Elizabeth Ingleson – Making Made In China: Race, Labor, and Politics in U.S.-China Trade 1971-1980
History Department Conference Room, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Elizabeth Ingleson, Southern Methodist University Interested attendees should e-mail marinoauffant@gmail.com for a copy of the pre-circulated paper. Part of the Harvard International & Global History Seminar (HIGHS) series, a forum […]
Robert Spengler III – Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Robert Spengler III From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and […]
Jin Ping Mei and the World: Translation and Transculturation — A Symposium in Honor of David Roy (1933-2016)
The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University will convene a symposium on Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) in honor of David Tod Roy (1933 […]
Carma Hinton – From Goddess to Demon? Musings on the Transformation of Female Imagery in Paintings of Central Asia and China from the Late Tang to the Song Dynasties
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Carma Hinton, Asia Center Visiting Scholar; Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Visual Culture and Chinese Studies, George Mason University Chair: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard […]
Justin Lin – Seventy Years of China’s Economic Development: Reflections on Modern Economics
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesListen to this event on our podcast: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speaker: Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist, 2008-2012 Dean, Institute of New Structural […]
Jane Perlez – The Cultural Revolution Revisited: 1967-2019
Taylor Seminar Room, Lippman House 1 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Jane Perlez, 2019 Joan Shorenstein Center Fellow, Beijing Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Moderator: Lucy Hornby, 2020 Nieman Fellow, Deputy Beijing Bureau Chief for the Financial Times. […]
Shen Hongyu – The Evolving Role of Chinese Courts in International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Judge Shen Hongyu, The Supreme People’s Court of China; Visiting Scholar, The Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Exhibition – Life in Singapore: Views from Migrant Workers
Asian Centers Lounge 1730 Cambridge St. First Floor, Cambridge, MA, United StatesOrganized by: Yong Han Poh, Harvard College ’20 Exhibition Reception: Thursday, February 6, 2020; 4:15 p.m. Asian Centers’ Lounge, 1st Floor, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge Sponsored by the […]
Paize Keulemans – Acoustic Immersion and Iconic Extraction in Three Kingdoms History, Fiction, and Videogames
Speaker: Paize Keulemans, Princeton University What are the ludic attractions of a fifteenth-century novel? What role is played by historical narrative in a twenty-first-century game? How is a character developed in […]
Qu Tongli – Emergence of Modern Humans in China: Behavioral Perspectives
Speaker: Qu Tongli, Associate Professor in Archaeology, Peking University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Amy Clark, College Fellow - Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University China has been the focus […]
Wang Xiying – Intimacy, Desire, and Reproduction: Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Beijing
Speaker: Wang Xiying, Professor, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University This talk focuses on understanding the daily lives of women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA) and their coping strategies of the illness within […]
Annual Neuhauser Lecture Featuring Ambassador Samantha Power – China, the UN, and the Future of Human Rights
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWatch this event on YouTube: Listen to this event on Soundcloud: Read and download the transcript for this event here. Speaker: Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 2013-2017 Anna Lindh Professor of the Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government William D. Zabel Professor of Practice in […]