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
Lin Sheng-chih – Rethinking the Religious Elements in the Tombs of Early Medieval China
Speaker: Lin Sheng-chih, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University This talk examines religious elements in the tombs of early medieval China (220–589), in an effort to gain new […]
EALC First Fridays Live Broadcast
Speakers: Hisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History: "Toward a History of Timeless Wisdom" Dylan Suher, Ph.D. Candidate in Chinese Literature: "Chinese Television at Midnight: Triumph at Midnight and the Birth of 'Television-Style Television'" The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard invites you to join us for our first ever live broadcast of our signature […]
Yukon Huang – US-China Economic Tensions: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Yukon Huang, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Co-sponsored by: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University Asia Center
The Stories We Tell and the Objects We Keep: Asian American Women and the Archives
Radcliffe Knafel Center 10 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe stories of Asian American women extend far beyond the geographic borders of the United States. Inspired by tales and objects from family history, their narratives often reflect the transnational nature of Asian American women’s lives. Despite the importance of these narratives to expanding and complicating our understanding of war, migration, inequity, and difference, the […]
Triangular Economic Relations: China, The EU, and the United States
Wexner W-434 A.B 19 Eliot St, Cambridge, United StatesSpeakers: Lucy Hornby, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University; Deputy Bureau Chief in Beijing for the Financial Times Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Faculty Director of Action Learning, the MIT Sloan School of Management Yukon Huang, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Moderator: Maria Adele Carrai, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center Co-sponsored by: Davis […]
Zhang Ke – Progress or Perish: Different Images of India in Late Qing China
Speaker: Zhang Ke, Associate Professor of History, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/progress-or-perish-different-images-india-late-qing-china