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  • Perspectives on Academic Freedom

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speakers: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 UniversityBrian Connolly, University of South Florida In 2019, alarmed by attacks on academic freedom happening simultaneously in several parts of the world (Brazil, India, Turkey,

  • 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 States

    Speakers: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 Hua University)Cheng Yu-yu 鄭毓瑜 (National Taiwan University, Academia Sinica)Chan Kwok -Kou 陳國球 (National Tsing Hua University)Lai Shi-San 賴錫三 (National Sun Yat-sen University)Mark McConaghy 莫加南 (National

  • Film Screening: Yi Yi (A One and a Two …)

    Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Edward 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 global, capitalist and mediated urban society. Yi Yi opens with a wedding and ends with a funeral. What unfolds between love and death is everything that saturates

  • Film Screening: A Brighter Summer Day (Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian)

    Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Similar 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 of a society witnessing the consequences of major demographic shifts and political oppression, this film depicts the difficult trials awaiting the simple and harmonious life

  • Film Screening: In Our Time (Guang yin de gu shi)

    Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    The 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 Taiwan New Cinema. The four segments are shot by four young emerging directors and each film—set in different decades from the 1950s to the 1980s—represents

  • Linking East and West: Yue-Sai Kan and her Cross-Cultural Influence

    Boston University Tsai Performance Center 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: 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 Oprah of China’, is a renowned media entrepreneur, bestselling author, and philanthropist. Her talk promises to offer unique insights into China’s transformation over four decades

  • EALS Open House

    Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States

    The 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 with the United States, and their impact on global order. Please join us at our Open House to learn about upcoming EALS events and opportunities

  • Calligraphy Art Lecture and Workshop

    Gund Hall Room 111 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: 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 States

    Wang 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 energetic performance, he will draw upon ancient texts and brush-painting traditions to create a large gestural work focused on the exalted West Lake poems of

  • Susan Greenhalgh – Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

    CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: 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 were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health critics pointed to sugary soda as a main

  • CID Speaker Series: China and the Global Economy

    Ellwood Democracy Lab - Rubenstein 414AB 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speakers:David Yang, Director, Center for History and Economics and Professor of EconomicsJie Bai, HKS Associate Professor of Public PolicyMark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for China Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of LawShengqiao Lin, CID and Fairbank Center Post-Doctoral Fellow The need for policy and public engagement with China---through rigorous analysis, informed perspectives and constructive dialogue---

  • Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond

    Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    A 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. Dunhuang’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