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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar Presentations: Culture Wars and Philosophical Debates in East Asia and China
DESCRIPTION:Featuring presentations by two Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars who will share current research. Each short talk will be followed by Q and A discussion. \n\n\n\nThe Cultural Cold War: Moral Re-Armament Movement in East Asia Speaker: Hok Yin Chan\, Professor of Chinese and History\, City University of Hong Kong; 2025 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University. Discussant:  Michael Szonyi\, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University.  \n\n\n\nHow did the religious-political organization Moral Re-Armament (MRA) develop in Hong Kong\, Japan\, and Taiwan during the Cold War era? What role did the U.S. play in supporting the movement’s anti-communist propaganda in “free world” areas of East Asia? Research examining different manifestations of the same movement in Hong Kong\, Japan\, and Taiwan reveals much about the ideological warfare in East Asia during the 1950s-70s and helps us better understand the history of the Cold War. \n\n\n\nWhat Is the Meaning of Reproduction for Individuals? An Explanation Based on Confucianism Speaker: Mimi Pi\, Associate Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, Capital Normal University of China; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University.Discussant: Michael Puett\, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University; Director\, Harvard University Asia Center.  \n\n\n\nThe rapidly declining birth rate in East Asia in recent years is bringing about a new social crisis. However\, in a modern world characterized by individualism and consumerism\, the traditional reasons for reproduction have lost their appeal. Confucian thought offers valuable resources in addressing this challenge. Specifically\, by drawing on Dong Zhongshu’s theory of ren (仁\, benevolence)\, Mencius’s theory of human nature\, and a renewed understanding of Confucian sacrificial rituals\, we may attempt to provide a framework of meaning that transcends utilitarian considerations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-visiting-scholar-presentations-2/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S250\, 1730 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Fairbank @ 70 — Witnesses to the Birth of Modern China: The Fairbanks and Liangs\, 1932-1949
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Holly Fairbank\, Executive Director\, Maxine Greene Institute for Aesthetic Education and Social ImaginationWilliam Kirby\, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business SchoolRana Mitter\, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy School Wang Ruiheng\, Associate Professor of History\, Nanjing University; Visiting Scholar\, Harvard-Yenching InstituteAbraham Zamcheck\, Assistant Professor of Archiecture\, Shanghai Jiaotong University \n\n\n\nModerator: Dorinda Elliott\, Executive Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \n\n\n\nIntroductory Remarks: Nancy Berliner\, Wu Tung Senior Curator of Chinese Art\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston \n\n\n\nIllustrated with photos from the current exhibit\, Once Upon a Time in Peking\, four historians will discuss the debates roiling China during John King Fairbank’s time there in the 1930s and 1940s and consider how they might continue to resonate today. For more than 150 years\, Chinese intellectuals have grappled with a fundamental question: how can China modernize without giving up its cultural roots? \n\n\n\nWhen Fairbank arrived in Peking in 1932 to pursue his China studies\, he found himself in the middle of that debate. What should China adopt from the West? What should it preserve? Amid this thrilling intellectual ferment\, Fairbank and his wife Wilma struck up an intense friendship with two U.S.-educated Chinese architects\, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin\, who sought to use Western approaches to preserve ancient Chinese buildings. The Liangs welcomed them into their intellectual salons with some of China’s leading thinkers. That friendship helped inform Fairbank’s understanding of China\, contributing to his development as America’s preeminent scholar on contemporary China. \n\n\n\nFairbank returned in 1942 to a very different China. Scholarly debates over the country’s cultural future were eclipsed by the immediacy of war with Japan. The Fairbanks worked at the U.S. embassy in Chongqing\, promoting cultural exchanges. Their dear friends were now living in squalor\, decamped far from the frontlines to a village in Sichuan. In the midst of war\, China was forging a new place in the world\, witnessing a rise of nationalism that would reshape the country. \n\n\n\nOur speakers will discuss the Fairbanks’ China and along the way\, look at the questions—What is the essence of China? What is China’s role in the world?—that seem as important today as they were almost a century ago. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-70-witnesses-to-the-birth-of-modern-china-discussing-the-fairbanks-and-the-liangs-1932-1949/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Discovering History in China: Remembering Paul Cohen
