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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: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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T103000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T160000
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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: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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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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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: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:20210524T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T103000
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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:20210526T110000
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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: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: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: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:20210628T093000
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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:20210628T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210628T213000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T100000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
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SUMMARY:Aging in China: Labor Participation\, Retirement\, Pension and Long-term Care Insurance
DESCRIPTION:China’s population is ageing rapidly at a rate that surpasses most of its Asian neighbors and advanced economies in the West. In 2015\, 10.5% of the population was aged 65+\, and this number is projected to grow to 26.1% by 2050. Evidencing increases in life expectancy\, the growth of the 80+ population from 22 million (or 1.5%) in 2015 to an expected 115 million (or 8.2%) by 2050 is particularly consequential. The challenges presented by the ageing of China’s population are vast and complex. This session examines the effect of ageing on economic growth\, labor market decisions and the opportunities and challenges in financing elder care to meet the needs of the ageing population. \nThis session brings together leading experts to share their research on these important issues. The session will start with a brief introduction by Winnie Yip\, followed by four presentations and commentaries and moderated discussions with discussants. There will be plenty of time for exchanges and interactions with the online audience as well. \nFor more information\, visit https://www.healtheconomics.org/page/PreCongressSessionJuly8-12pm-2pmGMT.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/aging-in-china-labor-participation-retirement-pension-and-long-term-care-insurance/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T213000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210614T174705Z
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SUMMARY:Archives\, Libraries\, and Databases in Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nFeng-yuan Hsu\, National Archives Administration\nShiuon Chu\, Academia Sinica\, Institute of Modern History\nHsi-yuan Chen\, Academia Sinica\, Institute of History and Philology and Academia Sinica Center for Digital Cultures\nHsiao Ya-Hung\, Academia Sinica\, Institute of Modern History Archives \nModerator:\nDavid Cheng Chang\, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology \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 2 builds on the popularity of last year’s webinars—especially one on digital sources(link is external) and one on archives outside of China(link is external)—to focus on research in Taiwan. This year we feature four scholars who are professional archivists as well as historians and invite them to introduce archival\, digital\, and library resources in Taiwan. Featured collections include those of Academia Sinica and the National Archives Administration. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MrnuGNTpRtqNqTEeSYpMoQ(link is external) \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/archives-libraries-and-databases-in-taiwan/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210725T075959
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210630T124122Z
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SUMMARY:Historical Network Research in Chinese Studies
DESCRIPTION:Friday July 23 – Satuday\, July 24\, 2021 | 9:00 – 11:30 AM EDT\nFriday July 30 – Satuday\, July 31\, 2021 | 9:00 – 11:30 AM EDT \nFor more information\, including an agenda and speaker list\, please visit: https://fccsdigitalchina.github.io/hnrcs2021/ \nNetwork analysis is a burgeoning field in East Asian digital humanities. In recent years\, the digitization of source materials\, the proliferation of databases\, as well as the development of digital tools\, have greatly facilitated the study of networks in Chinese studies. To promote interdisciplinary dialogue between network scholars specializing in different periods of China and beyond\, Henrike Rudolph and CHEN Song\, edited a special issue for the Journal of Historical Network Research. Based on stellar contributions to the special issue\, this conference showcases recent scholarship that applies the methodology and technology of network analysis to the study of diverse topics in Chinese history. \nThe conference features a mix of multi-paper panels\, project presentations\, and hands-on workshops. Multi-paper panels feature scholarship empowered by network analysis and stimulate further discussion on the methodology and its application to the study of Chinese history; project presentations give brief introductions to databases and web platforms for network analysis and visualization; and workshops are interactive and focus on technical know-hows and encourage more scholars to dip their toes in this field. We aim to strike a balance between workshops for beginners and those for scholars who have already had some experience with the network analysis approach. The conference will be held on Zoom and on the mornings of July 23\, 24\, 30\, and 31. To reach out to as wide an audience as possible\, the conference will be hosted by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. We will hold the conference from 9am to 11:30am EDT\, so that people from the US West Coast\, Europe and East Asia can all participate. \nRegistration is free but will allow for better planning. We use one Zoom link for all sessions on each conference day. Therefore\, attendees must register separately for each day of conference\, but they do not need to register separately for each individual session. We will send out pertinent materials (e.g.\, paper abstracts\, handouts\, links to data and software) prior to each day of conference. To receive these materials\, attendees must register no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 21 (for July 23 and 24 sessions) and July 28 (for July 30 and 31 sessions). \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://fccsdigitalchina.github.io/hnrcs2021/#/registration
