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SUMMARY:Pivoting to a New Research Topic
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nMichael Collins\, Yenching Academy (currently Council on Foreign Relations)\nBill Figueroa\, University of Pennsylvania\nYi Ci Lo\, UC Irvine\nTullia Fraser\, Durham University (currently University of Hong Kong) \n\nEmily Baum (University of California\, Irvine) and Denise Y. Ho (Yale University) present the second annual webinar series\, Doing Chinese History (in a New Era). Designed for—but not exclusive to—graduate students and junior scholars in Chinese history and Chinese studies\, these webinars aim to address persistent challenges in research and professional development. \nWebinar 1\, “Pivoting to a New Research Topic\,” features four speakers who are completing or have recently completed a thesis or dissertation\, and who have had to adapt their topics because of changing research conditions. Facing restrictions on research travel and archival access\, each of the speakers have modified their research agenda and made use of local and digital sources. This webinar addresses the challenge of the “research pivot\,” offering advice and experience from current and recent graduate students. \n\nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_COakdrS_Q8yIeroOQWB29Q(link is external) \n  \n\nThis series is sponsored by the Long US-China Institute (University of California\, Irvine) and the Council on East Asian Studies (Yale University)\, with support from: \n\nHoover Institution\, Project on China’s Global Sharp Power\, Stanford University\nCentre for Asian Research\, York University\nDepartment of History\, Simon Fraser University\nEast Asian Studies Program\, Johns Hopkins University\nInstitute of Asian Research\, UBC\nCenter for East Asian Studies\, Stanford University\nFairbank Center\, Harvard University\nEast Asian Studies Program\, UC Santa Cruz\nGlobal China Center\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\nHong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Hong Kong
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/pivoting-to-a-new-research-topic/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Special Event - The State of Taiwan Studies: A Roundtable Discussion on Methods and Directions
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nPanelistsJaw-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 political science\, UC Irvine \nDiscussantChing-fang Hsu\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Ministry of Science and Technology\, Taiwan \nThis roundtable discussion brings together past and present Hou Family Doctoral Fellows in Taiwan Studies at the Fairbank Center\, to discuss current methodological approaches and emerging thematic directions in the study of Taiwanese history\, society\, and politics. Bridging across disciplinary fields such as media studies\, history\, and political science\, the panelists will share their research experiences amid resurging interest in Taiwan\, and envision how this renewed conversation can help jumpstart the next generation of Taiwan studies. \nPresented via Zoom Webinar \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-state-of-taiwan-studies-a-roundtable-discussion-on-methods-and-directions/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Special Event,Taiwan
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T100000
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SUMMARY:Arjun Subramaniam - A Military History of India Since 1972: Full Spectrum Operations and the Changing Contours of Modern Conflict
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Arjun Subramaniam\, Retired Air Vice Marshal\, IAF; President’s Chair of Excellence in National Security\, India’s National Defence College\nDiscussant: M. Taylor Fravel\, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science; Director\, Security Studies Program\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nChair/Moderator: James Robson\, James C. Kralik and YunliLou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center \n\nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://tinyurl.com/ctycbw69 \nArjun Subramaniam is the President’s Chair of Excellence in National Security at NDC. He is a retired fighter pilot from the IAF who has flown MiG-21s and Mirage-2000s. He has commanded a MiG-21 Squadron and a large flying base and held several operational\, staff\, and instructional assignments in the IAF. He is an airpower doctrinal expert having crafted the current IAF doctrine in 2012. He was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for distinguished service by the President of India in 2011. A Ph.D. in Defence and Strategic Studies from the Univ of Madras\, he has been a Visiting Fellow at The Harvard Asia Center and Oxford Universities\, and a Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Ashoka and Jindal Universities. Currently\, he is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the Naval War College. He has lectured extensively at a wide range of Universities\, think tanks\, and war colleges in India and abroad including Harvard\, MIT\, Georgetown University\, Oxford\, Carnegie Endowment\, and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. His current areas of focus are international and regional security\, contemporary Indian military history\, airpower in integrated operations\, and the India-China security relationship. He is the author of four books including ‘India’s Wars: A Military History: 1947-1971’ and its newly-released sequel titled ‘A Military History of India since 1972: Full Spectrum Operations and the Changing Contours of Modern Conflict.’ \nM. Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taylor studies international relations\, with a focus on international security\, China\, and East Asia. His books include Strong Borders\, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China’s Territorial Disputes\, (Princeton University Press\, 2008)\, and Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy Since 1949 (Princeton University Press\, 2019). His other publications have appeared in International Security\, Foreign Affairs\, Security Studies\, International Studies Review\, The China Quarterly\, The Washington Quarterly\, Journal of Strategic Studies\, Armed Forces & Society\, Current History\, Asian Survey\, Asian Security\, China Leadership Monitor\, and Contemporary Southeast Asia. Taylor is a graduate of Middlebury College and Stanford University\, where he received his Ph.D. He also has graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Oxford University\, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. In 2016\, he was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation. Taylor is a member of the board of directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and serves as the Principal Investigator for the Maritime Awareness Project. \nJames Robson is the James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the William Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center. He is also the Chair of the Regional Studies East Asia M.A. program. Robson