Du Ying – The Cinematic Cold War Between the US and the PRC: Hong Kong, 1950s–1960s
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Du Ying, Professor, Chinese Literature, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant, David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University This talk examines the policies […]
Andrew Collier — The Decline of China’s Property Market and the Global Economy
Room L-163, Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Andrew Collier, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School From 1992 until the boom ended in 2021, Chinese home property sales grew at an average […]
Modern China Lecture featuring Tong Lam — Let the Ore Speak: Extractivism and China’s Early Cold War Mobilization
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Tong Lam, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Toronto From Chairman Mao’s “receiving” of an ore in Zhongnanhai to the nationwide mapping of mineral resources and the mass […]
Symposium: “Vision for Tomorrow: Law, Technology, and Prosperity for a Thriving Global Community,”
WCC, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesJoin us at the Harvard Law School China Law Association’s annual China Law Symposium, “Vision for Tomorrow: Law, Technology, and Prosperity for a Thriving Global Community,” in celebration of the Lantern Festival. […]
Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Bruce Pang — China’s Property Market: Navigating the Evolving Landscape
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Bruce Pang, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Greater China For the past three decades, the real estate sector has been a cornerstone of China’s economic growth, social development, and urbanization. Commercial […]
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. […]