Chih-ming Wang – Re-Articulations: Foreign Literature Studies in Taiwan
Speaker: Chih-ming Wang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University This talk revisits the institutional and intellectual history of foreign literature studies in Taiwan through the lenses of colonial […]
Panel Discussion – Combatting Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny: Perspectives from Harvard Alumni
Speakers: Kei Ashizawa (MC/MPA 2017) U.S – Japan Relations Community Organizer and Attorney at Law Aaron Huang (MPP 2020) U.S. Foreign Service Officer Jenny Lu Mallamo (MPP 2013) Deputy Director, Global Communications & Media Relations at Council on Foreign Relations Rebecca Yang (MPP 2015) Business Advisor of U.S. Education & State and Local Government, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services Moderator: […]
Honghong Tinn – Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan, 1966-1975: Emulation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota Check back soon for more information! Presented via Zoom Registration Required Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoceChqTgvGNY7dLnS5_mIdbCPifM4qpy1 Part of the Science and Technology in Asia Seminar Series
Modern China Lecture Series Featuring Joan Judge – China’s Mundane Revolution: Vernacularizing Science and Scientizing the Vernacular in the Long Republic, 1894-1955
Speaker: Joan Judge, Professor, Department of History, York University What can we learn from intellectual detritus? Focusing on cheap print, vernacular daily-use knowledge, and common readers in the Long Republic […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Xuefei Ren – Governing the Urban in China and India
Speaker: Xuefei Ren, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University Xuefei Ren is a comparative urbanist whose work focuses on urban development, governance, architecture, and the built environment in […]
China Economy Lecture featuring Stephen Kaplan – Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas
Speaker: Stephen Kaplan, Associate Professor of Political Science and Economic Affairs, George Washington UniversityDiscussant: Laura Alfaro, Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School This book explores how China’s […]
Environment in Asia Series – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-Developmental State
Speakers:Ashley Esarey, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of AlbertaJoanna Lewis, Distinguished Associate Professor of Energy and Environment and Director of the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program (STIA),Georgetown […]
Wang Junyang – The State’s Handling of Petitioners through the Judiciary since the Abolition of Re-education through labor system in China
Speaker: Wang Junyang, Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: Yuhua Wang, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talk Presented via Zoom Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdumuqzsoG9XHE9HvJVHOv09wnZ3-zQ6d
Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Conference
The 2021 Association of Asian Studies New England Regional Conference is hosted by Harvard University's Asia-related centers, including: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Korea […]
Uyghur Culture Fest and Call to Action
Barker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MAThe Harvard Human Rights Working Group is hosting a Uyghur culture fest and call to action together with members of Boston’s Uyghur community on Monday, December 6 from 6:00-7:15 pm, […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Cheng Li – Forecasting Personnel Changes at the 20th Party Congress
Speaker: Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings InstitutionModerator/Discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University Cheng Li is […]
Mengmeng Yang – The Syntax of “NP zhi (之) VP” in Old Chinese
Speaker: Mengmeng Yang, Associate Research Professor, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-22 Chair/discussant: C.-T. James Huang, Professor of Linguistics, Harvard University This talk focuses on the syntax of the “NP zhi VP” (主之谓) structure (eg. 皮之不存,毛将安附?), which is one of the most typical and frequently used structures in Old Chinese. […]