received his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford University in 2002\, after spending many years researching in China\, Taiwan\, and Japan. He specializes in the history of medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism and is particularly interested in issues of sacred geography\, local religious history\, and Chan/Zen Buddhism. He has been engaged in a long-term collaborative research project with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient studying local religious statuary from Hunan province. He is the author of Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak [Nanyue 南嶽] in Medieval China (Harvard\, 2009)\, which was awarded the Stanislas Julien Prize for 2010 by the French Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres and the 2010 ToshihideNumata Book Prize in Buddhism. Robson is also the author of “Signs of Power: Talismanic Writings in Chinese Buddhism” (History of Religions 48:2)\, “Faith in Museums: On the Confluence of Museums and Religious Sites in Asia” (PMLA\, 2010)\, and “A Tang Dynasty Chan Mummy [roushen] and a Modern Case of Furta Sacra? Investigating the Contested Bones of ShitouXiqian.” His current research includes a long-term project on the history of the confluence of Buddhist monasteries and mental hospitals in East Asia.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/arjun-subramaniam-a-military-history-of-india-since-1972-full-spectrum-operations-and-the-changing-contours-of-modern-conflict/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T075959
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SUMMARY:Meaningful Ageing: Shaping a Better Future for China’s Elderly
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 21\, 2021 – 8:30-10:30 PM EDT\nTuesday\, June 22\, 2021 – 8:30-10:30 AM EDT \nThe 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\, eldercare\, pension and housing—in order to sustainably support the elderly population in ageing well and living a meaningful life in China. The government has made confronting these challenges a national policy priority\, as seen in the 14th Five-Year Plan. The prominence of ageing in this national policy planning blueprint and the issue’s inclusion in subsequent talks by senior policymakers signify its importance for ensuring sustainable economic and social development into the future. \nThis event\, hosted by the Harvard China Health Partnership and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, seeks to develop new and innovative ideas to help China develop a health and eldercare system to meet the needs of its ageing population in light of demographic shifts. Over multiple sessions\, we will assemble an interdisciplinary group of experts to share their ideas\, research and practical experience that could be adapted to the Chinese cultural\, social and institutional contexts. \nFor a complete agenda and speaker list\, click here. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-NZAPfx1Q5C72MMlwExV_Q
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/meaningful-ageing-shaping-a-better-future-for-chinas-elderly/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Conference and Workshops,Special Event
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SUMMARY:CrossAsia Integrated Text Repository Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Brent Hou-leong Ho\, East Asia Department\, Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) \nAt the April meeting of the East Asian Digital Scholarship Series\, Matthias Kaun\, director of Berlin State Library’s East Asia Department\, introduced the CrossAsia platform (https://crossasia.org) to our audience. The CrossAsia Integrated Text Repository (ITR) currently archives about 355\,000 titles with 54.2 million pages of textual resources of East Asian research materials in various languages. Building on top of these resources\, CrossAsia provides a set of DH services for exploring and visualizing the large collections\, including two modes of full text searches\, an N-gram service\, and an exploration service. The ITR Explorer allows users to compare search results produced by different combinations of keywords using SET operations (AND – Intersection\, OR – Union and NOT – Subtraction). Users can then visualize the overlaps and differences of the search results\, and in terms of their distributions over time\, to understand how the keywords are jointly\, complementarily\, or uniquely represented in the collections and their interrelations. \nIn the EADS June workshop\, Dr. Brent Ho\, one of the developers behind the DH services of the CrossAsia platform\, will briefly talk about the ITR infrastructure and will demonstrate how to use the ITR services to bring new insights and perspectives to your research. East Asian researchers and librarians are welcomed to this workshop. \nThe East Asian Digital Scholarship Series\, initiated by James Cheng and founded by Feng-en Tu and Sharon Yang\, has been a monthly luncheon at Harvard-Yenching Library. This year\, the Series will be conducted remotely and is sponsored by Harvard-Yenching Library with the support of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\, and Korea Institute. The Series will cover a wide range of topics in East Asian digital scholarship. \nThe webinar will be conducted via Zoom. Participants will be required to register at http://bit.ly/EADS-ITR.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/crossasia-integrated-text-repository-workshop/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T120000
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nHaihui Zhang\, Head of the East Asian Library and Chinese Studies Librarian\, University of Pittsburgh Library System\nYuanziyi Zhang\, Student Coordinator of CCVG Data project\nRuoyun Zheng\, Student Coordinator of CCVG Data project \nIn July 2018\, the East Asian Library (EAL) of the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) initiated the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVG Data) project to create an open-access online dataset of statistics extracted from Chinese village gazetteers. This unique initiative has produced a dataset of significant value to the humanities and social sciences based on Chinese village gazetteers\, which includes quantitative and qualitative data critical to supporting Chinese studies in fields such as politics\, economics\, sociology\, environmental science\, history\, and public health. This workshop will start with a review of village gazetteers published in past decades\, the background of initiating the project\, followed by a presentation and demonstration on data extraction procedures\, data structure\, data dictionary\, downloading instructions\, etc. The current stage and the final goal of the project will be discussed as well. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: http://bit.ly/EADS-CCVGD.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/contemporary-chinese-village-gazetteer-data-project-workshop/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:Combatting Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny: What is our Local Community Doing?
