Atmosphere) as Critical Traditions in the Chinese Humanities, An International Conference情氣天下：重估抒情傳統與氣化論 國際研討會
Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:David Der-wei Wang 王德威 (Harvard University)Peter K. Bol 包弼德 (Harvard University)Wai-yee Li 李惠儀 (Harvard University)Thomas P. Kelly (Harvard University)Joo-hyeon Oh 吳周炫 (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)Yang Rur-bin 楊儒賓 (National Tsing […]
Film Screening: Yi Yi (A One and a Two …)
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesEdward Yang’s cinematic swan song, released at the turn of the millennium, is a moving tapestry that weaves together the dissolution and reconstitution of the fragile subjectivities in an increasingly […]
Film Screening: A Brighter Summer Day (Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian)
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSimilar to Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s A City of Sadness (1989), A Brighter Summer Day also traces the experiences of a large family during a critical historical epoch in Taiwan. Set in the early 1960s, against the backdrop […]
Film Screening: In Our Time (Guang yin de gu shi)
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe omnibus film In Our Time initiated radical innovations in terms of aesthetic styles, industry practices and commonly depicted themes, thereby revolutionizing the filmmaking industry in Taiwan and inaugurating the movement of […]
Linking East and West: Yue-Sai Kan and her Cross-Cultural Influence
Boston University Tsai Performance Center 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yue-Sai Kan, television host, producer, author, entrepreneur and humanitarianDiscussant: Min Ye, Professor of International Relations, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies Yue-Sai Kan, often referred to as ‘The […]
EALS Open House
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe East Asian Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School supports research and teaching on the law and legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia, their interaction […]
Calligraphy Art Lecture and Workshop
Gund Hall Room 111 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wang Dongling, Professor of Calligraphy and Director of the Modern Calligraphy Research Center, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou Paper and ink provided. Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyPdekMiEDa5XhgdmLmHn26csGN_s0FnHG38zBttjS3J422g/viewform Venue
Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow (飞花散雪): A Performance of Calligraphy by Wang Dongling
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesWang Dongling 王冬龄, one of China’s most highly regarded contemporary ink painters, will demonstrate his luan shu (“chaotic script”) calligraphy in a special event in the Calderwood Courtyard. In this […]
Susan Greenhalgh – Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityModerator: Nicole West Bassoff, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School The 1990s […]