Events
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Film Screening: “Song of the Reed”
In 1998, the Taiwan Women’s Rescue Foundation (TWRF) made a groundbreaking documentary that revealed the existence of Taiwanese comfort women. More than 15 years later, the same organization filmed a […]
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Can China Back Down? Crisis De-escalation in the Shadow of Popular Opposition
Speaker: Professor Alastair Iain Johnston, Governor James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Professor of China in World Affairs, Government Department, Harvard University Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by […]
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The First World War and the Idea of “China”
CGIS Knafel, K050 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis lecture will focus on the meaning of the First World War to China and China's role in the Great War. It will pay special attention to the issue how the Great War and its aftermath […]
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South China Sea: Hague and Aftermath
Boston University School of Education Auditorium 2 Silber Way, Boston, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Andrew Loewenstein, Partner, Foley Hoag Peter Dutton, Naval War College Michael McDevitt, CNA Strategic Studies Taylor Fravel, MIT
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To Ransom Destiny: The Daoist Search for Deliverance in Medieval China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFranciscus Verellen a former director of the Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient (2004-2014), where he also holds the chair in History of Daoism and currently serves as head of the EFEO Hong Kong Center.
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Inventing Nana Hsu: Creativity in Academic Writing
Room 212 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesIn the fall of 1948, a young woman in Shanghai left behind her high school Chinese literature textbook just as Communist forces made their way into the city and the […]
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The Historical Geographic Background of the Silk Road
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ge Jianxiong, Professor of the Institute of Historical Geography, Fudan University, as well as the Librarian of Fudan University.
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The Mining Industry, Caravan Transportation and Ethnic Mobilization in southwest China from the 17th to 19th Century
Speaker: Prof. Ma Jianxiong (Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology; HYI Visiting Scholar) Chair/discussant: Prof. Michael Szonyi (Director, Harvard University Fairbank Center) Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunchtime Talk This talk will […]
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Working with Looted Manuscripts: A Vindication of the Peking University Han Bamboo Strips
Over the last two decades, remarkable collections of Warring States, Qin and Han manuscripts have been purchased on the behalf of major academic institutions in China, offering exciting new materials […]
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The World of Universities in the 21st Century – Two Case Studies: UC-Berkeley & Hong Kong University
Lower Level Library, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWilliam Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University Commentators: Charles S. Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University […]
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Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Julian Gewirtz '13 Julian Gewirtz will discuss his forthcoming book, Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China, which Harvard University Press will publish in […]
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The Exile and Diplomacy of the 13th Dalai Lama (1904-1912): Tibet’s Encounters with the US and Japan
Speaker: Prof. Kobayashi Ryosuke (Toyo Bunko; HYI Visiting Scholar) Chair/discussant: Prof. Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard University) Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunch Talk This talk will show how Tibet attempted to participate in […]