DESCRIPTION:This public discussion will highlight key challenges of racism\, misogyny and other discrimination faced by our Asian and Asian-American community\, the responses of local organizations who have long sought to address such challenges\, and what more needs to be done in our own communities. Speakers represent perspectives from the Harvard Kennedy School’s staff\, faculty and student groups\, as well as leading local non-profits. \nRegistration link coming soon.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/combatting-anti-asian-racism-and-misogyny-what-is-our-local-community-doing/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T075959
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SUMMARY:A Symposium on Displacement and Convergence in the Age of Multipolarity (550s–610s)
DESCRIPTION:This symposium will be a multi-disciplinary examination of the displacement and diasporic communities during the period between 550s and 610s\, from the fall of the Liang through the end of the Sui. While scholarship in the past has tended to concentrate on only one side of the Northern and Southern Dynasties histories and literatures\, we hope to expand our view from the simple binary model of north and south to include the multiple sites of power and to emphasize the multi-polarity of this age from a decentered perspective. How did the master narratives of different court centers compete with one another? How did individual\, clan\, and state negotiate with the violent changes of the times and with one another at this particular historical juncture? How did the machinery of the state deal with a newly unified empire after nearly three hundred years of division? What can we gain as medievalists if we examine the limitations of our tools and methodologies imprinted with the modern disciplinary divide and its theoretical underpinnings? These are some of the questions we will address. \nFor more information\, visit the symposium website. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcuyurz8pE9LmR_l3FfeYhSsYq6NQ-yKX
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/a-symposium-on-displacement-and-convergence-in-the-age-of-multipolarity-550s-610s/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T090000
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SUMMARY:Africa-Asia Roundtable – Pandemics: Surveillance\, Preparedness\, and Response
DESCRIPTION:The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a global focus on pandemic surveillance\, preparedness\, and response. As a result of the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak\, the World Bank invested in the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Program. Thirteen countries in West and Central Africa have received a $200 million funding commitment “to prevent\, detect\, and respond to the threat of emerging and epidemic-prone diseases.” In addition to funding\, the program has provided for intra-country cooperation on detecting and preventing pandemics as well as regional lab networks and training opportunities. More recently\, the Africa CDC  has spearheaded continental efforts to advance various elements of  detection and response to various health threats\, with notable success related to COVID-19. Such programs are examples of how regional and global cooperation designed to respond to an infectious disease outbreak can be leveraged in future pandemics. \nChina has promised the delivery of its Sinopharm vaccine to countries in Africa\, with 200\,000 doses arriving in Senegal and another 200\,000 in Zimbabwe. While the commitments fall far short of the 1.4 billion doses that will be needed to reach herd immunity in Africa\, China’s vaccine distribution has moved alongside the WHO-endorsed COVAX plan (to which China will also contribute 10 million vaccines). India has also been a contributor to global vaccine distribution\, both through COVAX and other direct supplies to the global south\, distributing more than 60 million doses. The scrambling for vaccines from the global north highlights a disparity in equitable access to vaccines\, raising questions about intellectual property and the possibilities for local production. \nOver two days\, we will convene four panels to further explore questions around vaccines and vaccine development\, technology transfer\, capacity building\, and global cooperation strategies for combating pandemics. What lessons can the world learn from Africa’s response to previous epidemics/pandemics including Ebola and HIV/AIDS and the current COVID-19 pandemic? What is the role of global cooperation between Africa-Asia\, and China-India-Africa in particular? Is the COVID-19 crisis and response\, including vaccine development and distribution\, an opportunity for a new era of global cooperation? \nFor more information\, visit the roundtable website. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GINBfEO1QemYZkoYbyIGhQ
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/africa-asia-roundtable-pandemics-surveillance-preparedness-and-response/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Zhang Xianqing - People without Land: The Transition of Ethnic Landscape and Social Reconstruction of Dan in Eastern Fujian\, China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zhang Xianqing\, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\nChair/discussant: Eugenio Menegon\,  Boston University \nMore information: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/ \nPresented via Zoom\nregistration required \n 
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zhang-xianqing-people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T170000
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SUMMARY:William Kirby - The Rise of China in the World of Universities
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: William C. Kirby\, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University. \nGerman universities defined academic excellence in the 19th century. American universities came to set global standards in the 20th century. What\, then\, are the prospects for China to lead the world of universities in the 21st century? \nThis talk\, based on Professor Kirby’s forthcoming book\, The World of Universities\, will take us on a global tour: from Berlin to Boston to Berkeley to Beijing and beyond. We will conclude with the question: Can Harvard still lead? \nQuestions? Contact Harvard Alumni Travels at: haatravels@harvard.edu \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uS4aNd4FQ1aucGAnYyzcxA
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/william-kirby-the-rise-of-china-in-the-world-of-universities/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T173000
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Angowski - A Clash of Clawed Significations: Reading and Rereading the Life of Yeshé Tsogyal and the Story of the Starving Tigress
