Events
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Weixin XU — Ukraine Every Day: An Artist’s Diary of 1,090 Digital Drawings
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesArtist Weixin XU has been working on his art project “Ukraine Every Day” since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Xu has completed almost 700 works using
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Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Koji Hirata — Local Governments and Central SOEs: Historical Evidence from Angang
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Koji Hirata, Monash University This presentation examines the city of Anshan in Liaoning Province as a case study to explore the interactions between large state-owned enterprises and local governments
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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jianbo Huang — Can China Live Without Religion?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jianbo Huang, Professor of Anthropology, East China Normal University China is often labeled as the least religious nation in the world, yet its people express a rich tapestry of spirituality.
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China Economy Lecture Featuring Heng Wang — How is China Affecting the International Economic Order?
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Heng Wang, Professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management UniversityModerator: Mark Wu, Henry Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies China’s
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Taiwan Studies+
Plimpton Room (133), Barker Center 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Moira Weigel, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Sarah Plovnick, Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Taiwan Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesYedong Sh-Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in East Asian Languages and
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Film Screening: This Woman (這個女人)
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium 465 Huntingon Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesDirected by Alan Zhang (China, 2023, 90 min.). Mandarin with English subtitles. In her striking debut feature, filmmaker Alan Zhang explores the life of a 35-year-old woman who, after losing
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Esther Hu — Soong Mayling and Wartime China, 1937-1945: Deploying Words as Weapons
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Esther Hu, Research Affiliate, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia, Pardee School of Global StudiesChair: William Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies; Spangler Family Professor
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Hang Tu — 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤: 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Hang Tu, Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of SingaporeModerator: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University How does
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Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Amy Zhang – Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Amy Zhang, New York University After four decades of reform and development, China is confronting a domestic waste crisis. Starting in the early 2000s, Chinese policymakers came to see
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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) — Crisis Scenario: Imagining U.S.-China Relations and War in the Pacific
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Partner and Vice Chair, Global Affairs, The Carlyle Group; Chair of the Board of Trustees, Rockefeller Foundation Admiral James Stavridis is Partner and Vice
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Trump 2.0: Journalistic Insights on U.S. – Asia Relations
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief & CEO, The New TimesSteven L Herman, Former Asia and White House Broadcast News CorrespondentJosh Rogin, Lead Global Security Analyst for Washington Post IntelligenceEdward Wong, Diplomatic Correspondent, The New
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Li Miao — Retaining Desire for Social Mobility Within and Beyond Schooling: A Longitudinal Ethnography of Migrant Youth in China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Li Miao, Professor, Department of Sociology, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Emily Hannum, Professor of Sociology and Education; Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania