Events of Interest
Events
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Lin Wei-ping – Gender, Gambling, and the State in the Militarized Islands between China and Taiwan
Speaker: Lin Wei-ping, National Taiwan University; HYI Associate Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/gender-gambling-and-state-militarized-islands-between-china-and-taiwan
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Mai Jia – The Art and Politics of the Espionage Novel in Contemporary China
Speaker: Mai Jia, Chinese novelist and President of the Zhejiang Writers' Association This lecture will be given in Chinese.
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His Excellency Cui Tiankai Speaks on U.S. – China Relations
Harvard Law School, Austin North (Room 100) 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, United StatesThis Event begins at 12:15pm. Speaker: Cui Tiankai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America. His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of the […]
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Edward Cunningham – Elite Philanthropy in the US and China: What Does the Data Tell Us?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Dr. Edward A. Cunningham, Harvard Kennedy School Edward Cunningham is Director of Ash Center China Programs and of the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also […]
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Nathan Sivin – Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference than Others
Boylston Hall Room 203 Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania In his talk, ‘Why Some Comparisons Make More Difference than Others,’ Professor Sivin will explore motivations for East-West and other comparative studies, as well as […]
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Wang Jianping – Upholding the Faith in an Atheistic Land: Flourishing Unofficial Islamic Publications in Contemporary China
Speaker: Wang Jianping, Professor of Islamic Studies (retired), Shanghai Normal University; HYI Library Research Grant recipient Chair: James Cheng, Librarian of the Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/upholding-faith-atheistic-land-flourishing-unofficial-islamic-publications-contemporary-china
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Wu Xinbo – Managing growing and expanding competition between China and the U.S.
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Wu Xinbo, Professor & Director Center for American Studies Dean Institute of International Studies Fudan University Dr. Wu is Professor and Dean, Institute of International Studies, […]
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Liu Shuguang – Cultural Heritage in China: Present and Future
Speaker: Liu Shuguang, Deputy Administrator, State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), People's Republic of China This talk will focus on the distinctive features of cultural heritage in China, the formation […]
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Victor Seow – Energy Transitions amidst Regime Change: Mining Coal in the Early People’s Republic of China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University The decade after the revolution of 1949 witnessed a China that was being made anew. The material […]
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David Shambaugh – Power Shift? America and China in Southeast Asia
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: David Shambaugh, George Washington University Professor Shambaugh is an internationally recognized authority and author on contemporary China and the international relations of Asia, with a strong […]
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Amelia Ying Qin – Seeking Patterns: Close and Distant Readings of Two Collections of Tang 唐 (618-907) Dynasty Anecdotes
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Amelia Ying Qin, An Wang Post Doctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies This study takes two different approaches—close and distant readings—to the hidden patterns in two anecdote collections. The Songchuang […]
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The Arnold Arboretum and China: A Century-Old Partnership
Weld Hill Research Building 1300 Centre St., Boston, MA, United StatesSurrounded by our Bonsai & Penjing collection, enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as you view Professor Yin Kaipu's (Chengdu Institute of Biology) photographs which document a century of environmental change. […]