Special Event
Business in China’s “New Era”: Roundtable Discussion with Fairbank Center Visiting Fellows of Practice
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesVisiting Fellows Brendan Li, Shujun Li, Tony Liu, and Mitch Presnick will explore the role of business in Xi Jinping’s “new era,” from technology to finance, manufacturing to services, as […]
Special Presentation – China-Russia Relations Two Years into Putin’s Ukraine War: How Strong, For How Long?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College (NWC) China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI); Visiting Professor, Government Department, Harvard University; Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesJulia Famularo, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center […]
Special Presentation featuring Christopher Rea – From Zhuangzi’s Gourd to Cinderella’s Pumpkin: Gua 瓜 as a Vehicle for the Imagination
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Christopher Rea, Professor of Chinese, Former Director of the Centre for Chinese Research, University of British ColumbiaModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University […]
Discussion of Technology and Innovation in China
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States***THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY, ONLY PRE-REGISTERED ATTENDEES WILL BE ADMITTED*** Speakers:Bo An, 2023-24 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Andrew Kennedy, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public […]
The Asian Security Order: Views from the Region
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Selina Ho, Assistant Professor in International Affairs; Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of SingaporeLi Chen, Renmin University of […]
Thinking through Performance in China – A Workshop on Chinese theories of Acting, Singing, and Theater (c.1200–1850)
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop reconsiders the significance of critical writings about acting, singing, and theatrical performance in China (c.1200–1850). How did artists, intellectuals, and critics reflect on experiences of watching or listening […]
Joseph Esherick – Rethinking the Chinese Revolution
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joseph Esherick, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, San Diego Moderator: Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute. Was the Chinese Revolution inevitable? […]
Special Presentation featuring Stephen MacKinnon – History as Biography: Chen Hansheng 陈翰笙 (1897-2004)
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Stephen MacKinnon, Emeritus Professor of History; Former Director of Center for Asian Studies, Arizona State UniversitySteven MacKinnon, author of Chen Hansheng: China’s Last Romantic Revolutionary, will discuss the remarkable […]
Tiananmen @ 35 Film Screening: The Gate of Heavenly Peace
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesIntroduction: Carma Hinton, Art historian and Documentary Filmmaker; Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University (retired) "In The Gate of Heavenly Peace (the literal translation of the […]
Tiananmen @ 35: What Have We Learned? A Conversation with Journalists
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Dorinda Elliott, Newsweek, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Seth Faison, South China Morning Press, Brunswick Group China Hub Orville Schell, New York Review of Books, Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations Katherine Wilhelm, Associated Press, NYU […]
Alienation of Enlightenment: Rethinking the May 4 Movement, Featuring Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar Qin Hui
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesQin Hui, public intellectual and historian, will give a talk on Tuesday, May 7, titled “启蒙的异化：五四再反思,” “Alienation of Enlightenment: Rethinking the May 4 Movement.” Professor Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, […]
Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang
BKC Multipurpose Room 515 Lewis Law Center, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States***WAITLIST REGISTRATION ONLY***This event's pre-registration has reached its capacity. You may register for the waitlist, and we will notify you if a space becomes available.Speaker: Audrey Tang, Inaugural Minister for […]