DESCRIPTION:We hope you will join us for a symposium and celebration of the late Paul Cohen\, a longtime Fairbank Center Associate and the Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of History and Asian Studies Emeritus at Wellesley College. Opening Remarks: Michael Szonyi\, Former Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanel Discussion: How Paul Cohen Changed HistoryModerator: Michael Szonyi\, Former Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nPanelists:Cynthia Brokaw\, Chen Family Professor of China Studies\, Brown UniversityAngela Ki Che Leung\, Professor Emerita\, Hong Kong University (video)Ellen Widmer\, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies\, emerita\, Wellesley College; Center Associate\, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesGuoqi Xu\, David Chang Professor of Chinese history\, University of Hong Kong (video)Joseph Esherick\, Professor of History\, emeritus\, University of California San DiegoRemembrancesModerators:Waiyee Li\, 1879 Professor of Chinese Literature\, Harvard UniversityEllen Widmer\, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies\, emerita\, Wellesley College; Center Associate\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Andrew Shennan\, Professor of History and Provost emeritus\, Wellesley CollegeC. Patterson Giersch\, Edith Stix Wasserman Professor in Asian Studies and Professor of History\, Wellesley CollegeJoanna Handlin Smith\, Editor emerita\, Harvard Journal of Asiatic StudiesCatherine Yeh\, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature\, Boston UniversityDailan Xu\, Class of 2027\, Harvard CollegeAudience Remembrances \n\n\n\nSpecial Remarks:Elizabeth Sinn\, Honorary Professor\, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Hong KongCLOSING REMARKSWaiyee Li\, colleagueEllen Widmer\, colleagueReception to follow  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/discovering-history-in-china-remembering-paul-cohen/
LOCATION:Lower Level Conference Center Rooms 4-5\, Gutman Library\, 6 Appian Way\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:China’s Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities — Presentations by Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars and Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Presentations: \n\n\n\nLingang Zhou\, Associate Professor\, School of Politics and International Affairs\, East China Normal University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The Progressive Logic of the PRC’s ConstitutionThe PRC’s constitution was initially established on the basis of a differentiated allocation of political power. First\, the exploiting classes were deprived of the right to vote. Second\, voting rights were distributed unequally between workers and peasants. However\, at the level of constitutional law\, both forms of inequality were gradually eliminated. By no later than 2010\, formal equality in voting rights had been achieved within the system. Yet the dominant interpretation of the principle of equality remains unchanged. This has led to an inconsistency between interpretation and institutional reality. Exploring this inconsistency can help reveal the progressive logic underlying it.Yixiao Zhou\, Associate Professor in Economics and Director of the China Economy Program\, Crawford School of Public Policy\, The Australian National University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The Impact of Chinese Firms on Global Competition Since China’s market-oriented reforms and accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)\, the share of Chinese firms in the global market has expanded significantly in recent decades. In this talk\, Yixiao Zhou examines how the increase in China’s global market share has reshaped global competition. She examines how competitive pressure varies between firms of different market power\, size\, geographic locations\, and industry sectors. \n\n\n\nYunli Lou\, Founder and Managing Partner\, Milestone Capital Partners; 2025-26 Visiting Fellow of Practice\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies China’s Path to Energy Security – what has been achieved and what can be learned?For more than a decade\, China has been deliberately building an energy infrastructure and supply chain with a goal to reduce reliance on imports\, dramatically increase clean energy production and consumption\, and achieve a high degree of energy self-sufficiency. This will only be accomplished through a fundamental transformation of its energy system\, moving from a fossil-fuel dominant structure to one led by new energy sources.   \n\n\n\nBased on her experience investing in renewable and battery companies in China over the last 20 years\, Yunli Lou will present a case study to illustrate the opportunities and challenges for firms in China’s new energy sector. \n\n\n\nDiscussant: Mark Wu\, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School; Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-visiting-scholar-presentations-4/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S354\, 1730 Cambridge St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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