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Elizabeth Angowski\, Assistant Professor of Religion\, Earlham College \nFor an eager bodhisattva intent on honing the virtue of generosity\, there would appear to be no shortage of starving tigresses to feed\, or so it must have seemed to Yeshé Tsogyal\, an eighth-century tantric adept renowned for her role in disseminating Buddhism throughout Tibet. Within her earliest biography\, the Life of Yeshé Tsogyal (14th century)\, she encounters an emaciated tigress on the verge of devouring her cubs—a tigress much like the one to whom the Buddha\, in one of his previous lifetimes\, fed his own body. But when Yeshé Tsogyal’s story is set against the Buddha’s\, we see the tale take a remarkable turn. Where once a prince met his gory\, albeit praiseworthy end\, now a princess sees her shredded limbs restored by an act of truth and the kindness of a predator who plays against type. \nRecasting Yeshé Tsogyal as the protagonist of the Tigress Jātaka—a popular\, multiform tale that typically stars the Bodhisattva—might seem a curious choice on the part of the Life’s author\, but ultimately\, it is a brilliant intertextual move\, one that stands to (1) mobilize in the model reader certain\, perhaps otherwise mute\, expectations vis-à-vis the figure of Yeshé Tsogyal and (2) resignify the familiar story of the starving tigress in tandem. After clarifying the relationship between these works\, this talk will demonstrate how they stand to interanimate one another through a “clash of significations\,” a process by which both stories emerge\, in the end\, more than the sum of their parts. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlf-uhrj0pEtJNPDkKauJUrz48VK0pI_Gk
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/elizabeth-angowski-a-clash-of-clawed-significations-reading-and-rereading-the-life-of-yeshe-tsogyal-and-the-story-of-the-starving-tigress/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Studies Forum
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SUMMARY:Takashi Shiraishi - Maritime Asia vs. Continental Asia: National Strategies in a Region of Change
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Takashi Shiraishi\, Chancellor\, Prefectural University of Kumamoto; Professor Emeritus\, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)\, Japan \nModerators:\nNargis Kassenova\, Senior Fellow\, Program on Central Asia\, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\nJames Evans\, Communications Officer\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of History\, Harvard University\n\n\nThe tectonic shifts in today’s geopolitical landscape are having a particularly dramatic impact in Asia\, where the rise of China presents a growing challenge to the US-led order that has maintained peace and stability in the region since the end of the Cold War. In his book\, Takashi Shiraishi\, one of Japan’s leading authorities on Asia and national policy planning\, explores the deeper background and long-term trends behind the diplomatic challenges and dilemmas now facing Japan\, China\, ASEAN\, and the United States. One key question that he addresses: What accounts for the divide between the maritime states and the countries of mainland Asia? He discusses China’s Belt and Road Initiative from this broader perspective. \nCo-sponsored by the Davis Center; Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/takashi-shiraishi-maritime-asia-vs-continental-asia-national-strategies-in-a-region-of-change/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Thomas Mullaney - The Search for Mod China: How Chinese Computing Hacked Modernity
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Thomas Mullaney\, Professor of History\, Stanford University \nDuring the global rise of consumer PCs in the 1980s\, no Western-manufactured computer\, printer\, monitor\, operating system\, or software could handle Chinese character input or output. Not “out of the box\,” at least. The “Sinicization” of personal computing depended upon a messy\, decentralized\, and often brilliant series of Chinese hacks and modifications—or “mods\,” as the term is often abbreviated within computing circles. Western-built dot-matrix printers were modded. Western-designed disc operating systems were modded. Digital Chinese fonts were custom-designed\, pixel by pixel. Basic Input-Output Software (BIOS) was modded. Element by element\, engineers in China and elsewhere rendered Western-manufactured computing hardware and software compatible with Chinese. In this talk\, Stanford historian Thomas S. Mullaney draws from his forthcoming book The Chinese Computer: A History (MIT Press) to examine an unwritten chapter in the global history of computing—one too often dismissed as “copycatting\,” “mimicry\,” “piracy\,” and “theft.” \nSupported by the Asia Center and convened by Professor\, Victor Seow\, Department of the History of Science. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://tinyurl.com/ycp2nkk8
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/thomas-mullaney-the-search-for-mod-china-how-chinese-computing-hacked-modernity/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:From the May Fourth to Baodiao: Defend the Diaoyu Islands Movement 1971-2021 海上風雷：五四論保釣，1971-2021
DESCRIPTION:This forum will be conducted in Mandarin \nIn 1971\, overseas Chinese students across the United States launched the Baodiao movement in response to the territorial disputes over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands between Mainland China\, Taiwan\, Japan\, and the United States. The movement ignited massive demonstrations and debates on issues from sovereignty to territoriality\, and form patriotism to global leftism\, such that it was compared to the May Fourth Movement. Fifty years after the movement\, veteran participants\, scholars\, and students will discuss its significance and impacts on contemporary cultural politics. \nSpeakers:\n劉大任 Liu Ta-jen\n張系國 Chang Hsi-kuo\n邵玉銘 Shaw Yu-ming\n黃子平 Huang Ziping\n蕭阿勤 Hsiao Ah-Chin\, Academia Sinica\n王智明 Wang Chih-ming\, Academia Sinica \nRespondents:\n陳芳代  Chen Fangdai\, Harvard University\n鍾秩維  Chung Chih-wei\, National Taiwan University\n李浴洋  Li Yuyang\, Beijing Normal University\n涂航  Tu Hang\, Harvard University \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8iJrUrbVQoaxAYJovBoO0w
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/from-the-may-fourth-to-baodiao-defend-the-diaoyu-islands-movement-1971-2021-%e6%b5%b7%e4%b8%8a%e9%a2%a8%e9%9b%b7%ef%bc%9a%e4%ba%94%e5%9b%9b%e8%ab%96%e4%bf%9d%e9%87%a3%ef%bc%8c1971-2021/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:East Asian Digital Scholarship Community Hour
DESCRIPTION:Summer is coming\, but field research in East Asia still seems to be quite impossible. How to spend the summer doing research efficiently? How do you utilize the databases in your fields? Do you have use cases or approaches to share? Please join the East Asian Digital Scholarship Community Hour to share your experience and methods in using databases. If you want to share your use cases\, please fill in this Google Form (https://forms.gle/WRLFjoSnsyU1Yq2p6) by 26 April 2021. The community hour will be recorded and posted on the Fairbank Center YouTube Channel. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://bit.ly/202104_EADSCH
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/east-asian-digital-scholarship-community-hour-2/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:Lu Mai - The Chinese Dream and Ordinary Chinese People
