Events

Urban China Series featuring Leif Johnson – Building infrastructure, building the urban: Migrant labor in a Shanghai fiber-optic reconstruction project

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: Leif Johnson, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University While scholars have long tracked China’s rapid infrastructural development, the everyday labor of migrant workers in infrastructural construction has often been rendered as a natural and uncomplicated aspect of rural-urban migration. In response, I trace the development of a long-term telecommunications infrastructure reconstruction project in Shanghai from the perspective […]

Asia and the Russia’s War on Ukraine

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

In-person attendees, register at https://forms.gle/zntgppbURiWLKch87Remote attendees via Zoom, register at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i1W35PQSRoGfeMlV-Maizg#/registration How does Asia respond to Russia’s war in Ukraine? And what are the implications for Asian security and stability? While Japan and South Korea have sided with the West and supported Ukraine, China, and North Korea are deepening ties with Russia. China’s strategic alignment with Russia […]

The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949

History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Zach Fredman, Duke Kunshan University Commentator: Jesus Solis, Harvard University This session will take place in person, with an option for remote access. Please register in advance to receive the paper and the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/6Akw4qqVYAxeNYZX7 Venue

2023 Gender Studies Workshop – The Chinese Family Romance

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

Speakers:Emma Jinhua Teng, MITTing Guo, The Chinese University of Hong KongYangyang Cheng, Yale UniversityCarlos Rojas, Duke UniversityEileen Cheng-yin Chow, Duke UniversityJie Li, Harvard UniversityTina Lu, Yale UniversityOrganizers:Eileen Cheng-yin Chow, Duke UniversityWai-Yee Li, Harvard UniversityEllen Widmer, Wellesley CollegeXu Man, Tufts UniversityCatherine Yeh, Boston University Schedule of Events 9:00-9:15 “The Chinese Family Romance” – opening remarks by Eileen Cheng-yin Chow9:15-9:45 Emma Jinhua Teng (MIT)“Transnational […]

Asia and Russia’s War on Ukraine: A Conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Presented via Zoom

Speaker: The Honorable Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Moderator: Yaena Kwon, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; TV Journalist at ZDF and WDR Co-sponsored by the Asia Center; Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute; Korea Institute; Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute; Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, WCIA; and Reischauer Institute for Japanese […]

Visiting Scholars Present: Parks in Modern China, Xinjiang, Water Conservancy Projects, and More

CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fairbank Center visiting scholars will share their research in China studies with the Harvard community. This workshop-style event will feature current research on parks in Modern China, Xinjiang, water conservancy projects, land development in China, and American China studies. There will be an opportunity for Q & A discussion following each short presentation. Please join […]

Shehuo: Zhang Xiao’s Photography of Rural China

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street 24 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Zhang Xiao, 2018 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University In conversation with: Ou Ning, Artist, Curator, Writer Contemporary photographer Zhang Xiao explores the impact of rapid economic change and urbanization on Chinese rural landscapes and traditions. In this conversation with artist and scholar Ou Ning, Zhang will share his […]

Visiting Scholars Present: Taiwan Studies

CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fairbank Center visiting scholars will share the work of Taiwan filmmaker Edward Yang, research on Qing Dynasty Taiwan war preparations, and new findings on U.S. views of U.S.-China AI competition. Please join us for this fascinating workshop! Presenters: Ruochen Bo, 2022-23 Hou Family Pre-doctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies Bo will talk about the iconic Taiwan […]

China’s Clean Energy Engagement in Central Asia

Speakers:Yipeng Zhou, Coordinator, Imperiia Project / A.M. in Regional Studies–REECAChristoph Nedopil, Director, Green Finance and Development Center, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan UniversityAlmas Chukin, Managing Partner, Visor Kazakhstan Moderator: Nargis Kassenova, Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies China has become a global leader in clean energy […]

Semiconductors and Geopolitics Symposium: The Future of the Global Semiconductor Industry

Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United States

***This event is now at capacity. To add your name to the waitlist, please click the link above. You will be notified by the event organizers if your entry can be confirmed.*** Against a backdrop of rising U.S.-China tensions, both countries have accelerated policies to restrict key exports in technological areas critical to economic competitiveness. […]