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
***CANCELED*** Lizhi Liu – From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis event is canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Speaker: Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University A central question in political economy asks: how do developing states build market-supporting institutions (e.g., secure property rights, contract enforcement, and the rule of law)? Too often, political obstacles prevent developing states from adopting strong formal institutions. I propose that China has devised a novel solution […]
***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesTHIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR APRIL 2021. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College Featuring roundtable conversations on: Multispecies Entanglement Imaginaries and Representations Land, Water, Fire, Air Energy and Resource Food, Body, Health Environmental Politics and Policies of Contemporary China Building a […]
***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesTHIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR APRIL 2021. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College Featuring roundtable conversations on: Multispecies Entanglement Imaginaries and Representations Land, Water, Fire, Air Energy and Resource Food, Body, Health Environmental Politics and Policies of Contemporary China Building a […]
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce: Becoming East Asia’s Everyday Food
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce Technoscience and the Modern State
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Reinventing Post-Industrial Soy Sauce : Traditions Imagined
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]