Events

East Asian Legal Studies Open House

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

Join East Asian Legal Studies for an opportunity to meet EALS Faculty, Staff, Research Fellows, and the 2017-2018 Visiting Scholars. Light refreshments will be served.

What to Expect from the 19th Party Congress

Join us for a discussion about what's going to happen at the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Xiang Bing, Dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, will […]

Sino-Japanese Relations: What Went Wrong after 1992

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University. Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, […]

Poetry Reading

Speaker: Dang Zi, Translator: Eleanor Goodman Zang Di, who has been honored three times as one of China’s top ten poets, is a featured poet at the Princeton Poetry Festival […]

Neuhauser Lecture – Embracing Sovereignty: China, the U.S., and the Future of World Order

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

Speaker: James Steinberg, University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law, Syracuse University In the past year, the leaders of China and the United States laid out their respective visions for future peace and prosperity in widely noted speeches at Davos (President Xi) and the UN (President Trump). What do those speeches tell us about […]

Jack Downey and the Third Force in China

Speaker: John Delury, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies. Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies Professor Delury will discuss his research on the extraordinary case of Jack Downey, who flew into Mao’s China in 1952 as part of a CIA project to support a “Third Force” resistance against the Communist government. Downey’s plane was shot down, and he […]

China Town Hall Featuring Susan Rice

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections Join 80+ communities across the United States in a national conversation on China. Featuring an interactive webcast with former UN Ambassador Susan Rice, […]

After the Chinese Communist Party Congress: Where does China go from here?

The CCP Congress scheduled on 18th October 2017 was one of the most important domestic political events in China, showcasing its leadership transition. The panel will discuss the future of China in the wake of this Congress, and what Xi Jinping’s leadership holds for China’s rise. Panelists:  David Barboza, Journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, The New York […]

Exhibition Opening and Panel Discussion – Black and Red Revolution: Dazibao and Woodcuts from 1960s China

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

哈佛费正清中国研究中心的大字报特展 Join the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for a panel discussion and reception to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition of Cultural Revolution-era artworks. The exhibition will be on display in the CGIS South Building Asia Centers Lounge, 1730 Cambridge Street from November 9 to November 30, 2017. This is the first time that these dazibao (or […]

Roderick MacFarquhar – The Rise of Xi Jinping

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

Speaker: Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science and former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Listen again on the Fairbank Center's podcast:  

Film Series – Aging in Asia

CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Monday, November.13 Old Partner (Korea, 78 min.) Introduced by: Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Tuesday, November. 14 Baghban (India, 178 min.) Introduced by: Professor Samir Dayal, English […]