Beijing’s Multiple Facets from the Qing to the Present (1644-2025)
Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University 121 Bay State Rd, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:XU Yamin, Department of History, Lemoyne College Eugenio Menegon, Department of History, Boston UniversityDaigengna Duoer, Department of Religion, Boston UniversityCathy Yeh, World Languages and Literatures, Boston UniversityMA Zhao, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, […]
China Initiative: Impacts and Implications – Law, Science, and U.S.-China Relations
WCC 2012, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers: Patrick Toomey, National Security Project Deputy Director, ACLUGang Chen, Professor, MIT Mechanical EngineeringYasheng Huang, Professor, MIT Sloan SchoolEdgar Chen, Special Advisor, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association The China Initiative, […]
Peking Opera, Shanghai Style: From Mei Lanfang to Shi Yihong海上京劇：從梅蘭芳到史依弘
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Shi Yihong, Shanghai Jingju Theatre CompanyModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Sponsors:East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard UniversityFairbank Center for Chinese StudiesChiang Ching-kuo Foundation Venue
The 28th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference — Flow: A Symposium
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference is an annual event that provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on topics […]
Weixin XU — Ukraine Every Day: An Artist’s Diary of 1,090 Digital Drawings
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesArtist Weixin XU has been working on his art project “Ukraine Every Day” since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Xu has completed almost 700 works using […]
Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Koji Hirata — Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Koji Hirata, Monash University This presentation examines the city of Anshan in Liaoning Province as a case study to explore the interactions between large state-owned enterprises and local governments […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jianbo Huang — Can China Live Without Religion?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jianbo Huang, Professor of Anthropology, East China Normal University China is often labeled as the least religious nation in the world, yet its people express a rich tapestry of spirituality. […]
China Economy Lecture Featuring Heng Wang — How is China Affecting the International Economic Order?
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Heng Wang, Professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management UniversityModerator: Mark Wu, Henry Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies China’s […]
Taiwan Studies+
Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Moira Weigel, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Sarah Plovnick, Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesYedong Sh-Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages and […]
Film Screening: This Woman (這個女人)
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium 465 Huntingon Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesDirected by Alan Zhang (China, 2023, 90 min.). Mandarin with English subtitles. In her striking debut feature, filmmaker Alan Zhang explores the life of a 35-year-old woman who, after losing […]
Esther Hu — Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945: Deploying Words as Weapons
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Esther Hu, Research Affiliate, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, Pardee School of Global StudiesChair: William Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies; Spangler Family Professor […]
Hang Tu — 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤: 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Hang Tu, Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of SingaporeModerator: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University How does […]