Events

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Hanming Fang – Population Aging, Pension System, and Retirement Income Security in China

Speaker: Hanming Fang, Joseph M. Cohen Term Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Fang, is an applied microeconomist with broad theoretical and empirical interests focusing on public economics, including topics such as discrimination, social insurance, and welfare reform, health insurance markets, and population aging. In 2008, Professor Fang was awarded the 17th […]

Taiwan Studies Workshop Featuring Lev Nachman – Why is Unification So Unpopular in Taiwan? It’s the PRC Political System, Not Just Culture

Presented via Zoom

Topics: Speaker: Lev Nachman, Hou Family Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard UniversityLev Nachman received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His dissertation Movement Parties in Contested States: Taiwan’s Post- Sunflower Movement Parties focuses on contested states, examining why some flourish while others decline.Also Streaming on YouTube Transcript: Download […]

2022 Harvard Law School China Law Symposium: Charting a New Course through Uncertainties

Presented via Zoom

Topics: The Harvard Law School China Law Association (CLA) will host its annual China Law Symposium, “Charting a New Course through Uncertainties,” from Monday, March 28th to Thursday, March 31st. The Symposium brings together prominent legal scholars and practitioners to shed light on major developments in US-China relations. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear […]

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Iza Ding – The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China

Speaker: Iza (Yue) Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh Moderator: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History and Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions […]

Michael McElroy – Decarbonizing India’s Economy

Presented via Zoom

Topics: Speaker: Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University; Chair of the Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment India, the second most populous country on the planet, has enormous energy demands. It is investing billions in renewable power, with the goal of generating 50 percent of its energy requirement […]

Marites V. Detug – Philippine Presidential Election and the South China Sea: Navigating Maritime Dispute with China

Presented via Zoom

Topics: Speaker: Marites D. Vitug, Author, Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case Against China; Chair Emeritus of the Board, Journalism for Nation Building Foundation; Editor-at-Large, Rappler Chair: James Robson, James C. Kralik, and Yunli Lou Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center, Harvard […]

Victor Seow – Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia

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

Topics: Speaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University Discussants:Megan A. Black, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyConevery Bolton Valencius, Boston CollegeGabriela Soto Laveaga, Harvard UniversityModerator: Shigehisa Kuriyama, Harvard University You may choose to attend this event in person, or register for the Zoom link using the button above. Venue

China Humanities Seminar featuring Yuri Pines – The Great Unity (da yitong 大一統) Ideal: The Key to China’s Imperial Longevity?

Speaker: Yuri Pines, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem One of the most notable features of imperial China is the exceptional durability of the imperial political system. Having been formed in the aftermath of Qin 秦 unification (221 BCE), this system lasted intact for 2132 years, until the abdication of the child emperor Puyi 溥儀 on February 12, […]