Special Event
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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PRC @ 75 Series – Symposium: The People’s Republic of China at 75
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityElizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityAnthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; Daewoo Professor
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PRC @ 75 Series – Film Screening – Remembering the 1980s: The Documentary Series Tiananmen, featuring an introduction by Yuhua Wang & Q+A with Rowena Xiaoqing He and Shi Jian
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesIntroduction: Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityQ+A Discussion: Rowena Xiaoqing He, Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; author of Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in ChinaProgrammer: Sam Maclean, Communications
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PRC @ 75 Series — Bao Pu — An Insider’s View of Mao’s Reign: The Life of Bao Tong, Communist Reformer
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Bao Pu, Founder, New Century Press, Hong Kong Discussant: Michael Puett, Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University Mao Zedong’s
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PRC @ 75 – Film Screening – The Dreamers Revisited: Bumming in Beijing (Original Extended Version), featuring an introduction by Eugene Yuejin Wang & Q+A with Wu Wenguang and Dingru Huang
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesIntroduction: Eugene Yuejin Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art; Founding Director of Harvard FAS CAMLab, Harvard University. Q+A Discussion: Dingru Huang, Rumsey Family Junior Professor in the Humanities and the Arts,
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Visiting Fellow Presentation and Discussion featuring Mitch Presnick — Leveraging China’s Strengths as Alternative to Decoupling: Opportunities for Multinational Companies
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Mitch Presnick, Visiting Fellow of Practice, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Founder, Super 8 Hotels, ChinaDiscussant: William Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and T.M. Chang Professor of China