• Fairbank Center Annual Neuhauser Lecture featuring Wang Jisi – China and America: Is Peaceful Competition Possible?

    https://youtu.be/fiQ4ZMO9mpQ https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/china-and-america-is-peaceful-competition-possible-with-wang-jisi?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Wang Jisi, Professor in the School of International Studies and president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University Wang Jisi is a professor in the School of International Studies and president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies(IISS), Peking University(PKU). He

  • Takashi Shiraishi – Maritime Asia vs. Continental Asia: National Strategies in a Region of Change

    https://youtu.be/dLu1opvjlyY Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Takashi Shiraishi, Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto; Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan Moderators: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies James Evans, Communications Officer, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History,

  • Meaningful Ageing: Shaping a Better Future for China’s Elderly

    Monday, June 21, 2021 - 8:30-10:30 PM EDT Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 8:30-10:30 AM EDT The challenges presented by the ageing of China’s population are vast and complex. Not only does ageing have major impacts on labor supply, savings, economic growth and social and family relationships, ageing also necessitates re-imagining social systems—such as healthcare,

  • Special Event – The State of Taiwan Studies: A Roundtable Discussion on Methods and Directions

    https://youtu.be/IZH0o9q_Wdc https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/the-state-of-taiwan-studies-a-roundtable-discussion-on-methods-and-directions?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. PanelistsJaw-Nian Huang, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, National Chengchi University, TaiwanLawrence Zi-Qiao Yang, Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, TaiwanKevin Wei Luo, Doctoral Fellow, Hou Family fellow in Taiwan Studies, Harvard UniversityLev Nachman, PhD in

  • Fairbank Center Panel Discussion – Transnational Aging in the Chinese Diaspora

      https://youtu.be/6RwE94ZhjFo https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/transnational-aging-in-the-chinese-diaspora Panel Participants:Sara L. Friedman, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Indiana UniversityRussell King, Professor of Geography, University of SussexSarah Lamb, Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis UniversityAndrea Louie, Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State UniversityNicole Newendorp, Associate Director and Lecturer, Social Studies, Harvard UniversityKen Chih-Yan Sun, Assistant

  • Panel Discussion: Overcoming Challenges in the Research Environment in China

    Read the summary of the event here. Panelists:Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard-Yenching InstituteDenise Ho, Assistant Professor of 20th Century Chinese History, Yale UniversityRobert Weller, Professor of Anthropology, Boston UniversityYuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan Moderator: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung

  • 2021 Charles Neuhauser Memorial Lecture featuring Evan S. Medeiros — Competition, Coexistence and the Future of US-China Relations

    Speaker: Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies and the Cling Family Senior Fellow in US-China Relations, Georgetown University Evan S. Medeiros is a professor and Penner family chair in Asia studies in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has published several books and articles on East Asia, U.S.-China relations, and

  • Panel Discussion – Cross-Strait Relations One Year After Biden’s Election

    The Legislative Yuan, Room 801, No. 1, Sec. 1 Jinan Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan

    Panelists: Steven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College Emeritus and director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Alastair Iain Johnston, Laine professor of China in World Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University Sara Newland, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Smith College Szue-chin Philip Hsu, Professor of

  • Panel Discussion – Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

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

    Speakers:Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paolo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School; Faculty Director of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History, Harvard University Ajantha Subramanian, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies; Chair of the

  • Panel Discussion – What Does China’s Rise Mean for the United States?

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

    For decades Americans have described China as a rising power. That description no longer fits: China has already risen. What does this mean for the US–China relationship? For the global economy and international security?  Join the Fairbank Center for a panel discussion to explore these questions and celebrate the release of The China Questions 2: Critical

  • Visiting Scholars Present

    CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Fairbank Center Scholars will share current research on China-North Korea relations, Taiwan identity and history, and land rights in China. Each short presentation will be followed by Q & A discussion. Please join us for all or part of the workshop!If attending by Zoom, register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lfuuqqD8jGtVqgJrijXeU-EDRc_Av2elO 12:30 pm - Lunch12:50 pm - Welcome1:00 pm - Dr.

  • Panel Discussion – China’s New Politics: What have we learned from the 20th Party Congress

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

    Speakers:Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University Pardee School of Global StudiesLucy Hornby, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Former Beijing correspondent, Financial TimesAnthony Saich, Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolYuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University Moderator: Mark Wu,