From 30 Million to Zero Malaria Cases in China: Lessons Learned for Malaria- Eliminating Countries in Africa
On December 7–8, 2020, Harvard University will partner with National Institute for Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the World Health Organization to convene […]
Special Event – China and the United States in 2021 and Beyond: Paths Forward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7bK551_dIo https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/china-and-the-united-states-in-2021-and-beyond-paths-forward Read the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Fred Hu, Founder and Chairman, Primavera Capital Group Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College David Daokui Li, Founding Dean of the Schwarzman Scholars program, Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics, and Director of the Center for China in the World Economy […]
Song Lihong – Trauma and Transcendence: The Shadow of the Holocaust on an Israeli Sinologist
Speaker: Song Lihong, Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Glazer Institute of Jewish and Israel Studies, Nanjing University; HYI Visiting Scholar 2020-21 Chair/discussant: David Stern, Harry Starr Professor of Classical […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring James A. Millward – History of the Crisis in the Uyghur Autonomous Region: Trends in Development and Assimilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfll79Zz-k https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/history-of-the-crisis-in-the-uyghur-autonomous-region-with-james-a-millward Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: James A. Millward, Professor of Inter-societal History, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University James A. Millward is Professor of […]
Paul Blustein – Schism 2.0: China and America’s Trade Conflict in the Biden Administration
Speaker: Paul Blustein, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Senior Associate (non-resident), Simon Chair in Political Economy, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Moderator: Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring David M. Lampton – Biden Deals with China Amidst Multiple Crises, Domestic and International
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15yLfaxKkQ https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/biden-deals-with-china-amidst-multiple-crises-domestic-and-international-with-david-m-lampton?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: David M. Lampton, Hyman Professor Emeritus Johns Hopkins—SAIS; Senior Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute David M. Lampton is Senior Fellow […]
Wei-chieh Tsai – Settler Nativization in the Inner Eurasian Borderlands of the Qing and Russian Empires
Speaker: Wei-chieh Tsai, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Shenzhen University Settler nativization is an important issue, yet insufficiently studied in colonial histories of early modern Eurasian empires. In the early […]
Philippe LeCorre – EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Did Beijing Steal the Show?
Speaker: Philippe Le Corre, Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Presented via Zoom Register at:https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9rPP_9PsTgizqjl-rRhxrA
Modern China Lecture Series featuring Eddy U – A New Approach to Studying the Chinese Intellectual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ptVvXWrKI https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/a-new-approach-to-studying-the-chinese-intellectual-with-eddy-u?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Eddy U, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis No system of rule has objectified the intellectual as much as […]
Amy Langenberg and Ann Gleig – From Sudinna to the Sangha Sutra: Classical and Contemporary Buddhist Responses to Sexual Misconduct
Speakers: Amy Langenberg, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College Ann Gleig, Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Central Florida Since the 1980s, American Buddhist convert communities […]
Harvard-Yenching Library Bibliographic Orientation Session
The Harvard-Yenching Library is offering virtual bibliographic orientation sessions via Zoom to introduce you to the most important Chinese language resources. Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvcuqsqjkqHtAFzbIKdd4b6f9r-qxzNdrn
Fairbank Center Director’s Seminar Series featuring David Yang – AI-tocracy: the Political Economy of AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprZzHG68vE&feature=youtu.be https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/ai-tocracy-the-political-economy-of-ai-with-david-yang?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Read the transcript of the event here. Speaker: David Yang, Assistant Professor Economics, Harvard University The conventional wisdom suggests a misalignment between autocracy and technological innovation. In this project, […]