The Rise of New Religions in Asia
Speakers: Helen Hardacre, Harvard University Adam Lyons, Harvard University Frank Korom, Boston University Amanda Lucia, University of California Riverside Robert Hefner, Boston University Juliane Schober, Arizona State University Gareth Fisher, Syracuse University Chien-yu Julia Huang, City Colleges of Chicago Wei-ping Lin, National Taiwan University More Info: www.bu.edu/asian/2018/01/03/the-rise-of-new-religions-in-asia/
Film Screening – China’s Van Goghs
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe documentary screening will be followed by a Q&A with Producer and Director Kiki Tianqi Yu via Skype, moderated by Benny Shaffer, PhD Candidate in Media Anthropology. About the film: China’s Van Goghs (Mandarin with English subtitles, 80 min, HD) Until 1989, Dafen Village on the outskirts of Shenzhen, China was little more than a […]
Kishore Mahbubani – Is the Chinese Government Legitimate?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead a summary of the event here. Speaker: Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore
Nathan Vedal – Philology as a Discipline in Pre-Modern China
Boylston Hall Room 203 Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Nathan Vedal, Visiting Fellow, Center for Humanities and Information, Penn State Organizer: Technical Traditions in Greece and Rome: Between Theory and Practice, Harvard University GSAS Workshop
Jing Tsu – Thinking Small in the Literary Cosmos
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jing Tsu, Yale University More than ten years after Sinophone studies, is it breaking up? This talk begins with a recent skirmish over the fraught term and its export. In the attempt to bring faraway and neglected kins into its fold, Sinophone studies is facing open resistance where writers are choosing not to belong or subscribe. Yet, this talk suggests, […]
Jeff Wasserstrom and Maura Cunningham — China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
Harvard Coop 1400 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham Harvard Coop Book Talk In this fully revised and updated third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham provide cogent answers to urgent questions regarding the world's newest superpower and offer a framework for understanding China's meteoric […]
I-Mei Hung – Encountering DocuSky: Right Here Right Now
Northwest Building, Room B129 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: I-Mei Hung, Research Center for Digital Humanities, National Taiwan University Digital China Initiative Workshop Series 我們正在經歷一個橋接的世代，一個從傳統跨越數位的世代。 在2018的春天，孤獨的人文研究之路，綻放了一朵美麗的雲彩–DocuSky。 DocuSky數位人文學術研究平台為著人文學者的研究需要而開發，以數位科技協作人文研究。學者可上傳自己的研究材料，透過各式數位工具，進行文本格式轉換、後設資料整理，憑藉自己之力建置數位資料庫；也能夠對自己掌握的材料進行文本探勘與分析，從多元的視角，挖掘潛藏於材料中的議題線索與脈絡；在傳統的線性觀察之外，以視覺化的呈現，探索文本的時空與計量資訊。 此時此地，讓我們一起來遇見DocuSky~ (此教程由國立臺灣大學數位人文研究中心提供，中英文交互使用) We’re experiencing a ‘bridge generation’, a generation to cross […]
Dennis Blair and Taylor Fravel – China, the U.S., and East Asia’s Maritime Disputes
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of the Board and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; U.S. Director of National Intelligence (2009-10); Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (1999-2002) Taylor Fravel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, […]
Scott Kennedy – The Fat Tech Dragon: Commercial and Strategic Implications of China’s Hi-Tech Drive
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Scott Kennedy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) China’s high-tech drive has drawn both fierce criticism for being unfair and breathless praise for its recent successes. This presentation […]
Asia’s Growing Generation Gap: Causes and Consequences
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesHarvard-Yenching Institute Annual Roundtable Note: This event will begin at 4:15 pm and conclude at 6:15 pm. Panelists: Cho Haejoang, Emerita, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Yonsei University, Korea Ishida Hiroshi, […]
Thomas Gold – An ‘Old Youth’ (老青年) Looks at Chinese Youth Today
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Thomas B. Gold, University of California at Berkeley Thomas B. Gold is Professor of Sociology at the University of California. Since 2000 he has also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP), a consortium of 14 American universities which administers an advanced Chinese language program […]
Barry Naughton – China’s Great Gamble
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Barry Naughton, University of California San Diego Xi Jinping is consolidating power just as China has embarked on an unprecedented push to become a global and technological power. Xi’s […]