Shih-Diing Liu – The Political Life of Affective Spaces
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Shih-Diing Liu, Professor, Department of Communication, University of MacauChair/Discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor Of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute China is saturated with complex emotions. Although emotions are constitutive in Chinese public culture, their implications are poorly understood. In this presentation, I aim to illuminate how and why emotions and affect […]
Visiting Scholar Lecture featuring Po-Chang (Paul) Huang – Sleepwalking into a China-Taiwan War? The Underreported Crisis over Kinmen and the Danger it Entails
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Po-Chang (Paul) Huang, Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar; Research Fellow, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation Discussant: Steven Goldstein, Director, Taiwan Studies Workshop, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies On February 14, 2024, a tiny Chinese fishing raft collided with a Taiwan Coast boat near the waters of Kinmen, a Taiwan-controlled island just miles off China's Fujian coast. […]
Ja Ian Chong — Northeast Asia Is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia Is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor, Political Science, National University of Singapore Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The focus of Ja Ian Chong's teaching and research is on international relations, especially IR theory, security, Chinese foreign policy, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific. Of particular […]
Wan-an Chiang — Global Taipei: Bridging Tradition and Innovation
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wan-an Chiang, Mayor, Taipei Moderator: Anthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University Please register with a valid Harvard email address to attend […]
Linking East and West: Yue-Sai Kan and her Cross-Cultural Influence
Boston University Tsai Performance Center 685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yue-Sai Kan, television host, producer, author, entrepreneur and humanitarianDiscussant: Min Ye, Professor of International Relations, Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies Yue-Sai Kan, often referred to as ‘The Oprah of China’, is a renowned media entrepreneur, bestselling author, and philanthropist. Her talk promises to offer unique insights into China’s transformation over four decades […]
Modern China Lecture Series featuring Rebecca Nedostup – “War Being” in Mid Twentieth Century China and Taiwan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Rebecca Nedostup, Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Brown UniversityTwo decades of intense hot and cold war in China and Taiwan between the 1930s and 1950s produced not only significant economic, political, and environmental changes, but notable consequences for the epistemological structuring of everyday experience. Using examples of shifting conceptions […]
EALS Open House
Austin Hall Room 308 1515 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe East Asian Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School supports research and teaching on the law and legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia, their interaction with the United States, and their impact on global order. Please join us at our Open House to learn about upcoming EALS events and opportunities […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Also held on September […]
Joel Mokyr — China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University Join Joel Mokyr as he discusses his book "Two Paths to the Twentieth Century: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000" coauthored with Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini. Forthcoming with Princeton University Press, it explores a […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu, Shenzhen Sketch Landscape Design More information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Eyck Freymann and Hugo Bromley – Avalanche Decoupling: Economic Contingency Planning for Taiwan Crisis
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow, Stanford UniversityHugo Bromley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Geopolitics, University of CambridgeMore information coming soon. Eyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, where he studies the geopolitics of climate change and strategic deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. Trained as an economic historian and China specialist, he is also the […]
Calligraphy Art Lecture and Workshop
Gund Hall Room 111 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wang Dongling, Professor of Calligraphy and Director of the Modern Calligraphy Research Center, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou Paper and ink provided. Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyPdekMiEDa5XhgdmLmHn26csGN_s0FnHG38zBttjS3J422g/viewform Venue