Events
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China Humanities Seminar featuring Robert Ashmore — Song and its Powers: Revisiting the Question of the “Musicality” of the Song-poems of Li He 李賀 (790–816)
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Robert Ashmore, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California Berkeley Li He’s own writings, as well as comments from his contemporaries and
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Modern China Lecture Series Featuring Yixin Chen — Famine and Rebellion: The Counterrevolutionary Case of the Chinese People’s Life-Saving Army in the Western Stream Villages, 1959-1960.
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Yixin Chen, Professor of History, University of North Carolina Wilmington. This talk explores why numerous cases of counterrevolutionary groups emerged in rural China during the Great Leap Forward famine
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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jeremy Daum — Unchained Watchdog: How China’s Supervision Commission Escapes Legal Bounds
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jeremy Daum, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University Discussant: Bill Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director of
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Jishun Zhang — Revolution in the Lilong and Its Legacy: Revisiting Shanghai Residents’ Committees in the Mao Zedong Era
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Jishun Zhang, 2024-25 Professor Emeritus of the Si-Mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities of East China Normal University; Fairbank Center 2024-2025 Visiting Scholar *This talk will be presented in Mandarin*
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Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan’s Empire in Korea and Manchuria
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joseph Seeley, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of VirginiaChair: Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Border of Water and Ice explores the significance of
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Chinese Companies Going Global with Han Kun 汉坤
WCC 1015, Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesAs Chinese companies expand globally, they face regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical challenges, and cross-border disputes. Whether you’re a founder, investor, or legal professional, this is a must-attend event to understand the
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Panel Discussion — Three Years In, Prospects for Peace? China-Russia-North Korea Relations on the Third Anniversary of Putin’s Ukraine War
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute; Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesEmily J. Holland, Assistant Professor, Naval War College Russia Maritime Studies Institute; former postdoctoral
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China Economy Lecture featuring Qiao Liu — How to Understand China’s Economy?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Qiao Liu, Professor of Finance; Dean, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University As China’s economy shifts from high-speed growth to a medium-to-high-speed growth stage, maintaining an economic growth rate
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Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Zhao Yawei — Escaping to Dalifornia: Lifestyle Migration in Urban China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Zhao Yawei, University of ManchesterThis presentation explores the intersection of migration studies and urban studies, focusing on the case of Dali, a small city that has experienced urban transformations
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HYI Annual Roundtable — Authoritarianism in Hong Kong
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:John P. Burns, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong KongMichael C. Davis, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Senior Research
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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Martin Whyte and Scott Rozelle — Getting Ahead in Today’s China: From Optimism to Pessimism
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Martin K. Whyte, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus; Former Acting Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies 2007-2008, Harvard UniversityScott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and
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Margarita Estévez-Abe — Citizenship and Multiculturalism in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Margarita Estévez-Abe, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics; Senior Advisor, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University Also via Zoom.