China Humanities Seminar featuring Yuri Pines – The Great Unity (da yitong 大一統) Ideal: The Key to China’s Imperial Longevity?
Speaker: Yuri Pines, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem One of the most notable features of imperial China is the exceptional durability of the imperial political system. Having been formed in the aftermath […]
Environment in Asia Lecture Series featuring Victor Seow — How to Write a History of Energy in Modern East Asia
Speaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard UniversityModerator/discussant: Ling Zhang, Boston College In this session, Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University, will […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Joseph Nye – US-China Strategy and the Lessons of History
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Joseph S. Nye, Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Moderator: William Overholt, Harvard Kennedy School Joseph Nye received his bachelor's […]
Roselyn Hsueh – Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism: Sectoral Pathways to Globalization in China, India, and Russia
Speaker: Roselyn Hsueh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University Hsueh will discuss how her book’s Strategic Value Framework shows that the perceived strategic value orientation of state elites rooted […]
Nitasha Kaul – ‘Inbetween’ India and China: Bhutan’s International Relations
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesTopics: Speaker: Nitasha Kaul, University of WestminsterModerator: Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University The antagonistic relationship between India and China is marked by a high mutual threat perception, frequent hostilities along their […]
From Tangut to Taiwan: A Dialogue with Lo Yi-chin on Diaspora and Identity Politics in Fiction 從西夏到台灣：駱以軍談離散文學與認同政治
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers: Lo Yi-chin 駱以軍, Writer and winner of Dream of the Red Chamber Fiction PrizeMingwei Song 宋明煒, Wellesley CollegeModerator: David Der-wei Wang 王德威, Harvard UniversityThis roundtable will be in […]
Governing in an Interconnected World: Has the EU Joined China to shut out American Companies?
Wex-434ab Conference Room Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Camrbidge, Massachusetts, United StatesTopics: Speakers: Mark Scott, Chief Technology Correspondent, Politico (via Zoom)Tom Wheeler, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission While the US government dawdled, the EU’s new Digital Markets Act has set new […]
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Christopher Carothers – When Autocrats Clean House: Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign and Its Consequences
Speaker: Christopher Carothers, Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of PennsylvaniaModerator: Nara Dillon, Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University Corruption is rampant in many authoritarian regimes, […]
Moses on the Plain: Shuang Xuetao and New Dongbei Literature
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers:双雪涛 Shuang Xuetao, Writer程异 Jeremy Tiang, Translator张学昕 Zhang Xuexin, Critic罗鹏 Carlos Rojas, Scholar, Translator陶建 Eric Abrahamsen, TranslatorBrian Lax, Editor Organizers:王德威 David Der-wei Wang, Harvard University宋伟杰 Weijie Song, Rutgers University […]
Contemporary Chinese Society Lecture Series featuring Rachel Stern – Performing Legality: When and Why Chinese Government Leaders Show Up in Court
Speaker: Rachel E. Stern, Professor of Law and Political Science, Pamela P. Fong and Family Distinguished Chair in China Studies, UC Berkeley School of Law Rachel E. Stern is a […]
India’s Evolving Partnerships with Africa and the China Factor
Presented via ZoomTopics: Panelists: W. Gyude Moore, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development; Lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School for Public Policy; Former Minister of Public Works, LiberiaHannah Ryder, CEO, […]
Adam P. Liff – The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Adam P. Liff, Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies; Director, 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative, Indiana University. […]