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China’s Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities — Presentations by Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars and Fellows
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, CambridgePresentations: Lingang Zhou, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Affairs, East China Normal University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The Progressive Logic of the PRC’s ConstitutionThe PRC’s constitution was initially established on the basis of a differentiated allocation of political power. First, the exploiting classes were deprived of the right to vote. Second,
Discovering History in China: Remembering Paul Cohen
Lower Level Conference Center Rooms 4-5, Gutman Library 6 Appian Way, CambridgeWe hope you will join us for a symposium and celebration of the late Paul Cohen, a longtime Fairbank Center Associate and the Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of History and Asian Studies Emeritus at Wellesley College. Opening Remarks: Michael Szonyi, Former Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History,
Fairbank @ 70 — Witnesses to the Birth of Modern China: The Fairbanks and Liangs, 1932-1949
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., CambridgeSpeakers:Holly Fairbank, Executive Director, Maxine Greene Institute for Aesthetic Education and Social ImaginationWilliam Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolRana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Wang Ruiheng, Associate Professor of History, Nanjing University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching InstituteAbraham Zamcheck, Assistant