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lu Mai\, Vice-Chairman\, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) \nDiscussants:\nJason Furman\, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy\, Harvard Kennedy School\nWinnie Yip\, Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Acting Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \nModerator: Anthony Saich\, Director\, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs\, Harvard Kennedy School \nLu Mai’s book The Chinese Dream and Ordinary Chinese People explores the lives of 40 ordinary people in an effort to answer a key question: What is the “China Dream”? The book tracks the journeys of individuals selected from each generation since the 1930’s and identifies three driving forces motivating their lives and dreams: autonomy\, self-awareness\, and hard work\, along with family and social support as further important factors. These stories also reveal the ways in which significant national changes created differences in the interviewees’ dreams and experiences in pursuing them. The book chronicles how the future of an individuals is closely linked to the future of the country\, and how a bright future for the country can mean a good life for all. The study outlines the ways in which people’s longing for a better life is the basis and a central element of the Chinese Dream. \nLu Mai is Vice-Chairman of the State Council’s China Development Research Foundation (CDRF)\, and previously served as General Secretary for over two decades. Mr. Lu has extensive experience working on rural reform efforts in China\, having served as Director of Experimental Area Office for Rural Reform\, Research Center for Rural Development of the State Council in the late 1980’s and leading a number of related research projects for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Mr. Lu earned his B.A. in economics from Beijing College of Economics in 1982\, and his M.A. in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1991. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://ash.harvard.edu/event/book-talk-chinese-dream-and-ordinary-chinese-people
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/lu-mai-the-chinese-dream-and-ordinary-chinese-people/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Luke Patey — How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Luke Patey\, Senior Researcher\, Danish Institute for International Studies \nAt a time when many are fixated on US-China strategic competition\, how will China’s relations with the rest of the world shape its future power? From its Belt and Road Initiative linking Asia and Europe\, to its “Made in China 2025” strategy to dominate high-tech industries\, to its significant economic reach into Africa and Latin America\, China appears primed to become the world’s dominant superpower. But China also faces considerable new risks and challenges. Drawing on studies of selected countries in East Africa\, Latin America\, Europe\, and East Asia\, Luke Patey will discuss how many countries are recognizing that relations with China can undermine their independence and competitiveness and are working together to recalibrate their engagement \nDr. Luke Patey is a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies and Lead Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies\, University of Oxford. He is author of the new book\, How China Loses: The Pushback Against China’s Global Ambitions (Oxford University Press\, 2021). His work focuses on the intersection of China’s trade\, investment\, and finance with its foreign and security policy. His articles have appeared in The New York Times\, Financial Times\, The Guardian\, The Hindu\, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy. He holds a doctorate and MSc from the Copenhagen Business School and a bachelor degree from Queen’s University. Patey’s last book was The New Kings of Crude: China\, India\, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan (Hurst\, 2014). \nPart of the Critical Issues Confronting China Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critical-issues-confronting-china-featuring-luke-patey-how-china-loses-the-pushback-against-chinese-global-ambitions/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Critical Issues Confronting China,Critical Issues Confronting China Series
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SUMMARY:Teng Fei - Re-estimating the Stranded Assets of the Coal Power Sector in China: Is It Too Big To Fail?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Teng Fei\, Associate Professor in the Institute of Energy\, Environment\, and Economy at Tsinghua University; Deputy Director of the Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change \nTeng Fei’s research interests include climate policy\, international climate regimes\, consumer behavior in energy consumption\, and energy modeling. He is also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report\, Working Group III. He is lead author on the Second and Third China National Assessment Report on Climate Change\, and a member of the drafting team for several key national documents\, including the National Plan on Climate Change and the White Paper on Climate Change. He served as an advisory expert for China’s negotiation team under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for many years. He is also member of BASIC (Brazil\, South Africa\, India\, China) expert group in BASIC  ministerial meetings since 2011. \nTeng received his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University in 1998\, and his MSc and Ph.D in Management Science in the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University in 2003. Teng finished his postdoctoral research in France in 2004. \nSponsored by the Harvard-China Project on Energy\, Economy\, and Environment\, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldequpzMiHtCGjqDYPO-HeZd3gtQ-GVpI
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/teng-fei-re-estimating-the-stranded-assets-of-the-coal-power-sector-in-china-is-it-too-big-to-fail/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Border Conflicts in the Himalayas: Bhutan\, Nepal\, India\, and China
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nSudha Ramachandran\, Independent Journalist; Adjunct Faculty\, Asian College of Journalism\, Chennai\nBhaskar Koirala\, Director\, Nepal Institute of Strategic and International Studies\nFrank O’Donnell\, Postdoctoral Scholar in the Rising Power Alliances Project\, Fletcher School\, Tufts University; Nonresident Fellow in the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center\nXiaoyu Pu\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, University of Nevada\, Reno; Public Intellectuals Program Fellow\, National Committee on United States-China Relations;  Non-Resident Senior Fellow\, Inter-American Dialogue\, Washington\, D.C. \nModerator: Arunabh Ghosh\, Associate Professor of History\, Harvard University \nAsia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series  \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://tinyurl.com/up3zjcvw.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/border-conflicts-in-the-himalayas-bhutan-nepal-india-and-china/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Annual Neuhauser Lecture featuring Wang Jisi - China and America: Is Peaceful Competition Possible?
