Events

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 States

Speakers: 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 States

Speaker: 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 States

Introduction: 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 States

This 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 States

Speaker: 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 Zoom

Speaker:  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 […]

Dongsheng Zang — China’s Reception of the AI Revolution

Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Dongsheng Zang, Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington School of LawDongsheng Zang joined the faculty at University of Washington School of Law full-time in 2006, after serving as a visiting assistant professor in 2005-06. His teaching and research areas include international law and comparative study of Chinese law. In recent years, his research […]

PRC @ 75 Series — Bao Pu — An Insider’s View of Mao’s Reign: The Life of Bao Tong, Communist Reformer

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

Speaker: Bao Pu, Founder, New Century Press, Hong Kong Discussant: Michael Puett, Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, Harvard University  Mao Zedong’s 26-year reign profoundly shaped the People's Republic of China. And yet while there have been numerous social, political, and economic analyses of the PRC, the […]

Yao Yu — China’s Natural Rubber Plantation in the 1950s: A Global View

Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Yao Yu, Professor, History, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Venue

CID Speaker Series: China and the Global Economy

Ellwood Democracy Lab - Rubenstein 414AB 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speakers:David Yang, Director, Center for History and Economics and Professor of EconomicsJie Bai, HKS Associate Professor of Public PolicyMark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for China Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of LawShengqiao Lin, CID and Fairbank Center Post-Doctoral Fellow The need for policy and public engagement with China---through rigorous analysis, informed perspectives and constructive dialogue--- […]

Digital China Initiative Workshop — Beyond Chatbots: RAG and Agent

Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

This workshop delves deeper into advanced applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) beyond simple chatbot interfaces. Participants will explore how to leverage APIs to connect various tools with LLMs, build private knowledge bases for more accurate and context-specific generation, and utilize agents to expand the capabilities of LLMs in Literay Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop […]