Events

Echoes of the Past, Visions for the Future: The Power of Ideas to Navigate the China- West Divides

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speakers:Tiziana Lippiello, Ca’ FoscariMichael Puett, Harvard UniversityAnna Irene Baka, Harvard University; Ca’ FoscariBryan Van Norden, Vassar CollegeTao Jiang, Rutgers UniversityHsinning Liu, Academia SinicaWen Yu, Boston CollegeBenjamin Gallant, Harvard UniversityKaren Turner, Harvard University; College of the Holy CrossFranklin Perkins University of Hawai’iDimitra Amarantidou, University of MacauLisa Raphals, University of California, RiversideWang Hui, Tsinghua UniversityPeter Bol, Harvard […]

Julie Tian Miao – State Inc. And Asian Diasporas in Knowledge Spaces

CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Julie Tian Miao, Associate Professor in Property and Economic Development, University of Melbourne; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center  Moderator: Anthony J. Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Harvard Kennedy School Drawing insights from three relevant yet largely separated fields of scholarship on diaspora, science policies, and (extra-)territorial development, Professor Julie […]

Modern China Lecture Series featuring Christopher Courtney – Heat and the Urban Environment of Modern China

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Christopher Courtney, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Durham University Throughout history, people living in Chinese cities have often had to contend with extreme heat. Although this is natural feature of the climate, it has been exacerbated by anthropogenic processes, which have transformed cities into urban heat islands. Drawing upon a variety of sources, […]

Big Waves, Great Earthquakes Screening No. 1 – China’s First Environmental Film – Big Tree County, featuring an introduction by Iza Ding

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Introduction: Iza Ding, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern UniversityModerator: Sam Maclean, Communications Manager, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The screening will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with filmmaker Hao Zhiqiang. The Fairbank Center's Big Waves, Great Earthquakes screening series presents its first film, China’s First Environmental Film - Big Tree County (1992). Big Waves, Great […]

Harvard-Yenching Institute Annual Roundtable – Gender and Populist Nationalism in Asia

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Panelists:Hyaeweol Choi, C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley Family and Korea Foundation Chair in Korean Studies, University of IowaIza Ding, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern UniversityTanika Sarkar, Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Visiting Professor, Ashoka UniversityChizuko Ueno, Professor Emerita, The University of Tokyo, Ph.D in Sociology Chair: Elizabeth J. Perry ,Henry Rosovsky Professor of […]

Discussion of Technology and Innovation in China 

CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

***THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY, ONLY PRE-REGISTERED ATTENDEES WILL BE ADMITTED*** Speakers:Bo An, 2023-24 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Andrew Kennedy, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public […]

Critical Issues Confronting China featuring Thomas J. Christensen – Thomas Schelling, the United States, and China’s Rise

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs *PLEASE NOTE DAY AND TIME CHANGE FROM OUR REGULAR CRITICAL ISSUES TALKS* Thomas Schelling’s theoretical work on coercive diplomacy carries important lessons for U.S. security policy toward a rising China.  This talk will address the challenges in […]

Urban China Lecture Series featuring  Zhang Qinghua – From Government to Governance: Evidence from District Border Adjustments in China

Presented via Zoom

Speaker:  Zhang Qinghua, Peking University This talk delves into the impact of within-city administrative border adjustments on individual firm productivity and local economic development. Employing a unique quasi-natural experiment conducted in China since the 1990s, the empirical analysis reveals that district border adjustments have a significant positive effect on the TFP of manufacturing firms in the […]