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Wang Jisi\, Professor in the School of International Studies and president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies\, Peking University \nWang 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 is honorary president of the Chinese Association for American Studies\, and was a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee of China’s Foreign Ministry in 2008-2016. \nAfter working as a laborer in the Chinese countryside in 1968-78\, Wang Jisi entered Peking University and obtained an MA degree there in 1983. He taught in Peking University’s Department of International Politics (1983-91)\, and then served as director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences until 2005. From 2005 to 2013\, Wang Jisi served as dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University. He was concurrently director of the Institute of International Strategic Studies of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China from 2001 to 2009. \nWang Jisi was a visiting fellow or visiting professor at Oxford University (1982-83)\, University of California at Berkeley (1984-85)\, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1990-91)\, and Claremont McKenna College in California (2001). He was invited as a Global Scholar by Princeton University in 2011-15 and spent 9 months in total there with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He has served as an adviser to a number of international institutions and journals\, including the Asia Society Policy Institute\, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo\, the journal The American Interest\, and the journal Global Asia. \nProfessor Wang’s scholarly interests cover U.S. foreign policy\, China’s foreign relations\, Asian security\, and global politics in general. He has published numerous works in these fields. \nThe Fairbank Center Annual Neuhauser Lecture \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-annual-neuhauser-lecture-featuring-wang-jisi/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis\, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding of the genocide in this region. Panels will explore topics of authoritarianism\, digital repression\, complicity in the fashion industry\, and the separation of Uyghur families. Guillermo Hava ‘23 will moderate the closing panel “Silence is Not an Option\,” where participants will gain concrete tactics for standing up against these atrocities. \nPanels will take place on Thursday\, April 22\, and Tuesday\, April 27th. To learn more about our panels and speakers and to register\, please use this link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Uyghur-rights/register
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/genocide-in-the-21st-century-the-uyghur-crisis-2/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Kazunori Mizushima and Mahan Moalemi: Futurisms and East Asian Media Ecologies
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nKazunori Mizushima\, Professor of Cultural Studies\, Osaka Sangyo University\, Japan\nMahan Moalemi\, PhD Candidate in Film and Visual Studies\, Harvard University. \nKazunori Mizushima’s presentation\, From Neo-Tokyo to Neo-China and Beyond: For the Navigation of Futures in East Asian Media Ecologies\, discusses (1) the linkage between Tokyo 2020\, AKIRA\, and Neo-Tokyo\, (2) the transition of the future from Neo-Tokyo to Neo-China\, (3) the intricate relationship between right/left accelerationism and sinofuturism\, and (4) the relationship between AI-capital and post-capitalist inhumanism. It would be great if this could contribute even a little to the “politics of navigation” (Mahan Moalemi)\, which will open the futures in East Asian Media Ecologies toward “chronocommons.” \nMahan Moalemi’s presentation\, Ethnofuturisms\, will look into the critical potentials of “ethnofuturism in the plural form” as a comparative framework for approaching a range of theoretical and artistic endeavors\, including sinofuturism\, among others\, that negotiate the dilemmas of situated historicity after the alleged end(s) of history. \nPresented via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96523725983?pwd=SjMzY2JuVjM3QzIxYlR2b2xOVW9DZz09
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/kazunori-mizushima-and-mahan-moalemi-futurisms-and-east-asian-media-ecologies/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:Gender Studies Workshop - Acting the Part: Gender and Performance Onstage
DESCRIPTION:Presented via Zoom WebinarRegistration RequiredRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LZDsfUQ1Rwm2YW8IYxGS-A \nGender as a form of performance is nowhere more clearly articulated than on the theater stage (and in opera-based films). On stage\, the male and female characters are enacted by artistic mimesis based on a set of assumptions about what constitutes maleness and the femaleness. Theater is also a great unifying force in standardizing these notions and it offers stage characters larger than life-size power to influence the audience. In turn\, gender is not only a form of social performance\, but through theater\, the artistic form embodying the normative ideals of gender roles become formalized. This is true both in terms of acting technique and the social values contained within the system of gestures. This is especially evident in the role of the female or male impersonators in opera performances in whose art the ideal form is essentialized. However\, gender ideals and stereotypes vary with time and place. At the same time\, these “essences” also change over time\, and theater is the ideal platform to challenge the inherited conventions\, while often reaffirming their underlying values. True to the spirit of theater\, its license of playfulness also gives it a subversive potential. The issue of gender performance is likewise tightly linked to identity. The performance of gender roles on the theater stage of Chinese diaspora communities\, for example\, also engages with the issue of gender in the context of race and Asian identity. \nThis workshop explores the issues of performing gender identity on stage. Topics may include: gender impersonation – fanchuan 反串; actor training in genderized roles; subversion of gender