Events
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2026 Harvard Visual China Graduate Symposium — Enclosures: In and Out of Worldmaking
Sackler Building Auditorium 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThroughout history, the meeting of images and architecture has generated spaces of imagination, devotion, and meaning. From murals and sculpture ensembles in Buddhist cave temples to digital projections and immersive
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China’s Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities — Presentations by Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars and Fellows
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPresentations: Lingang Zhou, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Affairs, East China Normal University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The Progressive Logic of the PRC’s ConstitutionThe PRC’s constitution
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Poetry Evaluation and Gender Portrayal in Early Medieval Chinese Texts: Two Case Studies Using Language Models
Room K354, CGIS Knafel 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Wenyi Shang, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of MissouriEarly medieval Chinese texts are known for their interpretive richness, inviting a wide range of sometimes
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Electric Vehicle–Power System Interactions: Potential, Impacts, and Economics
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: ZHAO Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences RSVP Required EV-grid integration (VGI) has the potential to manage the power demand from EVs and utilize
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How to Cultivate a Moral Human: A Conversation with Michael Puett and Amy Zhang
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History; Director, Harvard University Asia CenterAmy Zhang, Master's Student, Harvard Graduate School of EducationWhat can ancient Confucian philosophy offer for how we
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Film Screening and Discussion: Daughter of the Light with the Filmmaker
Hall A, Science Center 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Khashem Gyal, Filmmaker; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of the Arts, and Asia in Action Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Daughter of the Light is a deeply moving
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Wang Mengqi — Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China’s Housing Market
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Mengqi Wang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Duke Kunshan University This talk presents the vernacular concept of inflexible demand, known as 刚需/gangxu in Chinese, that people in contemporary urban China
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Treng Ta
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Treng Ta, University of Maryland Baltimore County More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94120080608 Venue
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhu Jin
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Zhu Jin, Hong Kong University More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94120080608 Venue
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhang Qingyong
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Zhang Qingyong, Renmin University More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94120080608 Venue
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Susan Whiting — Illiberal Law and Development: Property Rights and Conflict over Land in China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker:Susan Whiting, University of Washington In Illiberal Law and Development, Susan H. Whiting advances institutional economic theory with original survey and fieldwork data, addressing two puzzles in Chinese political economy: