Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang
BKC Multipurpose Room 515 Lewis Law Center, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States***WAITLIST REGISTRATION ONLY***This event's pre-registration has reached its capacity. You may register for the waitlist, and we will notify you if a space becomes available.Speaker: Audrey Tang, Inaugural Minister for Digital Affairs, Taiwan (2022-2024) Taiwan sits on the front lines of global misinformation campaigns. From election interference to fake news stories, Taiwanese society faces a […]
JFK Jr. Forum — Building a Digital Democracy
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:Audrey Tang, Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan Megan Smith, Former Chief Technology Officer of the United StatesDanielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard UniversityMathias Riss, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Also held on September […]
Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow (飞花散雪): A Performance of Calligraphy by Wang Dongling
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesWang Dongling 王冬龄, one of China’s most highly regarded contemporary ink painters, will demonstrate his luan shu (“chaotic script”) calligraphy in a special event in the Calderwood Courtyard. In this energetic performance, he will draw upon ancient texts and brush-painting traditions to create a large gestural work focused on the exalted West Lake poems of […]
Susan Greenhalgh – Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityModerator: Nicole West Bassoff, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School The 1990s were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health critics pointed to sugary soda as a main […]
China Humanities Seminar featuring Matthew Wild — When was Qing Poetry? Huang Jingren and the Ancient Song
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States**NOTE UPDATED DATE***Speaker: Matthew Wild, Preceptor in Literary Sinitic, Harvard University. This talk examines the poetics of time at the height of Qing empire. It offers a new approach to the work of the Qing poet Huang Jingren (1749–1783) against his subsequent appropriation by early twentieth-century writers who claimed Huang as a proleptic modern Chinese […]
PRC @ 75 Series – Symposium: The People’s Republic of China at 75
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityElizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityAnthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolYuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University Moderator:Mark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Oriana Skylar Mastro — The Future of Great Power Competition: Will China’s Strategy Succeed?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Oriana Skylar Mastro, Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Courtesy Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Non-resident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Moderator: Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College; Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar Oriana Skylar Mastro is a Center Fellow at […]
PRC @ 75 Series – Film Screening – Remembering the 1980s: The Documentary Series Tiananmen, featuring an introduction by Yuhua Wang & Q+A with Rowena Xiaoqing He and Shi Jian
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesIntroduction: Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityQ+A Discussion: Rowena Xiaoqing He, Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; author of Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in ChinaProgrammer: Sam Maclean, Communications Manager, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Followed by a Zoom Q+A with filmmaker Shi Jian, co-director of Tiananmen The eight-part documentary series Tiananmen, about life […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Register here. Venue
China Economy Lecture featuring Scott Kennedy — The Slow Tech Dragon: The Material and Ideational Sources of a Slumping Economy
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)Compared to a decade ago, China’s S&T capabilities have grown substantially. Nevertheless, the country’s growth prospects have diminished considerably. This presentation attempts to explain this paradox by analyzing how China’s political economy is shaping the material […]
Karine Chemla – Historiography and History of Mathematical Symbolism: A View from Chinese Sources
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Karine Chemla, Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique The common historiography of mathematical symbolism holds that it is a “European invention.” This view has been disputed based on Arabic, Sanskrit and Chinese sources. These challenges to the mainstream historiography, however, tacitly accept the common understanding of what mathematical symbolism means. In […]