Mae Ngai – The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics
Speaker: Professor Mae Ngai, Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University
David Palmer & Elijah Siegler – Enchanting Huashan in the Global Spiritual Circuit: Intersecting Modes of Making Sacred Space
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: David Palmer, University of Hong Kong Elijah Siegler, College of Charleston This talk is based on the newly released book Dream Trippers (University of Chicago Press), a multi-sited ethnographic study of […]
Film Screening and In-Person Discussion with the Director – We the Workers
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesShot over a six-year period (2009-15) mainly in the industrial heartland of south China, this film primarily follows labor activists Peng Jiayong and Deng Xiaoming as they find common ground […]
Donald Sturgeon – Digital Research Tools for Pre-modern Chinese Texts
Northwest Building, Room B129 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Donald Sturgeon, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Digital methods offer increasingly powerful tools to aid in the study and analysis of historical written works, both through exploratory […]
Ezra Vogel – China’s Development and Its Role in the Global Affairs
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesKeynote Speaker: Ezra Vogel (傅高义）, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus Panelists: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of […]
David Huang – Accommodating America?: Understanding U.S. Influence in Xi’s Policy Toward Taiwan
The Ash Center invites you to a discussion with David Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies (IEAS), Academia Sinica, Taiwan and Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of National […]
Film Screening of “Plastic China” and Q&A with Director Wang Jiuliang
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAfter the screening, Director Wang Jiuliang will attend via Skype for a Q&A with the audience moderated by Professor Zhang Ling of Boston College and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. […]
Mark Gillette – Security Implications of a More Assertive China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesEvent Summary Speaker: Mark Gillette, Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command; formerly Defense Attaché-China, Defense Intelligence Agency
Xu Jian – The Legendary Yelang State in Southwest China, What, Where and by Whom? Rethinking the roles of historical writing and archaeology in reconstructing ancient history
Speaker: Xu Jian, Professor of Archaeology and Art history, Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University […]
Jie Li – Gained in Translation: The Reception of Foreign Films in the Mao Era
Speaker: Jie Li, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Discussant: Professor Carter Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, […]
Asia Responds to Trump in Asia
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesListen again on the Fairbank Center's podcast: Chair: Karen Thornber, Victor and William Fung Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Comparative Literature, […]
Lex Berman – A Practical Approach to GIS and Spatial Thinking for China Research
Northwest Building, Room B129 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Lex Berman, GIS Specialist & Web Services Manager, Center for Geographic Analysis Spatial Humanities is a synthesis between traditional historical and textual research methods and the use of geographic information systems […]