Special Event
Events
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Workshop: The Birth of the Chinese Population
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Malcolm Thompson, An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow Discussant: Gail Hershatter, Professor of History, UC–Santa Cruz Abstract: What kind of problem is "the population problem" in China? That it would be […]
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Neuhauser Lecture featuring Susan Thornton – Can We Live with China? A Roadmap for Co-evolution
Listen again: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speaker: Susan Thornton, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton was Acting Assistant […]
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Allan Layug – Order in International Thought: Unpacking China’s Concept of World Order
Speaker: Allan Layug, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland; Associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Discussant: Robert Ross, Professor of Political Science, Boston College How do we conceptualize China’s world order? What […]
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Felix Wemheuer – Rebels in Power: Factionalism in Shandong during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1969)
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Felix Wemheuer, Chair Professor of Modern China Studies, University of Cologne During the early Cultural Revolution (1966-1969), factional conflicts inside the CCP (Communist Party of China) and within the society […]
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Douglas Paal – The Taiwan Relations Act at Forty
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Douglas Paal, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Former Director, American Institute in Taiwan
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Paul Cohen – A Path Twice Traveled: My Journey as a Historian of China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesListen again on Soundcloud: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speaker: Paul Cohen, Fairbank Center Associate In his memoir Paul Cohen, one of the West’s preeminent historians […]
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Mandopop: 40 Years of Chinese Popular Music and Culture
Hall D, Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWatch again: Listen again: Speakers: GAO Xiaosong 高曉松 FANG Wenshan (Vincent Fang) 方文山 LUO Dayou (Lo Ta-yu) 羅大佑 Yin Yue 尹約 This is a ticketed event. Only ticket holders will be […]
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Panel Discussion – Tiananmen at 30
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWatch again on YouTube: Listen again on Soundcloud: Read and download a transcript of this event here. Speakers: Hao Jian, Professor, Beijing Film Academy Louisa Lim, Senior Lecturer, University of […]
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Pauline Yu – ’A New Day is Upon Us’: Building the Field of Chinese Studies
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Pauline Yu, President Emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Pauline Yu served as President of the American Council of Learned Societies from 2003-19 and was previously Dean of Humanities […]
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Celebration of Professor Roderick MacFarquhar
Memorial Church 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, United StatesRoderick MacFarquhar 1930-2019 The Fairbank Community is Invited to Attend a Celebration on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM, at the Memorial Church of Harvard University With Tributes from […]
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Wilt L. Idema – A Second Look at the Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze (Hongluo Baojuan 紅羅寶卷): Some Considerations on the Development of the Genre
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wilt L. Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus, Harvard University When the Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze was first introduced to the academic world, it was presented as […]
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JFK Jr Forum – Hong Kong: The Future of One Country, Two Systems
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Tony Saich, Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Jane Perlez, Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times Victoria Tin-bor, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre […]