East Asian Media Studies Conference
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe East Asian Media Studies Conference will present a snapshot of a young and still-forming field of inquiry. It will provide a space for discussing the question of field formation […]
Can Computation Change the Study of Chinese Culture and History?
Speaker: Richard Jean So, University of Chicago The emergence of large corpora of digitized cultural and historical texts and new methods in text mining and analysis have made possible a new form of computational analysis for the humanities and China Studies. The question and challenge is whether these new methods and "data" will enrich our study […]
Living on the Edge: Korean Brothels in Colonial Taiwan
Speaker: Jin Jungwon, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/Discussant: Elizabeth Remick, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Tufts University Harvard-Yenching Institute lunch talk, co-sponsored with […]
Visiting Scholar Presentations
Join us to hear the Fairbank Center’s 2016-17 Visiting Scholars present on the projects that brought them to Harvard.
The U.S., China, and the Future of the Korean Peninsula
Join the Ash Center for a discussion on the U.S., China, and the Future of the Korean Peninsula with Dr. Jin Park, a Public Policy Scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center and former member of the Korean National Assembly. Dr Park will be introduced by Julia Lee, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for […]
Democratic Equality and Confucian Hierarchy
Safra Center for Ethics 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 520N, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Joseph Chan, University of Hong Kong Discussant: Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School of Government **Please register HERE no later than Friday, May 12.** NOTE: The paper will be circulated one week in advance to all seminar participants. Joseph Chan is professor of the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. A leading scholar […]
Border-Crossing Ethics Textbooks in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century East Asia
This talk by Nguyen Nam presents a preliminary survey of how ethics as a branch of knowledge from the West was introduced to Japan.
An Ethics of Observation. Four Films by Wang Bing
Three Sisters (San zimei) September 9, 7:00 pm September 30, 4:00 pm France/Hong Kong 2016, DCP, color, 153 min. Mandarin with English subtitles High in the remote Yunnan Mountains live […]
An Ethics of Observation. Four Films by Wang Bing
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThree Sisters (San zimei) September 9, 7:00 pm September 30, 4:00 pm France/Hong Kong 2016, DCP, color, 153 min. Mandarin with English subtitles High in the remote Yunnan Mountains live […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series – The U.S. and China: How Should We Assess the Policy of “Engagement?”
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary Speaker: Orville Schell, Asia Society Orville Schell is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relationsat Asia Society in New York. He is a former professor and Dean […]
East Asian Legal Studies Open House
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin East Asian Legal Studies for an opportunity to meet EALS Faculty, Staff, Research Fellows, and the 2017-2018 Visiting Scholars. Light refreshments will be served.
Asia Beyond the Headlines: One Belt/One Road in Historical and Global Context
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesChair: Professor Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovksy Professor of Government; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute Professor Mark Elliott, Vice Provost of International Affairs; Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University Professor Michael Szonyi, Professor of Chinese History; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Dr. William Overholt, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center […]