Events

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 States

Speaker: 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 States

The 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 States

This 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 States

Speaker: 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 Zoom

Speakers: 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 States

Speakers: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 States

Speaker: 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

Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang

BKC Multipurpose Room 515 Lewis Law Center, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

***WAITLIST REGISTRATION ONLY***This event's pre-registration has reached its capacity. You may register for the waitlist, and we will notify you if a space becomes available.Speaker: Audrey Tang, Inaugural Minister for Digital Affairs, Taiwan (2022-2024) Taiwan sits on the front lines of global misinformation campaigns.  From election interference to fake news stories, Taiwanese society faces a […]

JFK Jr. Forum — Building a Digital Democracy

JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Panelists:Audrey Tang, Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan Megan Smith, Former Chief Technology Officer of the United StatesDanielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard UniversityMathias Riss, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, […]

Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies

Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

This 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 […]

Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow (飞花散雪): A Performance of Calligraphy by Wang Dongling

Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Wang Dongling 王冬龄, one of China’s most highly regarded contemporary ink painters, will demonstrate his luan shu (“chaotic script”) calligraphy in a special event in the Calderwood Courtyard. In this energetic performance, he will draw upon ancient texts and brush-painting traditions to create a large gestural work focused on the exalted West Lake poems of […]

Susan Greenhalgh – Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityModerator: Nicole West Bassoff, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School The 1990s were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health critics pointed to sugary soda as a main […]