Jess Cohen-Tanugi – Five Tips for Creating Compelling Data Visualization
Speaker: Jess Cohen-Tanugi, Visualization Specialist, Lamont Library RSVP:https://forms.gle/BSG1esNAVgPsa8p9A Questions: fengentu@fas.harvard.edu
Ya-Wen Lei – Coping With Growing Inequality
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
International Implications from Contemporary Developments in Chinese Higher Education
William James Hall, Room 1550 33 kirkland st, cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Hamish Coates, Professor, Institute of Education and Director, Higher Education Division; Deputy Director, Global Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student Development, Tsinghua University Wen Wen, Associate Professor, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University; Deputy Director, Asian Research Center, Tsinghua University; Fulbright Scholar (2019-2020), Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Discussants: Manja […]
Film Screening – Fukuoka
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDirected by: Zhang Lu Q&A with Director following the screening, moderated by Peng Hai, PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Hae-hyo and Jea-moon were very good friends in college, eventually going their separate ways after falling in love with the same girl. They have not seen or heard from each other ever since. As […]
Film Screening – Jinpa
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesDirected by: Pema Tseden Q&A with Director following the screening, moderated by Benny Shaffer, PhD Candidate, Anthropology On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver who has accidentally run over a sheep chances upon a young man who is hitching a ride. As they drive and chat, the […]
Xin Zhang – Governance by Numbers: Origins, Present and Future of China’s Social Credit System
WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Xin Zhang, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Associate Professor, School of Law, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing Commenter/Discussant : Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor, […]
Jane Perlez – On the trail of Xi Jinping: A New York Times Correspondent on Reporting in China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead event summary here Speaker: Jane Perlez, The New York Times
Gerard Sanders and Xuan Gao – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A 21st-Century Multilateral Development Bank
Austin East, Room 101 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Gerard Sanders, General Counsel, AIIB Xuan Gao, Senior Counsel and Head of Institutional Unit, AIIB Non-pizza lunch will be served.
Roger Shih-Chieh Lo – Redemptive Society and Cold War: Tongshanshe (Fellowship of Goodness) in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Taiwan, 1949-1978
Speaker: Roger Shih-Chieh Lo, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar Chair/discussant: Michael Szonyi, Harvard University Throughout the 20th century, the two most influential redemptive societies in Chinese local society, Tongshanshe (Fellowship of Goodness) and Yiguangdao (Persistent way) both suffered various level of crackdown from different regimes. From fieldwork and local archives, however, it is evident […]
Faan Chen – Driving and the Built Environment: Is Transit-Oriented Development Effective in Shanghai?
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Faan Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University The rapid growth of cities such as Shanghai in China has presented many transportation, land use and climate change challenges for local government officials, planning and transit practitioners and property developers. These challenges include traffic congestion, […]
Reveal 揭幕 – 2019 Harvard Taiwan Arts Festival
Arts Wing, Second Floor, Smith Campus Center 1350 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe first Taiwan Arts Festival in Boston titled “Reveal” provides a platform for many artwork inspired by Taiwan. Sharing inspirations, the selected artwork display and uncover both similarities and differences of cultural influences and creative expression through the forms of painting, photography, music, architecture, and archaeology. Through this exhibition, we hope to bring viewers from […]
Gerard Sanders – Legal Paths in the World of International Organizations
WCC 1010, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Gerard Sanders, General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank