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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 States

    Listen 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 of China, traces the development of his work from its inception in the early 1960s to the present, offering fresh perspectives that consistently challenge us […]

  • Mandopop: 40 Years of Chinese Popular Music and Culture

    Hall D, Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Watch 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 allowed in the auditorium. All available tickets have been distributed. This talk will be conducted in a mixture of English and Mandarin.

  • Panel Discussion – Tiananmen at 30

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

    Watch 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 Melbourne; Author, The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited Wang Dan, Founder and Executive Director of Dialogue China Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor of History, University of […]

  • 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 States

    Speaker: 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 at UCLA, Founding Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at UC-Irvine, and professor at Columbia University and the University of Minnesota.  Her […]

  • Celebration of Professor Roderick MacFarquhar

    Memorial Church 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Roderick 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 Family, Colleagues, and Friends Reception to follow at the Harvard Faculty Club The Family of Rod Mac Farquhar together with the Fairbank Center for Chinese […]

  • 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 States

    Speaker: 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 the earliest work in the genre, as its edition was believed to date from the Yuan dynasty (1260-1368). By now it is acknowledged that this […]

  • 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 States

    Speakers: 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 Dame

  • Ong Chang Woei – The Limits of “Civilization” in the Late Northern Song

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

    Speaker: Ong Chang Woei, National University of Singapore Wang Anshi’s New Policies included hotly debated military reforms, but little is known about how the new military system functioned in different regions. The Khara-Khoto manuscripts discovered in the early 20th century allow us to explore how military reforms transformed territorial administration in Shaanxi from their initial […]

  • Panel Discussion – Archival and Private Collection in Modern China

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

    Read and download the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of Colorado at Boulder Riley Brett-Roche, The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellow (2018); PhD Candidate in History, Stanford University Xiaosong Gao, Director, The Za Library; Associate at the Department of EALC, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial […]

  • 2nd Annual “Destination: World,” Powered by PechaKucha

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

    From studying Hong Kong to walking Cape Town, come learn how international experiences shape the lives of Harvard undergraduates. Nine students take center stage in the Tsai Auditorium stage to share their inspirational stories about global engagement, intellectual exploration and personal discovery made possible through experiences abroad. The event will be followed by an international food […]

  • Jane Sun, CEO of CTrip, in conversation with Michael Szonyi

    Hall D, Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Jane Sun, CEO, Ctrip Moderator/Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Cosponsored by: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Harvard College China Forum Harvard Business School Greater China Club