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 […]
Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Amy Zhang – Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Amy Zhang, New York University After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) — Crisis Scenario: Imagining U.S.-China Relations and War in the Pacific
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Partner and Vice Chair, Global Affairs, The Carlyle Group; Chair of the Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation Admiral James Stavridis is Partner and Vice […]
Trump 2.0: Journalistic Insights on U.S. – Asia Relations
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:Steven L Herman, Broadcast Journalist, Voice of AmericaJosh Rogin, Columnist, The Washington PostEdward Wong, Diplomatic Correspondent, The New York Times Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of […]
Li Miao — Retaining Desire for Social Mobility Within and Beyond Schooling: A Longitudinal Ethnography of Migrant Youth in China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Li Miao, Professor, Department of Sociology, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Emily Hannum, Professor of Sociology and Education; Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania […]
Fu Hualing in Conversation With Bill Alford
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Professor Fu Hualing, Dean of the Faculty of Law; Warren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities, University of Hong Kong Discussant: Bill Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen […]
China Humanities Seminar featuring Robert Ashmore — Song and its Powers: Revisiting the Question of the “Musicality” of the Song-poems of Li He 李賀 (790–816)
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Robert Ashmore, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California Berkeley Li He’s own writings, as well as comments from his contemporaries and […]
Modern China Lecture Series Featuring Yixin Chen — Famine and Rebellion: The Counterrevolutionary Case of the Chinese People’s Life-Saving Army in the Wester Stream Villages, 1959-1960.
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yixin Chen, Professor of History, University of North Carolina Wilmington. This talk explores why numerous cases of counterrevolutionary groups emerged in rural China during the Great Leap Forward famine […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jeremy Daum — Unchained Watchdog: How China’s Supervision Commission Escapes Legal Bounds
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jeremy Daum, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University Jeremy Daum is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at […]