Yan Xuetong and Graham Allison: US-China Competition in the Age of the Knowledge Economy
Belfer Center Library Room 369, Littauer Center 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yan Xuetong, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University Moderator: Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and former Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
The EU and China as Global Actors: The Cases of Syria and Africa
Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Catherine Gegout, Harvard Kennedy School Fidel Sendagort, Former Ambassador of Spain to Egypt The panelists will discuss the differing approaches towards conflict management, and the different ways through which China […]
Katie Hill – A History Written by Our Bodies: Artistic Activism and the Agonistic Chinese Voice of Mad For Real’s Performances at the end of the Twentieth Century
Room 422, Sackler Building 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDr. Katie Hill's talk will discuss the work of Mad For Real, a performance duo (Cai Yuan and Jianjun Xi) who work between Britain and China and became known for […]
Michael Kingston – Arctic Shipping and the Northern Sea Route, Shipping Trends, and The New Polar Code Regulations: The Concerns and Contributions of The International Insurance Industry
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates; Special Advisor, Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group, Arctic Council Moderator: George Soroka, Lecturer, Harvard University; Center Associate, Davis Center […]
Wen Luo – The Application of GIS in the Historical Settlement Geography
Speaker: Wen Luo, Deputy Director, Research Department on Cultural and Natural Resources, Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute; Visiting Scholar, IQSS(CBDB Project), Harvard University Light refreshments provided RSVP to HYL.EADH@GMAIL.COM
Margaret K. Lewis – Why Law Matters in Taiwan
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesListen to an interview with Margaret Lewis on our "Harvard on China" podcast. Download and read the transcript of this podcast interview here. Speaker: Margaret K. Lewis, Seton Hall University […]
Mandopop: 40 Years of Chinese Popular Music and Culture
Hall D, Science Center 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWatch again: Listen again: Speakers: GAO Xiaosong 高曉松 FANG Wenshan (Vincent Fang) 方文山 LUO Dayou (Lo Ta-yu) 羅大佑 Yin Yue 尹約 This is a ticketed event. Only ticket holders will be […]
Maria Adele Carrai – Sovereignty in China and the Long Legacies of History
Speaker: Maria Adele Carrai, Fellow, Harvard Asia Center; Senior Researcher, KU Leuwen, Belgium Chair: William Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard […]
Harutoshi Matsutani – The Social Cost of Automobiles and Environment Policies in Asia: A Comparative Study on China and Japan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Harutoshi Matsutani, Fellow, Harvard Asia Center; Professor of Economics, Aichi University, Japan Chair: Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus Discussant: Andrew Gordon, Lee and […]
Wen-hsin Yeh – Vast Ocean, Small People: The Aborigines of Taiwan
Speaker: Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California at Berkeley For centuries under the Ming and the Qing, indigenous communities of Taiwan (i.e. the Austronesian-speaking tribal groups in the mountains and on […]
Workshop – Ocean, Island, Shore: Placing the Global Pacific in the Age of Climate Change
HUCE Seminar Room 440 26 Oxford St. - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, United States9:00-9:05 opening remarks by organizers Chair: Xiaofei Gao (Fung Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center) 9:05-9:50 John Huth (Donner Professor of Science, Department of Physics, Harvard University) Discussant: Christina Thompson (Editor, Harvard Review, Harvard University) 9:50-10:35 John Hayashi (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Harvard University) Writing the History of Japanese Transoceanic Migration and Disease Prevention Discussant: Warwick Anderson (Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of […]
Henny Sender – Trump as China’s Friend?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Henny Sender, Financial Times Henny Sender is chief correspondent for international finance at the Financial Times, based in Hong Kong. Sender was part of a […]