Xiaolu Ma – Transpatial Modernity: Chinese Cultural Encounters with Russia via Japan (1880–1930)
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Xiaolu Ma Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Moderator: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Household Registration: A Tale of Two Cities
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Anthony Saich, Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolDiscussant: Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of US-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School The household registration system […]
Jeongsoo Shin — Can Korean Calligraphers Write Like Wang Xizhi? The Mujangsa Stele and its Reception in a Sino-Korean Context
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Jeongsoo Shin, Associate Professor, Korean Cultural Studies, The Academy of Korean Studies; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University From the late eighteenth century, […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Sarah Chang — From Xiagang (layoffs)to the New Silk Road: SOE Reform and Urban Renewal in Southwestern China from the 1990s to the Present
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Sarah Chang, Assistant Professor of History, Miami UniversityThis presentation examines the relationship between urban renewal projects and SOE closures from the late 1990s to today. It uses published government and […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zhi — What Drives Urban Regeneration Action in China Today?
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Liu Zhi, Peking University-Lincoln InstituteOver the last few years, the Chinese government has actively promoted urban regeneration action across the country. However, many projects are not justified by demand and […]
Mark Baker — 𝘗𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢: 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘡𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘻𝘩𝘰𝘶
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Mark Baker, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of East Asian History at the University of Manchester, UK. Moderator: Xiang Zhou, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Pivot of China (Harvard Asia Center, 2024) examines spatial inequality […]
Yu Zhao — The Effectiveness of China’s Emission Controls on Air Quality, Deposition and Health Burdens
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yu Zhao, Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University; Alumnus (Postdoctoral Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project Dr. Yu Zhao is a Professor in the School of Environment at Nanjing University. […]
Heejung Seo-Reich — The Emergence of the Aesthetic Subject in Zhuangzi
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Heejung Seo-Reich, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Sun Yat-Sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Director, Asia Center, […]
Webinar: The Global Impact of the United States Election
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Erica Chenoweth, Academic Dean for Faculty Development; Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy SchoolJay Rosengard, Chair, Indonesia Public Policy Program, Rajawali InstituteAnthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; […]