Events
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What Would a Rational and Effective U.S.-China Trade Policy Look Like? Is One Still Possible?
WCC B015, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MassachusettsSpeaker: Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025) Ambassador Katherine C. Tai served as the 19th United States Trade Representative. As a member of President Biden’s Cabinet, Ambassador Tai was the
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Discovering History in China: Remembering Paul Cohen
Lower Level Conference Center Rooms 4-5, Gutman Library 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesWe hope you will join us for a symposium and celebration of the late Paul Cohen, a longtime Fairbank Center Associate and the Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of History and
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The OpenClaw Paradox: AI Agents, Labor Anxiety, and Radical Pragmatism in China
M-RCBG Conference Room B-102 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Lihui Zhang, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School In this study group, led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Lihui Zhang, we will explore how Chinese
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Li Xiaojiang: Feminism and the Question of Affect in Contemporary China
CGIS Knafel K450 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Shih-Diing Liu, 2024-25 Visiting Scholar; Professor of Communication and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of MacauModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of
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Lively (linghuo) Accumulation: China’s 1980s Coastal Development Strategy and Histories of Capitalist and Socialist Crises
Room 125, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Andrew Liu, Associate Professor of History, Villanova University Commentators:Ya-Wen Lei, Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard UniversityKashish Bastola, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Venue
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Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yuk Hui, Erasmus UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Critical Issues Confronting China series featuring Ian Johnson — Reclaiming Historical Memory and the Struggle for China’s Future
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ian Johnson, Author; Founder, China Unofficial Archives Discussant: Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History; Former Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Ian Johnson
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Taiwan: The Politics of Difference
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Anthony Hao Yeh, National Chengchi UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Taiwan Workshop featuring Thung-Hong Lin — Stormy Seas: Taiwan’s Democratic Resilience under China’s Sharp Power
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Thung-Hong Lin, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. How can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor? Taiwan is often praised for its
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Sinophone South Studies: A Dialogue
Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Chia-rong Wu, University of CanterburyKyle Shernuk, Georgetown UniversityModerator: David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University Venue
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Taiwan Studies+ 2.0 Symposium
Yenching Auditorium 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesAs Taiwan finds itself reentering into the global conversation today, where does the field of Taiwan Studies find itself in this historical moment? From the origins of capitalism to the
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Revisiting the Wasteocene: Shifting Circular Economies of Human Manure in Early 20th-Century China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Gonçalo Santos, University of Coimbra Present-day climate and environmental disruptions are connected to the workings of a global capitalist order that generates ever-growing amounts of waste. Emerging scholarship on what