Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Workshop featuring Daniel Mattingly – The Party and the Gun: How the Military Shapes Elite Conflict in China
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Daniel Mattingly, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University How do authoritarian leaders such as Xi Jinping consolidate political power? In this book, I examine how control over the military has been crucial for elite and mass power struggles in Chinese politics. Drawing on new quantitative data on officers in the PLA, and extensive qualitative evidence, […]
Wei Wei – Family Matters: Chinese Queer Politics Around the Rise of a Family-State
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Wei Wei, Professor of Sociology, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2022-23 Chair/Discussant: Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice In Media And Activism In Studies Of Women, Gender, […]
China Humanities Seminar featuring Xin Wen – Curating a Museum of Stones: The “Forest of Stelae” (Beilin) and the Politics of the Past in Middle Period China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesRead our blog post on the event: What a Museum of Tang Stones Says About How China Views its Past Speaker: Xin Wen, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and […]
Urban China Series featuring Eli Friedman – The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Eli Friedman, Cornell University Beginning in 2014 China’s central government began pushing for more people to move to cities, as they believe that increased urbanization will be necessary in advancing a new phase of economic development. But despite cities' heavy reliance on the labor of rural migrants, major institutional obstacles remain for those wishing […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Margaret Pearson – China’s Overseas Economic Push: Influence or Backlash
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesRead our blog post on the event: Why the Narrative on China’s Rising Overseas Economic Influence Might be Inaccurate Speaker: Margaret Pearson, Dr. Horace E. and Wilma V. Harrison Distinguished […]
Film Screening: Hidden Letters, featuring discussion with Director Violet Feng
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesViolet Du Feng, Director and Producer A fascinating new documentary, Hidden Letters, introduces NuShu 女书, a secret women’s script developed 400 years ago in China’s Hunan Province to help peasants deal with […]
26th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference – Mirrors: Contemplating Asia
CGIS South CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe 26th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference is coming up this week! The HEAS conference will take place in-person at Harvard's CGIS South building on the 17th and 18th (Friday and […]
Critical Issues Confronting China featuring Ma Jun – Can China Meet its Green Targets?
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)Moderator: Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University; Director, Harvard University Center […]
Evaluating the Impact of the Feed-in Tariffs on Solar PV and Wind Power Development in China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Changgui Dong, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China Dr. Changgui Dong's research focuses on energy and environmental economics, technological change, policy evaluation and China’s […]
Brandon Dotson – Marginal Comedy and the Production of Sutras in 9th-Century Dunhuang
Barker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MASpeaker: Brandon Dotson, Associate Professor and Thomas P. McKenna Chair of Buddhist Studies, Georgetown University There is something delightful about jottings and doodles in the margins of religious books. Perhaps […]
US-China-India Triple Entente in Bangladesh
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Anu Anwar, Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Ph.D. candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesMichael Kugelman, Director, South Asia Institute, The Wilson CenterGeoffrey Macdonald, Senior Advisor for Asia, International […]
Bo Li – Regulating Fintech: The Asian Experience
WCC 2036 Milstein East A, Harvard Law SchoolSpeaker: Bo Li, J.D. ‘99, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Boxed lunch will be provided. Venue