• Beyond Tariffs and Subsidies: Toward a New Framework for U.S. Industrial Policy

    WCC 3016, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Y.S. Lee, West Virginia University College of Law The United States has returned to tariffs and subsidies with renewed force, seeking to rebuild domestic manufacturing, promote strategic industries, and

  • CBDB Annual Conference 2026: Research in Chinese Studies in the Age of AI

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Program Panel 1 (1:55–2:55 PM): Between Print Culture, Literature, and Politics Panel 2 (3:05–4:05 PM): From a Local Perspective Panel 3 (4:15–5:00 PM): Another Look at Historiography Venue

  • Pop-Up Exhibition — Resonant Interval: Beyond Seven Strings and Tablature

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

    The history of the guqin, the Chinese zither, reflects how a civilization sustains itself amid change. Its tablature preserves fingering while leaving rhythm and expressive proportion to the performer. Each

  • Between Cinema and Experience: War-Related Dreams and the Intergenerational Transmission of Memory in China

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: ISHII Yumi, Associate Professor, Tohoku University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/trans-generational-transmission-of-war-memories-in-china/ Venue

  • Networked State Capital in China’s AI Ecosystem

    WCC 3019 Wasserstein Hall, 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Curtis J. Milhaupt, William F. Baxter International Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Professor Milhaupt will discuss “Networked State

  • The Platform State: How China Innovates to Achieve Tech Supremacy

    Hauser Hall Room 104 1575 Mass Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Angela Huyue Zhang, Professor of Law, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law Professor Zhang will discuss “The Platform State: How China Governs Innovation to Achieve Tech Supremacy,”

  • Sea Charts in the Eastern Half of Asia

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Yannan DING, Associate Professor, Historical Geography, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Peter K. Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Venue

  • Rethinking the Golden Age of Journalism and Liberal Media in China

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Fang Kecheng, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27 Chair/Discussant: Jie Li, Ford Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies; Director

  • Economic Historiography in Early PRC: An Intellectual Portrait

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Li Chenxiao, Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Arunabh Ghosh, Professor of History, Harvard University Venue