Association for Asian Studies – New England Regional Conference
Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA, United StatesTraces: Dark Clouds – Special One-Day Photography Exhibition
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker/Photographer: Ian Teh Asia Centers Lounge • First Floor • CGIS South Building This event is part of the Environment in Asia series at the Fairbank Center. Ian Teh is an award-winning photographer based in UK and Malaysia. He has published three monographs, Undercurrents (2008), Traces (2011) and Confluence (2014). His work is part of the permanent […]
Xie Lingyun and Imperial Performance: Deploying the Language of the Chuci
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Harrison Huang, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University The reception of the Chuci anthology has been largely framed around the representation of the attributed author Qu Yuan as a loyal subject. This talk instead traces Qu Yuan 's earlier reception and contested status during the Han dynasty, to show how the Chuci repertoire […]
Environment in Asia Series: “On the Rare Earth Frontier: How and Where We Acquire the Elements of our Possible Futures”
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Julie Klinger, Asst. Professor of International Relations, Boston University Julie Michelle Klinger specializes in development, environment, and security politics in Latin America and China in comparative and global perspective. As a geographer, Dr. Klinger’s research emphasizes in-depth fieldwork to examine the processes through which resource frontiers are produced at local and global scales. She has […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop: Cross-Strait Relations in the Trump Era
The Taiwan Studies Workshop reports back from their recent trip to Taiwan, including a closed-door meeting with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. Check back for more information soon!
China and the United States After Trump: View From Washington
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Dr. Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Regional Production Networks in East Asia: Origin, Evolution, and Implications
Speaker: Professor Min Shu, Harvard-Yenching Visiting Scholar; Associate Professor of International Economy, Waseda University, Japan Chair: Professor Daniel M. Smith, Department of Government, Harvard University In the past three decades, […]
Modern China Lecture Series: Collecting and Using Diaries and the Writing of PRC History
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Fan Shitao, Beijing Normal University
Tectonic Geopolitical Shift? The China-Russia-US Strategic Triangle in the Trump Era
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Lyle Goldstein, Associate Professor, US Naval War College Vitaly Kozyrev, Associate Professor of Political Science, Endicott College, Beverly, MA Resurgent China-Russia relations have formed a new and major factor […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: Caring for the Elderly in China – The Building of a Services Society
Speaker: Professor Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Medical Anthropology in Social Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Does Gender Matter? Nuns in a Modern Chan Buddhist Monastery
Center for the Study of World Religions, Common Room 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chin-ning Wang (Changshen Shih), PhD (Dharma Drum Institute), Visiting Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Chinese Religion, Women’s Studies in Religion Program, Harvard Divinity School Lunch will be provided.
The Path to Success and Globalization of HNA Group
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chen Feng, Chairman, HNA Group