norms on stage; gender performance\, identity and ideology in times of national upheaval\, migration and social change. \nParticipants:Hsu Pei Hung 許培鴻\, documentarian/cinematographerEileen Cheng-yin Chow\, Duke UniversityXing Fan\, University of TorontoXu\, Peng\, University of Hawai’iTed Hui\, Harvard UniversityMatthew Sommer\, Stanford UniversityCatherine Yeh\, Boston UniversityEmily Wilcox\, William & Mary \nCommentators:Wai-Yee Li\, Professor Chinese Literature\, Harvard UniversityEllen Widmer\, Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies\, Professor of East Asian Studies\, Wellesley CollegeThomas P. Kelly\, Assistant Professor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \nAGENDA (All Times EDT) \nUPDATED AND FINAL SCHEDULE \nFriday April 23 [all times listed are EDT] \nPANEL 19:00-9:10 AMWelcoming address by Eileen Cheng-yin Chow (Duke University) and Catherine Yeh (Boston University) \n9:10-9:50AM Documenting Peony: a conversation and visual presentation with \nphotographer/ filmmaker Hsu Pei Hung 許培鴻 and Eileen Cheng-yin Chow \n[10-minute break] \nPANEL 2  \n10:00-10:15AM Xing Fan (University of Toronto): “Beyond Filling Female Blanks: In Search of Theoretical Frameworks for Gender Representation in Asian Theatre Historiography” \n10:15-10:30AM Discussant Tom Kelly (Harvard University) \n10:30-10:45AM Discussion on source materials and paper \n[15-minute break] \n11:00-11:15AM Peng Xu (University of Hawai’i): “Little Kitten Opera”: The Female Performance of Masculinity on the Public Stage in Shanghai\, 1890s–1910s \n11:15-11:30AM Discussant Tom Kelly (Harvard University) \n11:30-11:45AM Discussion on source materials and paper \n[1-hour lunch break – we will reconvene at 12:45PM] \n PANEL 3 \n12:45-1:00PM Ming Tak Ted Hui (University of Oxford): “The Political Implications of Crossdressing Before the Fall of the Ming” \n1:00-1:15PM Discussant Ellen Widmer (Wellesley College) \n1:15-1:30 Discussion on source materials and paper \n[15-minute break] \n1:45-2:00PM Matthew Sommer (Stanford University): “The Persecution of M-F Crossing in Qing Dynasty China” (Stanford University) \n2:00-2:15PM Discussant Ellen Widmer (Wellesley College) \n2:15-2:30PM Discussion on source materials and paper \n[mid-afternoon 30-minute coffee break – we will reconvene at 3pm] \nPANEL 4 \n3:00-3:15PM Catherine Yeh (Boston University): Unveiling the Orchid Hand: Mei Lanfang’s Art of Female Impersonator and the Redefinition of Gender in Peking Opera \n3:15-3:30PM Discussant Wai-Yee Li (Harvard University) \n3:30-3:45PM Discussion on source materials and paper \n[15-minute break] \n4pm-4:15PM Emily Wilcox (William & Mary): “Ethnic Presence and Ethnic Absence: Qemberxanim’s Bodily Discourse and the Making of Female ‘Uyghur Dance’ in China” \n4:15Pm-4:30PM Discussant Wai-Yee Li (Harvard University) \n4:30pm-4:45PM Discussion on source materials and paper \n4:45-5:30PM General discussion and concluding remarks
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/gender-studies-workshop-gender-and-performance-onstage/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Gender Studies
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SUMMARY:Sci-fi China: Avatars\, Aliens\, Anthropos 科幻中國：异形，异次元，异托邦
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nDingru Huang\, Harvard University\nJannis Chen\, Harvard University\nDihao Zhou\, Yale University\nMichael O’Krent\, Harvard University\nEmily Xueni Jin\, Yale University \nPlease join us for a workshop on Chinese science fiction with writers Han Song\, Egoyan Zheng\, Regina Kanyu Wang\, and Chen Qiufan. Five young scholars will present their latest research. The event is co-hosted by David Der-wei Wang and Mingwei Song. \nThe event is co-sponsored by Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University\, CCK Foundation\, and the East Asian Studies Program at Wellesley College. \nThis is a bilingual event conducted in English and Mandarin. \nPresented via Zoom Webinar\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_baKySmDQREyw7M1K9Ne77Q
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/sci-fi-china-avatars-aliens-anthropos-%e7%a7%91%e5%b9%bb%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b%ef%bc%9a%e5%bc%82%e5%bd%a2%ef%bc%8c%e5%bc%82%e6%ac%a1%e5%85%83%ef%bc%8c%e5%bc%82%e6%89%98%e9%82%a6/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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SUMMARY:China Social and Economic Symposium: The Evolving Role of US and China in the Global Economy
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nLawrence H. Summers\, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury; Former Director of the National Economic Council\nKevin Rudd\, 26th Prime Minister of Australia; President and CEO of Asia Society; President of Asia Society Policy Institute; Chairman of International Peace Institute\nJin Liqun\, President and Chair of the Board of Directors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank \nModerator: Ping Wang\, MPA 2021\, Harvard Kennedy School \nThis symposium is organized by China Society\, a student organization at the Harvard Kennedy School. \nMore information about other symposium panels may be found at: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/china-social-and-economic-symposium. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EzsNSNLbS7SHvl9g8aqvTw \n  \n 
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/china-social-and-economic-symposium-the-evolving-role-of-us-and-china-in-the-global-economy/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210422T123000
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SUMMARY:Special Event featuring Xiaotong Feng - Rural Revitalization: China’s “Ace” in Dealing with Western “Competition”
