Chinese Optics: Artful Looking
Sackler Building Room 427 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPauline Yu – ’A New Day is Upon Us’: Building the Field of Chinese Studies
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Pauline Yu, President Emeritus, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Pauline Yu served as President of the American Council of Learned Societies from 2003-19 and was previously Dean of Humanities […]
Exhibition – Fire Dream: Zhao Meng and the Reinvention of the Clay Medium
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesExploring the myriad material possibilities of clay, Zhao pushes the boundaries of the medium while reworking traditional forms. A closing reception and panel discussion will feature artists and scholars Brad […]
Celebration of Professor Roderick MacFarquhar
Memorial Church 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA, United StatesRoderick MacFarquhar 1930-2019 The Fairbank Community is Invited to Attend a Celebration on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM, at the Memorial Church of Harvard University With Tributes from […]
Exhibition – Treasures of the Za Library
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis exhibition in the first floor lounge of CGIS South features a selection of treasured items from the collection of the Za Library (Zashuguan 雜書館) and from the Harvard-Yenching Library. […]
Wilt L. Idema – A Second Look at the Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze (Hongluo Baojuan 紅羅寶卷): Some Considerations on the Development of the Genre
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wilt L. Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus, Harvard University When the Precious Scroll of the Red Gauze was first introduced to the academic world, it was presented as […]
Ezra Vogel – China and Japan: Facing History
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ezra Vogel, Author; Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University Read and download the transcript of this event here. With brief presentations by: Richard Dyck, former President, Teredyne, Japan Paula Harrell, School of Continuing Studies, Georgetown University Moderator: Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute Sponsored by […]
Isaac Kardon – Pier Competitor: China’s Global Port Expansion
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Isaac Kardon, US Naval War College Isaac B. Kardon (孔适海) is assistant professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). Dr. Kardon researches and writes on maritime disputes, Indo-Pacific maritime security and commerce, China-Pakistan relations, and the law of the sea. He teaches classes on […]
Craig Allen – US-China Trade Negotiations: No Perpetual Friends or Enemies, Only Perpetual Interests
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Craig Allen, President, US-China Business Council Read and download the transcript of the event here. On July 26, 2018, Craig Allen began his tenure in Washington, DC, as the sixth President of the United States-China Business Council (USCBC), a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing over 200 American companies doing business with China. Prior to joining […]
Mobilities & Immobilities: Histories of Modern Migration to and in the Americas
William James Hall, Room 1550 33 kirkland st, cambridge, MA, United StatesFor complete information, visit www.migrantherstory.com.
Jeffrey Ding – Law, Technology, and China’s AI Dream
Room 100, Pound Hall 1563 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jeffrey Ding, Researcher, Center for Governance of AI, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford and Creator of AI Newsletter East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
Jon Felt -Postimperial Metageographies of Early Medieval China
Speaker: Jon Felt, Brigham Young University For a long time the imperial metageography has been the dominance spatial framework though which people have studied the history of China. This metageography exaggerates the unity and centrality of the imperial court in China and of China in the world—hence the popular idea of “the Middle Kingdom.” The […]