Introducing the Chinese Text Project
The Chinese Text Project (https://ctext.org) is an online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world. Founder Donald Sturgeon introduces the database.
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: Leninism Upgraded – Restoration and Innovation Under Xi Jinping
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Sebastian Heilmann, President, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin; former Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; former research fellow, Harvard-Yenching Institute Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard University Asia Center
Harvard-Yenching Insitute Annual Roundtable Discussion: Asian Studies in Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists: Hirano Kenichiro (Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University and of Waseda University, Executive Director of Toyo Bunko (education and employment)) Park Hyungji (Professor of English Literature, Yonsei University) Wang Hui […]
Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China: Cases and Reform
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) On January 1, 2015, amendments to China’s Environmental Protection Law went into effect that would allow an estimated […]
Building Energy Efficiency Regulations in China: Policies and Trends
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Barbara Finamore, Senior Attorney and Asia Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Abstract: Energy used in buildings is responsible for 30% of China’s CO2 emissions, a percentage that is expected to grow […]
Film Screening: The Eagle Huntress
Harvard Art Museum, Menschel Hall, Lower Level 32 Quincy St, cambridge, MA, United StatesFree admission Cosponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies at Harvard University and the Harvard Art Museums
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: China – A Bullish Case
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chen Zhao, recently retired as Co-Head of Macro Research, Brandywine Global Investment Management; former Partner, Managing Editor and Chief Global Strategist at BCA Research Group Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard University Asia Center
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: John Pomfret, Author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present and Chinese Lessons; former Washington Post correspondent Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center […]
Reporting from China: A Conversation with New York Times Correspondent David Barboza
Speaker: David Barboza, New York Times reporter and 2016 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard's Nieman Foundation Join David Barboza for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities of reporting from China. Prior […]
Unpacking China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Its Energy and Environmental Implications
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Weidong Liu, Professor in Economic Geography, Assistant Director, and Chair of the Center for the Belt and Road Initiative, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of […]
Establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: The Lawyer’s View
Speaker: Natalie Lichtenstein, Adjunct Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Inaugural General Counsel, AIIB (retired) Chair: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University […]
Chinese Religions Seminar: Illness, Healing, and Ritual in Chinese Religion
Participants: Jessey Choo, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey TJ Hinrichs, Cornell University Antje Richter, University of Colorado Stephen Teiser, Princeton University Organizers: Michael Puett, Harvard University Robert Weller, […]