Modern China Lecture Series Featuring Linh Vu – The Politics of Martyr Commemoration in Modern China and Contemporary Taiwan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Linh Vu, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University This talk focuses on (1) the politics of martyr commemoration in Republican China (1911–1949) and (2) the governance of the posthumous identities of the Nationalist Chinese dead in contemporary Taiwan. The Chinese Republic laid the foundation for the modern nation-state through the governance of these millions of war dead. […]
Jane Lim – Faking Origins: Imitating China in Eighteenth-Century English Literature
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Jane Lim | Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Seoul National University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23Chair/discussant: Deidre Shauna Lynch, Harvard College Professor; Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk Seating is limited. Masks are required for all audience members. Venue
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jia Qingguo – How China Will Respond to the Renewed Liberal Alliance
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jia Qingguo, Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University; Payne Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford UniversityModerator: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History and former Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Jia Qingguo is professor of the School of International Studies of Peking University. Currently, […]
Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Workshop featuring Junyan Jiang – From Kins to Comrades: Rural Clan Society and the Rise of Communism in China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Junyan Jiang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University A key paradox of social revolutions of the 20th century is that despite their radical, modernist claims, success often hinges on effective mobilization of the peasantry, who are typically conservative and inward-looking. This paper studies how traditional networks and cleavages within rural society can be […]
The Chip War: China, The US, and Europe
Ellwood Democracy Lab - Rubenstein 414AB 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:John Haigh, Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy SchoolChris Miller, Associate Professor of International History, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; author of The Chip War. Moderator: Edoardo Campanella, M-RCBG Senior Fellow This is a hybrid event. Zoom registration: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZxRp90CRRHiaDcFMLJrYWw Venue
Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars Present
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFairbank Center visiting scholars and fellows share their current research in China studies with the Harvard community. This workshop will feature five short presentations with an opportunity for Q & A discussion following each presentation. Please join us for all or some of the workshop! Lunch will be provided at 12:30. Please submit this reply […]
China Humanities Seminar featuring Lu Kuo – The Temporary Recluse: The Discourse of Not Working in Early Medieval Chinese Poetry
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Lu Kou, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University For imperial officials, “work” – fulfilling duties in the office, traveling for business, or managing lawsuits, taxation, or infrastructure – was a common subject matter for poetic treatment. Yet meanwhile, they also wrote prolifically about “not working,” which encompassed both permanent withdrawal […]
Urban China Seminar Series featuring Tingting Lu – Collaborative Neighborhood Governance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Tingting Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University The COVID-19 pandemic is a governance challenge for nations and cities across the world. While early observations have primarily focused on nation-scale government actions, our research shows that neighborhood social capital also plays a key role in Chinese neighborhoods. Drawing from collaborative governance theory, we examine the horizontal and hierarchical […]
White Paper Protests: What’s Happening in China? – Voices on the Ground
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Ya-Wen Lei, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Frank Tsai, Founder, China Crossroads, Shanghai Selina Wang, International Correspondent, CNN Beijing David Rennie, Beijing Bureau Chief, The Economist Moderator: Dorinda Elliott, Executive Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Where did the White Paper Protests that have swept across China come from, and where […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop – Taiwan Elections 2022: Examining the Results
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Lev Nachman, National Chengchi UniversitySara Newland, Smith CollegeChia-hung Tsai, National Chengchi University; 2022-2023 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Moderator: Steven M. Goldstein, Fairbank Center Associate The opposition Kuomintang party achieved what some consider to be a “blue wave” in the November 26 elections for local government offices by winning a total of thirteen […]
The Significance of Small Things: Small Hydropower, Renewable Energy, and Rural Development in the PRC, 1949-1979
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Harvard UniversityArunabh Ghosh is a historian of modern China, with research and teaching interests in social and economic history, history of science and statecraft, transnational history, and China-India history. Venue
How to Tell the Good Dongbei Story? A Dialogue with Ban Yu 讲好东北故事？班宇谈小说
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Ban, Yu ,Writer班宇（作家）Cui, Qiao, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation崔峤（北京当代艺术基金会）Michel Hockx, University of Notre Dame贺麦晓（圣母大学）Huang, Ping, East China Normal University黄平（华东师范大学）Liang, Hai, Dalian University of Technology梁海（大连理工大学）Liu, Yan, University of International Business and Economics刘岩（对外经济贸易大学）Zhang, Xuexin, Liaoning Normal University张学昕（辽宁师范大学） Moderators:David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University王德威（哈佛大学）Weijie Song, Rutgers University宋伟杰（罗格斯大学） Sponsors:Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University 哈佛大学费正清中国研究中心Asian Languages and Cultures, Rutgers University […]