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/historical-network-research-in-chinese-studies/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210723T230000
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SUMMARY:Nancy Steinhardt - Convergence and Entanglement:  Reconsidering the Mongol Architectural Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Nancy Steinhardt\, Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art\, University of Pennsylvania \nAmong approximately four hundred buildings that survive in China from the period of Mongolian rule\, 1271-1368\, about one percent have features that sharply distinguish them from the rest: a pagoda\, a minaret\, an observatory\, a mausoleum\, and rock-carved architecture are examples. The pagoda\, minaret\, and observatory are put forth in any study that seeks to prove the infiltration of foreign architecture into China during the Mongol century.\nWe are pleased to invite Professor Nancy Steinhardt\, Professor of East Asian Art at UPenn and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania Museum\, to present part of her work on the narrative of Chinese architecture during Mongolian rule.\nThis lecture\, “Convergence and Entanglement: Reconsidering the Mongol Architectural Narrative” re-examines these buildings and their relation in the scope of Chinese architecture. The five buildings featured in this talk calls for a reconsideration of the impact of Mongolian rule on Chinese architecture\, guided by the themes of convergence and entanglement. The lecture comes as part of CAMLab Embodied Architecture project\, endeavoring to highlight the work of Chinese architects. \nNancy Steinhardt is Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania where she has taught since 1982. She received her PhD at Harvard in 1981 and was a Junior Fellow at Harvard from 1978-81. Steinhardt taught at Bryn Mawr from 1981-1982. She has broad research interests in the art and architecture of China and China’s border regions\, particularly problems that result from the interaction between Chinese art and that of peoples to the North\, Northeast\, and Northwest. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ORWTbEjCRr6ByTiAXdGwDg
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/nancy-steinhardt-convergence-and-entanglement-reconsidering-the-mongol-architectural-narrative/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210730T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T075959
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210630T124304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T124304Z
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SUMMARY:Historical Network Research in Chinese Studies
DESCRIPTION:Friday July 23 – Satuday\, July 24\, 2021 | 9:00 – 11:30 AM EDT\nFriday July 30 – Satuday\, July 31\, 2021 | 9:00 – 11:30 AM EDT \nFor more information\, including an agenda and speaker list\, please visit: https://fccsdigitalchina.github.io/hnrcs2021/ \nNetwork analysis is a burgeoning field in East Asian digital humanities. In recent years\, the digitization of source materials\, the proliferation of databases\, as well as the development of digital tools\, have greatly facilitated the study of networks in Chinese studies. To promote interdisciplinary dialogue between network scholars specializing in different periods of China and beyond\, Henrike Rudolph and CHEN Song\, edited a special issue for the Journal of Historical Network Research. Based on stellar contributions to the special issue\, this conference showcases recent scholarship that applies the methodology and technology of network analysis to the study of diverse topics in Chinese history. \nThe conference features a mix of multi-paper panels\, project presentations\, and hands-on workshops. Multi-paper panels feature scholarship empowered by network analysis and stimulate further discussion on the methodology and its application to the study of Chinese history; project presentations give brief introductions to databases and web platforms for network analysis and visualization; and workshops are interactive and focus on technical know-hows and encourage more scholars to dip their toes in this field. We aim to strike a balance between workshops for beginners and those for scholars who have already had some experience with the network analysis approach. The conference will be held on Zoom and on the mornings of July 23\, 24\, 30\, and 31. To reach out to as wide an audience as possible\, the conference will be hosted by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. We will hold the conference from 9am to 11:30am EDT\, so that people from the US West Coast\, Europe and East Asia can all participate. \nRegistration is free but will allow for better planning. We use one Zoom link for all sessions on each conference day. Therefore\, attendees must register separately for each day of conference\, but they do not need to register separately for each individual session. We will send out pertinent materials (e.g.\, paper abstracts\, handouts\, links to data and software) prior to each day of conference. To receive these materials\, attendees must register no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 21 (for July 23 and 24 sessions) and July 28 (for July 30 and 31 sessions). \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://fccsdigitalchina.github.io/hnrcs2021/#/registration
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/historical-network-research-in-chinese-studies-2/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T220000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
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SUMMARY:Academic Jobs Outside of the United States
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nRowena He\, Chinese University of Hong Kong\nTaomo Zhou\, Nanyang Technological University\nMary Brazelton\, Cambridge University\nCharles Chang\, Duke Kunshan \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 3 turns to the question of professional development and careers outside of American academia. The academic job market remains highly competitive\, and in recent years newly-minted PhDs have sought jobs around the world\, including in Europe and Asia. However\, students trained in the United States may be less familiar with both the international job search and the culture of universities abroad. This webinar brings together four professors who have recently taken jobs in China\, Hong Kong\, Singapore\, and the UK. They will discuss the application process\, academic life at their university\, and the challenges and opportunities of a different academic system. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f9iQ0uFQSrS9hAURtrpslg(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/academic-jobs-outside-of-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T213000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210614T204129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T154940Z
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SUMMARY:Modern China Lecture Series featuring Jeremy Brown and Louisa Lim - Reassessing June Fourth: New Approaches and Sources on the Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Jeremy Brown\, Professor\, Department of History\, Simon Fraser UniversityLouisa Lim\, Journalist and Lecturer\, University of Melbourne \nPart of the Modern China lecture series \n \n \n  \nHow significant were the events of June 1989 in the broader span of recent Chinese history?  How does the aftermath of the Beijing massacre help to explain events since then\, including what is happening in Hong Kong today?  How deep is the state-imposed amnesia about Tiananmen?  What is the future of June Fourth Studies?  Join authors Jeremy Brown and Louisa Lim for a discussion about these and other questions. \nJeremy Brown is Professor of History at Simon Fraser University.  He is the author of June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 and City Versus Countryside in Mao’s China: Negotiating the Divide. \nDr. Louisa Lim is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and the author of The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited\, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.  She was a correspondent for NPR and BBC based in China for a decade.  Her new book Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong will be published in April 2022. \nImage courtesy: Holly Angell \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/modern-china-lecture-series-featuring-jeremy-brown-in-conversation-with-louisa-lim/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Modern China Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T170000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210917T132236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T132236Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening - Happy Together
DESCRIPTION:Director: Wong Kar Wai \nOne of the most searing romances of the 1990s\, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw\, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up\, make up\, and fall apart again and again. Setting out to depict the dynamics of a queer relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong—when the country’s LGBT community suddenly faced an uncertain future—Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that’s by turns devastating and deliriously romantic. Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated color\, Happy Together is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart-tearing extremes. —Janus Films \nHarvard IDs and masks required. Harvard affiliates can RSVP at hfastudentscreenings.eventive.org. Limited seating capacity. Questions related to this program or interest in joining the student curatorial group can be directed to Alex Vasile.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/film-screening-happy-together/
LOCATION:Harvard Film Archive\, Carpenter Center\, 24 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210917T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210809T130925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220421T012204Z
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SUMMARY:Modern Chinese Humanities Seminar featuring Laurence Coderre - The Future Is Now: On Newborn Socialist Things
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Laurence Coderre\, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies\, New York University \n \n \nRead the transcript of the event here. \nWhereas the contemporary era in China is often depicted in terms of rampant\, ideologically vacuous commodification\, the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) is typically cast as a time of ubiquitous politics and scarce goods. Indeed\, with the exception of the likeness and words of Mao Zedong\, the media and material culture of the Cultural Revolution are often characterized as a void out of which the postsocialist world of commodity consumption miraculously sprang fully formed. I instead argue that the Cultural Revolution media environment and the ways in which its constituent elements engaged contemporaneous discourses of materiality and political economy anticipated the widespread commodification now so closely associated with the Reform Period (1978-present). \nTo that end\, this talk offers a brief history of the “newborn socialist thing” (shehuizhuyi xinsheng shiwu)\, which\, as a technical term originating in the 1950s\, refers to a harbinger of a progressive future emerging in the present. Not only did newborn things\, always at odds with “old things\,” help define socialism as a transitional stage of development prior to communism\, they also promised to integrate the material and the social under one conceptual roof. I develop a historical methodology inspired by the relational nature of the newborn thing\, which traces fugitive constellations of objects\, bodies\, institutions\, and social formations pertaining to the Cultural Revolution’s media environment. Of particular interest are the forms of mediation enacted by and through these constellations and the dialectic they were often said to create with the commodity-form. \nLaurence Coderre is an assistant professor of East Asian Studies at New York University. She received her PhD in Chinese from UC Berkeley in 2015. Prior to moving to NYU\, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan. Coderre’s work focuses on Chinese socialist and postsocialist cultural production. She is the author of Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China (Duke\, 2021)\, which examines the material culture of the Cultural Revolution. Her research has appeared in Comparative Studies of Society and History\, Journal of Material Culture\, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture\, and Journal of Chinese Cinemas\, as well as numerous edited volumes. She is currently embarking on a new project on theory and the everyday in the late Mao era. \nPresented via Zoom Webinar
