State Legitimation and Popular Political Participation in the Early Modern Era: England 1560-1640, Japan 1660-1868, and China 1720-1840
Professor Wenkai He, Radcliffe/Yenching Fellow, Harvard University; Associate Professor, Hong Kong University Science and Technology, Division of Social Science Chair: Professor David Howell, Professor of Japanese History, Department of East […]
China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: James Stent, Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of XacBank of Mongolia. Pundits have been predicting the impending collapse of the Chinese banking system. The collapse has […]
“Behemoth”: Film Screening and Discussion with Director Zhao Liang
Brattle Theater 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesBeginning with a mining explosion in Mongolia and ending in a ghost city west of Beijing, documentarian Zhao Liang’s new film Behemoth details, in one breathtaking sequence after another, the […]
Trump and Asia: Business as Usual? U.S.-Asia Business and Trade in the Trump Era
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe "Trump and Asia" series continues with with a look at international business and trade between the U.S. and Asia.
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: Corruption in China on the Eve of the 19th Party Congress
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Forsythe, The New York Times Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard University Asia Center
Gender Studies Workshop: Women and Friendship in Dynastic China
Participants: Beverly Bossler, University of California, Davis Ron Egan, Stanford University Grace Fong, McGill University Eileen Chow, Duke University Maram Epstein, University of Oregon Xu Man, Tufts University Organized by: […]
Ecologies of Enclosure: Reconfiguring the Black Soldier Fly for Urban Waste Management in Guangzhou
HUCE Seminar Room 440 26 Oxford St. - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Amy Zhang, Fairbank Center An Wang Post-Doctoral Fellow
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
Day One Focus: China and Korea from 1392 (the beginning of the Choson state) to the late 19th century May 1, 2017 | 4pm - 6pm Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South […]
China Humanities Seminar: Forging a Master Key: Li Yu’s 李漁 Theory of Universal Theater
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: S.E. Kile, University of Michigan Studies of Li Yu’s theorization of playwriting and theatrical performance have generally focused on his creation of a new technical vocabulary for playwriting and […]
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesDay Two Focus: Late 19th Century and 20th Century Speaker: Odd Arne Westad is the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University, where he teaches at the Kennedy School of […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series: Fifty Years with China – A Canadian Perspective
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Bernard Frolic, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, York University Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard University Asia Center
Reischauer Lecture Series – Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesDay Three Focus: China’s relations with North and South Korea Today Speaker: Odd Arne Westad is the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University, where he teaches at the […]