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Jeongsoo Shin β Can Korean Calligraphers Write Like Wang Xizhi? The Mujangsa Stele and its Reception in a Sino-Korean Context
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker:Β Jeongsoo Shin,Β Associate Professor, Korean Cultural Studies, The Academy of Korean Studies; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University From the late eighteenth century, Chinese scholars took a keen interest in the steles of early Korea. Some inscriptions on those steles were seen as material evidence of ancient Chinese
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Sarah Chang β From Xiagang (layoffs)to the New Silk Road: SOE Reform and Urban Renewal in Southwestern China from the 1990s to the Present
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Sarah Chang,Β Assistant Professor of History, Miami UniversityThis presentation examines the relationship between urban renewal projects and SOE closures from the late 1990s to today. It uses published government and factory documents, oral history, and ethnography to explore how Chengduβs urbanizing projects after the 2000s redefined the purpose of urban space, ejected industrial communities from
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zhi β What Drives Urban Regeneration Action in China Today?
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Β Liu Zhi,Β Peking University-Lincoln InstituteOver the last few years, the Chinese government has actively promoted urban regeneration action across the country. However, many projects are not justified by demand and struggle to attract investment. Others lack rigorous feasibility studies and economic assessments, posing significant risk of inefficient or wasteful investment. Behind this phenomenon is what
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Presented via ZoomSpeaker:Β Mark Baker,Β Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of East Asian History at the University of Manchester, UK. Moderator:Β Xiang Zhou, Professor of Sociology, Harvard UniversityΒ Pivot of ChinaΒ (Harvard Asia Center, 2024) examines spatial inequality across China's twentieth century and beyond. It argues that by focusing on certain kinds of places, people and infrastructures, the development strategies of successive Chinese
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Yu Zhao β The Effectiveness of China’s Emission Controls on Air Quality, Deposition and Health Burdens
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yu Zhao, Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University; Alumnus (Postdoctoral Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project Dr. Yu Zhao is a Professor in the School of Environment at Nanjing University. His research interests include the quantification and evaluation of air pollutant emissions with multiple measures; analysis of regional and city air quality and its improvement
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Heejung Seo-Reich β The Emergence of the Aesthetic Subject in Zhuangzi
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Heejung Seo-Reich, Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Sun Yat-Sen University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Director, Asia Center, Harvard University What is East Asian aesthetics? In the study of aesthetics, there has been considerable doubt about the relevance of academic discussions to the
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Webinar: The Global Impact of the United States Election
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Erica Chenoweth, Academic Dean for Faculty Development; Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Kennedy SchoolJay Rosengard, Chair, Indonesia Public Policy Program, Rajawali InstituteAnthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School You are invited to an online event featuring Ash Center faculty Erica Chenoweth, Jay Rosengard, and Anthony
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Β Philipp Demgenski β The Burden of the Past: Housing Expropriation and the Changing Priorities of Inner-City Redevelopment in Contemporary China
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Β Β Philipp Demgenski, Institute of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityUnder current Chinese leadership, inner-city redevelopment has shifted from a βdemolish and rebuildβ (da chai da jian) model to prioritizing heritage preservation (baohu) and βsubtle redevelopmentβ (wei gaizao), with policies prohibiting violent evictions, requiring public interest justification, and promoting transparency in housing expropriation. Drawing on
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Yi-Chieh Lin β AI Meets Journalism: Rethinking Ethics, Efficiency, and Integrity in Taiwanese Newsrooms
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yi-Chieh Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, National Chengchi University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: John P. Wihbey, Associate Professor, Media Innovation and Technology, Northeastern University This study explores journalistsβ perspectives on the perils and possibilities of using generative AI tools in Taiwanese newsrooms, comparing specific applications across news reporting processes in Taiwan and the
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Michael Beeman β Walking Out: Americaβs New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Beeman, Visiting Scholar,Β Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford UniversityModerator:Β Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesΒ Also via Zoom. Register at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIldeyrqzsvHt1-rpjNby98mM_q0kt89fUF#/registration Venue
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The Role of Long-Duration Storage in Decarbonizing China’s Power Sector
Pierce Hall Room 301 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Haiyang Jiang,Β Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project The increasing integration of renewable energy sources introduces significant long-term uncertainty to power systems, creating challenges for maintaining energy balance over extended periods. Traditionally, coal-fired generation has provided the flexibility needed to address these imbalances. However, as coal-fired generation is phased out, long-duration storage emerges as a promising solution
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Du Ying – The Cinematic Cold War Between the US and the PRC: Hong Kong, 1950sβ1960s
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Du Ying, Professor, Chinese Literature, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant, David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University This talk examines the policies and strategies of the United States and the Peopleβs Republic of China in controlling cinematic production and access in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia during
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