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/laurence-coderre-the-future-is-now-on-newborn-socialist-things/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T134500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210818T142810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220801T182757Z
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SUMMARY:Environment in Asia Series featuring Zhang Meng - Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zhang Meng\, Assistant Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nPart of the Environment in Asia lecture series \n \n \nIn the Qing period\, China’s population tripled\, and the flurry of new development generated unprecedented demand for timber. Standard environmental histories have often depicted this as an era of reckless deforestation. The reality was more complex: as old-growth forests were cut down\, new economic arrangements emerged to develop renewable timber resources. Timber and Forestry traces the expansion of an interregional trade network to cover the entire basin of the Yangzi River. Of driving concern were questions of sustainability: How to maintain a reliable source of timber across decades and centuries? And how to sustain a business network across a thousand miles? Delving into rare archives to reconstruct property rights systems and business histories\, the book considers both the formal legal mechanisms and the informal interactions that helped balance economic profit with environmental management. This case from China has important implications for world-historical conversations on resource management\, commercialization\, and sustainable development. \nMeng Zhang (張萌) is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. She received her B.A. in economics from Peking University (2010) and Ph.D. in history from UCLA (2017). Zhang is a historian of late imperial China\, with particular interests in economic and environmental transformations and transnational dynamics in the rise of global capitalism. Her first book\, Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market (University of Washington Press\, 2021)\, reveals the complex reality of timber trade and resource management during the flurry of commercial development in Qing China. She is working on a second project that follows the social life of edible bird’s nests through the transnational construction of knowledge\, desire\, trade\, and credit across early modern China and Southeast Asia. \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/environment-in-asia-lecture-series-featuring-zhang-meng/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Environment,Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T130000
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210825T155654Z
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SUMMARY:Investment Screening and Supply Chain Security: Japanese\, EU\, and U.S. Perspectives on China
DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\nSarah Bauerle-Danzman\, Assistant Professor\, Department of International Studies\, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies\, Indiana University Bloomington\nSophie Meunier Aitsahalia\, Senior Research Scholar\, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Co-Director\, European Union Program at Princeton\, Princeton University\nKristin Vekasi\, Academic Associate\, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Associate Professor\, Department of Political Science and School of Policy & International Affairs\, University of Maine \nModerator: Christina L. Davis\, Director\, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor\, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study\, Harvard University \nFor more information\, please visit: https://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/panel-9-27-21 \nPresented via Zoom\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcOiuqTIrHtGDut-qpTKogX-dwA9OLZXC
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/investment-screening-and-supply-chain-security-japanese-eu-and-u-s-perspectives-on-china/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T114500
DTSTAMP:20260513T075510
CREATED:20210920T135644Z
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SUMMARY:Yangyang Cheng - Those Who Fall Behind Get Beaten Up: Can Science Build a Strong China?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yangyang Cheng\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Yale Law School; Columnist at SupChina. \nFrom the last Chinese empire to the current People’s Republic\, generations of politicians and intellectuals have sought advanced science and technology to build a strong China. They pondered the relationship between East and West\, tradition and modernity\, national allegiance and cosmopolitan ideals. Their efforts have shaped the path of China’s development and mapped the contours of Chinese identity. \nIn this talk\, I will trace their accomplishments and regrets\, as well as lessons for today\, through the lives of two men from my hometown of Hefei\, born a century apart. One was late Qing’s most revered statesman. The other is one of the first two Nobel laureates from China. As the role of science and technology becomes one of the most contentious issues in U.S.-China relations\, their stories teach about the forces that propelled China’s rise\, the ways lives can be squeezed by geopolitics\, and the risks of using science for state power. \nYangyang Cheng is a particle physicist and essayist. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times\, MIT Technology Review\, and ChinaFile\, among other publications. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Yale Law School and a columnist at SupChina.| \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://asiacenter.harvard.edu/events/those-who-fallbehind-get-beaten-up-can-science-build-a-strong-china-1454 \nPart of the Science and Technology in Asia Seminar Series
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/yangyang-cheng-those-who-fall-behind-get-beaten-up-can-science-build-a-strong-china/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Bonnie Glaser - How Great is the Risk of War Over Taiwan?
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nThere is an intense debate among experts over the likelihood of a near-term Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Senior US military officers have warned that a PRC military action could take place in the next six years. Such dire predictions are largely based on estimates of PLA capabilities. But even if China can seize and control Taiwan\, will it do so? Assessing the potential for such an attack also requires an understanding of Xi Jinping’s strategy toward Taiwan and his risk/benefit calculus. The policies of the United States and Taiwan\, and how they are viewed in Beijing\, also need to be taken into account. \nSpeaker: Bonnie Glaser\, Director\, Asia Program\, German Marshall Fund of the United States \n\n\nBonnie S. Glaser is director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She was previously senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Ms. Glaser is concomitantly a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney\, Australia\, and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum. For more than three decades\, Ms. Glaser has worked at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and U.S. policy. \n\n\n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/critical-issues-confronting-china-series-featuring-bonnie-glaser/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Critical Issues Confronting China,Critical Issues Confronting China Series,Taiwan,Taiwan Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210930T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210930T104500
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SUMMARY:The Taliban Takeover and Central Asian Security: What Will Russia and China Do?
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nAndrey Kortunov\, Director General\, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)\nYun Sun\, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program\, Stimson Center\nZuhra Halimova\, Independent Consultant\, Dushanbe\, Tajikistan\nAkram Umarov\, Center for Governance and Markets at the University of Pittsburgh; Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow\, University of World Economy and Diplomacy \nModerators:\nNargis Kassenova\, Senior Fellow\, Program on Central Asia\, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\nEdward Lemon\, President & CEO\, The Oxus Society \nThe withdrawal of U.S. forces and the speedy collapse of the Afghan government are creating a new security situation and transforming the geopolitical setting of Central Asia. Fears and concerns in the region are on the rise. What will Russia\, the traditional security provider\, and China\, the emerging provider\, do? How will they deal with these new challenges and opportunities? What are the choices facing Central Asian states\, and how much room for maneuver do they have? This roundtable will discuss the current policies of Russia\, China and Central Asian states\, and possible scenarios for future developments and their implications for the region and Eurasia at large. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mv_PAcweTuG1C7kYtYQxsQ
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/the-taliban-takeover-and-central-asian-security-what-will-russia-and-china-do/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210930T180000
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Panel Discussion - Transnational Aging in the Chinese Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nPanel Participants:Sara L. Friedman\, Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies\, Indiana UniversityRussell King\, Professor of Geography\, University of SussexSarah Lamb\, Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology\, Brandeis UniversityAndrea Louie\, Professor of Anthropology\, Michigan State UniversityNicole Newendorp\, Associate Director and Lecturer\, Social Studies\, Harvard UniversityKen Chih-Yan Sun\, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology\, Villanova University \nNearly 4.3 million immigrants in the United States are age sixty-five and over. Research predicts that the number of nonwhite elderly immigrants will continue to grow\, doubling to 36 percent of the senior population by 2050. Although the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the lives of older migrants\, the familial and social networks in which they are embedded remain in place and can translate into important protective resources. At the same time\, Chinese societies – e.g.\, mainland China\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong – have experienced rapid and large-scale social and cultural transformation over the past few decades\, resulting in complex feelings and competing perspectives by older migrants on their homeland(s). In this workshop\, six scholars in the fields of migration\, aging\, and Chinese studies grapple with the new frontier of studies on migration and life transition by focusing on two recent ethnographies about transnational aging in the Chinese diaspora. One highlights Chinese immigrants who relocate to the US at a later life stage; the other examines long-term Taiwanese immigrants who spent decades navigating life in American society and transnationally. Through our conversation\, we seek to collaboratively rethink major issues and the understudied dimensions of aging and migration. \n\n\nTranscript: Download Transcript
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-panel-discussion-transnational-aging-in-the-chinese-diaspora/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Gender Studies,Special Event
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