Urban China Series Featuring Yang Yuzhen — The Production of Public Space and Collective Memory: A Chinese Inland City Across Time 杨宇振:公共空间与集体记忆的生产——一个中国内陆城市的历时样本
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Yang Yuzhen, Professor of Architecture and Urban Development, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University ***This talk will be in Mandarin.*** Modern public spaces in Chinese cities have undergone significant changes over the past century. The transformation of Chongqing, an inland city, is an essential part of China's modernization process from east to […]
Architecture of Virtuality: Liao Dynasty Pagodas and the Embodiment of Buddhist Vision
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Youn-mi Kim, Ewha Womans University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/discussant: Ryuichi Abe, Harvard University This talk explores the pagodas of China’s Liao dynasty (907-1125), uncovering the intricate relationships between the materiality of Buddhist architecture and its entwined vision and virtuality. It’s essential to recognize that Buddhist materiality is deeply connected with its immateriality. This dual […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Kenneth Juster – How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Kenneth I. Juster, U.S. Ambassador to India, 2017-2021Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Kenneth I. Juster, AB ’76, MPP '79, JD '79, served as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021. He will discuss how China’s actions are reshaping India’s relationship with the […]
Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]
Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]
The Urban Transformation of Rural China
Taubman Building, 3rd Floor Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Nick R. Smith, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University and author, The End of the VillageModerator: Tony Saich, Director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolIntroduction: Matthew Lee, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School Over the […]
Urban China Series Featuring Rosealea Yao – China’s Housing and Construction Industry – 2023 Review and Outlook
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Rosealea Yao , Senior Analyst, Gavekal Dragonomics China’s property-market slump worsened in 2023. The burst of pent-up demand that followed the reopening from Covid containment evaporated by April, and sales deteriorated until tentatively stabilizing in August. Rosealea assesses the outlook for the property sector and risks for developers going forward, as well as the policy response and […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Julian Gewirtz – The Global China Challenge
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Julian Gewirtz, Deputy Coordinator for Global China Affairs, U.S. Department of State; former Director for China, U.S. National Security Council Moderator: Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy SchoolDr. Gewirtz will discuss the PRC's global ambitions and influence, and the efforts of the United States and its allies and partners to […]
Yang Zhao – Transitioning from Fast to Ultrafast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles: Insights into Charging Behavior, Grid Load, and Upgrade Costs
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yang Zhao, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project Abstract: Ultrafast charging for electric vehicles (EVs) could offer a solution for drivers requiring high travel flexibility and raise the prospect of swift replacement of conventional gasoline/diesel vehicles. Yet, serious concerns exist regarding the impact on the power grid and the solutions to adopt when power distribution networks cannot […]
Objects of Addiction: The Legacy of the Opium Wars
Harvard Art Museum, Menschel Hall, Lower Level 32 Quincy St, cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Mark Elliott, Vice Provost for International Affairs; Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard UniversityWilliam Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolRana Mitter, S. T. Lee Professor of U.S.–Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy SchoolMeg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of […]
Seol Paehwan — Man is the Slave of Kindness: A Gift (Sauɤa)-giving Culture and Social, Economic, Political Network in the Mongol Empire
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Seol Paehwan, Associate Professor, Department of History, Chonnam National University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/Discussant: Christopher P. Atwood, Professor, Mongolian and Chinese Frontier and Ethnic History, University of Pennsylvania Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar talkMore info: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/man-is-the-slave-of-kindness-%e2%80%95-a-gift-sau%c9%a4a-giving-culture-and-social-economic-political-network-in-the-mongol-empire/ Venue
Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]