Events

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Deborah Brautigam – Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics: Sri Lanka, Angola, and Beyond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SvFjlu9ZM&feature=youtu.be https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/debt-relief-with-chinese-characteristics-sri-lanka-angola-and-beyond-with-deborah-brautigam?in=fairbank-center/sets/public-lecture-series-fairbank Reading the transcript of the event here. Speaker: Deborah Brautigam, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Director of the SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International […]

Panel Discussion – Iran and China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Between Desirable and Feasible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgTnxChTo5o&t=3s https://soundcloud.com/fairbank-center/iran-and-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-between-desirable-and-feasible Read the transcript of the event here. Speakers:Eyck Freymann, Ph.D. Candidate, Oxford UniversityNader Habibi, Professor of Practice, Brandeis UniversityDina Esfandiary, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group Moderators:Nargis Kassenova, Senior […]

Symposium: Japanese Economic Statecraft in an Era of U.S.-China Rivalry

Speakers: Takashi Shiraishi, Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto; President, Graduate Research Institute of Policy Studies (2011-2017); President, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO (2007-2018) Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations, Department of […]