DESCRIPTION:Reading the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Xiaotong Feng\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Communication University of China; Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar \nDiscussant/Moderator: Michael Szonyi\, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History; Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University \nIn the past few years\, even the most optimistic scholars will not deny that China’s relations with Western countries have encountered big difficulties. Whether China accepts this willingly or not\, the external conditions needed to maintain China’s past economic growth model are now absent. The “Rural Revitalization” strategy promoted by Xi Jinping is generally regarded as an internal social governance issue\, aimed at promoting social equity\, balancing urban-rural differences and protecting the natural environment. However\, can  “Rural Revitalization” also be seen as a strategy to help China cope with “competition” from Western countries?  Can it reduce China’s dependence on the US dollar?  Does it represent a new and unprecedented development model? \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/xiaotong-feng-rural-revitalization-chinas-ace-in-dealing-with-western-competition/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Genocide in the 21st Century: The Uyghur Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Join the Harvard Human Rights Working Group and the Human Rights Foundation for a 2-day conference spotlighting engaging experts on the Uyghur crisis\, to gain a holistic and multi-dimensional understanding of the genocide in this region. Panels will explore topics of authoritarianism\, digital repression\, complicity in the fashion industry\, and the separation of Uyghur families. Guillermo Hava ‘23 will moderate the closing panel “Silence is Not an Option\,” where participants will gain concrete tactics for standing up against these atrocities. \nPanels will take place on Thursday\, April 22\, and Tuesday\, April 27th. To learn more about our panels and speakers and to register\, please use this link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Uyghur-rights/register
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/genocide-in-the-21st-century-the-uyghur-crisis/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jessica Chen Weiss - A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China’s Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jessica Chen Weiss\, Associate Professor of Government\, Cornell University \nHow does China’s domestic governance shape its foreign policy? What role do nationalism and ideology play in Beijing’s regional and global ambitions? The Chinese leadership has been at once a revisionist\, defender\, reformer\, and free-rider in the international system—insisting rigidly on issues that are central to its domestic survival\, while showing flexibility on issues that are more peripheral. To illuminate this variation and prospects for conflict and cooperation\, Weiss will discuss her new book project\, which theorizes and illustrates the domestic-international linkages in Beijing’s approach to issues ranging from sovereignty and homeland disputes to climate change and COVID-19. \nJessica Chen Weiss is Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University. She is the author of Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations (Oxford University Press\, 2014). The dissertation on which it is based won the 2009 American Political Science Association Award for best dissertation in international relations\, law and politics. \nHer work has appeared or is forthcoming in International Organization\, China Quarterly\, Journal of Conflict Resolution\, and Security Studies. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, Cornell Einaudi Center\, Cornell Center for Social Sciences\, Uppsala University\, Princeton-Harvard China & The World Program\, Bradley Foundation\, Fulbright-Hays program\, and University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. \nBorn and raised in Seattle\, Washington\, Weiss received her Ph.D. from the University of California\, San Diego. Before joining Cornell\, she was an assistant professor at Yale University (2009-2015) and founded FACES\, the Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford\, while an undergraduate at Stanford University. Learn more about her research and writing at www.jessicachenweiss.com. \nPart of the Critical Issues Confronting China Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critical-issues-confronting-china-series-featuring-jessica-chen-weiss/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Critical Issues Confronting China,Critical Issues Confronting China Series
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Director's Seminar featuring Martin K. Whyte - China's Hukou System: How an Engine of Development Has Now Become a Major Obstacle
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Martin K. Whyte\, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology\, Emeritus\, and former director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University \nAs the People’s Republic of China has pursued economic development over the decades\, a central dilemma concerns how to treat its massive rural population\, and the extent to which its rural-origin citizens can contribute to\, and benefit from\, economic growth.  In different time periods\, there have been dramatic changes in the nature of rural-urban relations\, often with paradoxical consequences for prospects for economic growth. The talk will examine the nature of rural-urban relations in different time periods\, with a focus on post-1978 changes.  The initial reforms\, by freeing peasants from the “socialist serfdom” of the communes and allowing geographic mobility while maintaining the hukou system and systematic discrimination against those of rural origin\, produced the primary engine of China’s post-1978 economic boom.  However\, by maintaining pernicious discrimination based upon hukou status\, particularly regarding the educational opportunities of rural youths\, China now faces a major human capital deficit that it is struggling to overcome.  The talk concludes with a discussion of why it has been so hard to reform and eliminate hukou-based discrimination\, and what more needs to be done for China to escape the “middle income trap” and continue its economic rise. \nPart of the Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-directors-seminar-featuring-martin-k-whyte-chinas-hukou-system-how-an-engine-of-development-has-now-become-a-major-obstacle/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Director's Seminar
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