Xi Yang – China’s Coal-to-Gas Policy for Residential Heating: Between the Shadow and the Light
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Xi Yang, Visiting Researcher, Harvard-China Project; Associate Professor, China University of Petroleum Beijing Under the pressure of improving its environmental governance, China has strengthened its coal substitution policy known as “coal-to-gas” in residential heating in Northern region. This bold policy sets strict gas replacement targets for “26 + 2” key cities. However, China suffered […]
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite – “The 18th Brumaire of Yuan Shikai,” By Mao Zedong: History, Classical Commentary, and Politics.
Speaker: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, New York University Taking a small comment by the young Mao Zedong in his "Classroom Notes" as its point of departure, this talk revisits the very early days after the fall of the last dynasty. It ties them to events in post-revolutionary France and the late Han period. It ends and begins […]
Zhai Shaodong – Ground Stone Tool Production: A Forsaken Craft During Early Urbanization in China
Speaker: Zhai Shaodong, Associate Professor, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University In China, ground stone tools emerged during the transition period from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic time. However, they did not take the place […]
Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig – China, Russia, and Europe’s Authoritarian Challenge
Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Jessica Brandt, Head of Policy and Research, Alliance for Securing Democracy; Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Torrey Taussig, Research Director, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School Chair: Sebastián Royo, Professor of Government, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, Local Affiliate and Seminar Co-chair, CES, Harvard University https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2020/02/china-russia-europe-authoritarian
Lenora Chu – Lessons from China: The World’s Largest Education System
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Lenora Chu - International Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor; Author, Little Soldiers Based on journalistic research as well as her own experiences as a parent navigating the Chinese education system, Lenora will illuminate the impact of culture on education and global competitiveness, discuss differences between Chinese and Western systems, and detail […]
Kwok-leong Tang – Digital China Lab: Web Scraping without Coding
Registration Form: https://d.pr/SgidPR This workshop will introduce tools and basic skills to extract and collect data from web pages. It is intended for participants who have no familiarity with programming and coding. Participants will use two Chrome extensions to parse information from websites and learn basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In order to […]
Panel Discussion – Going Viral: The Coronavirus and its Regional and Global Implications
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWatch again on YouTube: Listen again on Soundcloud: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speakers: Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Howard Markel, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine; Director, Center for the History of […]
Panel Discussion – The COVID-19 Outbreak: Local and Global Decisions During Uncertainty
Kresge Building, G2 - bad duplicate 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United StatesPlease click here to watch/listen to our recent panel discussion on COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Panel Discussants: Gabriel Leung, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University of Hong Kong; Member of the World Health Organization expert team on COVID19; and Harvard Chan MPH Alumnus Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. […]
Chien-Huei Wu – Economic-Security Nexus: The US-China Trade War and its Implication for Taiwan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Chien-Huei Wu, Associate Research Professor, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
Jay Xu – Asia Now: A New Focus on Contemporary Art
Room 422, Sackler Building 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jay Xu, Director and CEO, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Ever since its doors opened in 1966, the Asian Art Museum has dedicated itself to inspiring new ways of thinking. Through its world-class collection, exhibitions, and programs, the AAM connects diverse communities to various aspects of Asian art and culture. To further its […]
Bin Li – From History Books to Digital Humanities Database: Methods, Tools, and Case Studies of Chinese Classics
Artificial intelligence technology has rapidly changed the study form of humanities. In this presentation, we will discuss the key issues in using natural language processing, deep learning, GIS, database and visualization technologies to design a new digital humanities database from the electronic texts of ancient books. We will introduce automatic tagging tools for ancient Chinese […]
David Wolff – Among Great Powers: Sino-Russian Relations in Recent Years
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead the event summary here Speaker: David Wolff, Hokkaido University