• Xi Yang – China’s Coal-to-Gas Policy for Residential Heating: Between the Shadow and the Light

    Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Xi Yang, Visiting Researcher, Harvard-China Project; Associate Professor, China University of Petroleum Beijing Under the pressure of improving its environmental governance, China has strengthened its coal substitution policy known as “coal-to-gas” in residential heating in Northern region. This bold policy sets strict gas replacement targets for “26 + 2” key cities. However, China suffered […]

  • Exhibition – Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape

    Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, Lower Level 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Photographs by Lisa Ross Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Harvard Asia Center Arts Initiative; with support from the Provostial Fund Committee, Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities

  • Zhai Shaodong – Ground Stone Tool Production: A Forsaken Craft During Early Urbanization in China

    Speaker: Zhai Shaodong, Associate Professor, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Rowan Flad, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University In China, ground stone tools emerged during the transition period from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic time. However, they did not take the place […]

  • Jessica Brandt and Torrey Taussig – China, Russia, and Europe’s Authoritarian Challenge

    Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speakers: Jessica Brandt, Head of Policy and Research, Alliance for Securing Democracy; Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Torrey Taussig, Research Director, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship, Harvard Kennedy School Chair: Sebastián Royo, Professor of Government, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar 2019-2020, Local Affiliate and Seminar Co-chair, CES, Harvard University https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2020/02/china-russia-europe-authoritarian

  • Lenora Chu – Lessons from China: The World’s Largest Education System

    CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Read event summary here Speaker: Lenora Chu - International Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor; Author, Little Soldiers Based on journalistic research as well as her own experiences as a parent navigating the Chinese education system, Lenora will illuminate the impact of culture on education and global competitiveness, discuss differences between Chinese and Western systems, and detail […]

  • Kwok-leong Tang – Digital China Lab: Web Scraping without Coding

    Registration Form: https://d.pr/SgidPR This workshop will introduce tools and basic skills to extract and collect data from web pages. It is intended for participants who have no familiarity with programming and coding. Participants will use two Chrome extensions to parse information from websites and learn basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In order to […]

  • Panel Discussion – Going Viral: The Coronavirus and its Regional and Global Implications

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Watch again on YouTube: Listen again on Soundcloud: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speakers: Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Howard Markel, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine; Director, Center for the History of […]

  • Panel Discussion – The COVID-19 Outbreak: Local and Global Decisions During Uncertainty

    Kresge Building, G2 - bad duplicate 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

    Please click here to watch/listen to our recent panel discussion on COVID-19 (Coronavirus).  Panel Discussants: Gabriel Leung, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University of Hong Kong; Member of the World Health Organization expert team on COVID19; and Harvard Chan MPH Alumnus Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. […]

  • Jay Xu – Asia Now: A New Focus on Contemporary Art

    Room 422, Sackler Building 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Jay Xu, Director and CEO, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Ever since its doors opened in 1966, the Asian Art Museum has dedicated itself to inspiring new ways of thinking. Through its world-class collection, exhibitions, and programs, the AAM connects diverse communities to various aspects of Asian art and culture. To further its […]