Exhibition – Fire Dream: Zhao Meng and the Reinvention of the Clay Medium
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesExploring the myriad material possibilities of clay, Zhao pushes the boundaries of the medium while reworking traditional forms. A closing reception and panel discussion will feature artists and scholars Brad Miller, Jeffrey Moser, Sun Ren, Eugene Y. Wang, and Nigel Wood. Closing Event: Friday, October 25, 2019 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM Room 427 | […]
Exhibition – Treasures of the Za Library
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis exhibition in the first floor lounge of CGIS South features a selection of treasured items from the collection of the Za Library (Zashuguan 雜書館) and from the Harvard-Yenching Library. The Za Library is the biggest privately-owned library in mainland China that is open to the public. The Harvard librarians have also made available a […]
Ying Zhu – Trump’s Trade War and Sino-Hollywood Negotiation
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Ying Zhu, City University of New York; Hong Kong Baptist University Ying Zhu is a Professor of Cinema Studies at the City University of New York and Director of the Center for Film and Moving Image Research at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. She has published eight […]
Panel Discussion – Archival and Private Collection in Modern China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead and download the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of Colorado at Boulder Riley Brett-Roche, The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellow (2018); PhD Candidate in History, Stanford University Xiaosong Gao, Director, The Za Library; Associate at the Department of EALC, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial […]
Elizabeth Ingleson – Making Made In China: Race, Labor, and Politics in U.S.-China Trade 1971-1980
History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Elizabeth Ingleson, Southern Methodist University
Kyle Jaros – China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Kyle Jaros, author of China's Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development; Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China Respondent: Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business […]
Christian de Pee – Losing the Way in the City: Cities and Intellectual Crisis in Eleventh-Century China
Speaker: Christian de Pee, University of Michigan During the eleventh century, literati endeavored for the first time to write the commercial streetscape. Literati of previous centuries had written the city in the past tense, in tales of dissolute youth and in memoirs about capitals destroyed, but had otherwise hidden urban streets behind a generic blur of […]
Chen Jian – A Flawed Giant: Zhou Enlai and China’s Prolonged Rise
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai Moderator: Fred Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government https://ash.harvard.edu/event/st-lee-lecture-flawed-giant-zhou-enlai-and-china%E2%80%99s-prolonged-rise
Philippe Le Corre – China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Impact and Perceptions in Europe
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Philippe Le Corre, Research Associate, HKS Ash Center Moderator: Tony Saich, Ash Center Director, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs When China started promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in […]
Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation
Milstein East A/B 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of […]
Seyram Avle – Designing the South: Emerging Accounts of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Collaboration between Africa and China
Center for African Studies Lounge, 3rd Floor 1280 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Seyram Avle, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Panel Discussion – Ten Years of Healthcare Reform in China: Progress and Gaps in Universal Health Coverage
Kresge Building, G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of International Health Policy and Economics Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health William Hsiao, K.T. Li […]