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  • Benjamin Ho — After Liberalism? Political Myths, Order-Building and The Return of History in East Asia 

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, China Programme; S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), SingaporeModerator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard UniversityIn recent years, questions have been posed regarding the durability of the current rules-based (liberal) international order and what this

  • Developing the Philippine-U.S. Alliance’s Integrated Deterrence through the CADC: Preparing for a Taiwan Contingency

    Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering, Boston University 610 Commonwealth Ave,, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Renato Cruz de Castro, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines The lecture will examine the Philippines’ grand strategy, the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC), and how it enables the Philippines to develop the necessary military capabilities to respond to a possible Taiwan contingency. In conclusion, the talk will argue that the AFP’s growing military

  • Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Laikwan Pang — A Sense of Justice: The Struggle with Laws in Hong Kong

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

    Speaker: Laikwan Pang, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Cultural & Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong KongDiscussant: Li Jie, Ford Foundation Professor of East Asian Studies, Harvard College Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard UniversityCan a state maintain a sense of justice among its citizenry even as it tightens the legal apparatus of social control?  This

  • Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China: Debates on Hui Identity and Islamic Reform

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

    Speaker: Hale Eroğlu, Bogazici University Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China provides a portrait of underrecognized reformists who aimed to turn Muslim subjects into active Chinese citizens and revive “true” Islam in order to aid China’s development and promote peace. Eroğlu examines reformists’ engagement with local and transnational Muslim currents, spanning “orthodox,” “heterodox,” reformist, secular, and

  • On Political Thought in China

    Ellwood Democracy Lab - Rubenstein 414AB 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Daniel Bell, Chair Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hong KongModerator: Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy SchoolJoin us for an afternoon with Professor Daniel Bell, Chair Professor of Political Theory at the University of Hong Kong and an expert on Chinese political thought, to discuss how ancient

  • China’s Industrial Overcapacity: Impacts Beyond the U.S. and Europe

    Ofer 401 Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School Led by M-RCBG Senior Fellow Padmashree Gehl Sampath, this study group looks at recent geopolitical changes in light of China’s excessive industrial capacity to assess its implications for other late industrializing economies outside of USA and Europe. It will focus on

  • Uncanny Beliefs: Superstition in Modern Chinese History

    Presented via Zoom

    Speakers: Emily Baum, Professor of History, University of California, IrvineAlbert Wu, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Chair: Michael Puett, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Harvard College Professor In the early twentieth century, scholars around

  • Celebrating the Scholarship and Legacy of Professor Elizabeth J. Perry

    Yenching Auditorium 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    This conference's registration has reached in-person capacity. You may register to view the livestream at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t0R6hZJMQx6YR27WJqR3AQ#/registration Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Conference agenda 9:00–9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks James Robson, Mark Wu, and Michael Puett, introduced by Yuhua Wang Panel I: China in Historical Perspective 9:20–10:50 a.m.Chair:

  • When Men Marry into Their Wives’ Families: Changing Patriarchy, Intimacy, and Masculinity in Everyday Family Life of Post-Reform China

    Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Speaker: Guanli Zhang, Associate Professor, School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2026-27Chair/Discussant: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Harvard University Venue

  • Taiwan Studies Workshop featuring Eyck Freymann — Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

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

    Speaker: Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow, Stanford University PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT'S START TIME HAS CHANGED TO 4PMTaiwan is where the uneasy peace between the United States and China will be tested--and possibly broken. Beijing believes that "reunification" is inevitable. American military strength has preserved peace and stability for decades, but its advantages are eroding. Beijing

  • Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Maria Adele Carrai — Can China Remake Global Digital Norms and Governance?

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

    Speaker: Maria Adele Carrai, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations of China, University of Oxford ***PLEASE NOTE THIS CRITICAL ISSUES TALK TAKES PLACE ON A THURSDAY, INSTEAD OF OUR USUAL WEDNESDAY TIME SLOT*** Drawing on the forthcoming book, China’s Normative Power in Cyberspace, this talk examines China’s growing role in shaping the norms, institutions, technologies,

  • Mapping Global China: Data, Maps, and Stories of China’s Global Presence

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

    Speakers:Adele Carrai, Associate Professor, University of OxfordDavide Zoppolato, Hong Yen Chang Center Fellow, Columbia Law School  Moderator: Iain Johnston, Gov. James Albert Noe and Linda Noe Laine Research Professor of China in World Affairs, Harvard University  Registration appreciated for planning purposes.  This presentation introduces Mapping Global China, an open-access research initiative that maps and analyzes