Modern China Lecture Series featuring Selda Altan — Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Selda Altan, Assistant Professor of History, Randolph College This talk explores labor conflicts during the construction of the French railway between China and Vietnam (1898–1910) as an episode in […]
Visiting Fellow Presentation and Discussion featuring Mitch Presnick — Leveraging China’s Strengths as Alternative to Decoupling: Opportunities for Multinational Companies
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Mitch Presnick, Visiting Fellow of Practice, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Founder, Super 8 Hotels, ChinaDiscussant: William Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and T.M. Chang Professor of China […]
Kaiping Zhang — Governing China in the Digital Age: Legacies, Challenges, and Transformations
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Kaiping Zhang, Associate Professor, Political Science, Tsinghua University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2024-25Chair/Discussant: Yuhua Wang,Professor of Government, Harvard University China has carried numerous historical legacies of governance from the imperial […]
Transforming Classical Chinese Texts into Searchable Databases with AI
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Guenther Lomas, Founder, Sigtica As artificial intelligence becomes integral to the digital humanities, it offers innovative methods that transform research capabilities and uncover new insights into historical texts and cultural narratives. […]
PRC @ 75 – Memory as Resistance: From Tiananmen to Hong Kong featuring Rowena Xiaoqing He
Hall A, Science Center 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Rowena Xiaoqing He (何曉清), Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; author, Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in ChinaDiscussant: Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — Building a Digital Collection with GenAI Tools
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop focuses on leveraging GenAI tools to create, manage, and analyze digital collections for Literary Sinitic Studies. Participants will learn basic database concepts, use Nocodb for data storage, and […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Exhibit: Dunhuang and Beyond
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesA major milestone and world-renowned heritage site within Silk Road networks, Dunhuang preserves more than 400 embellished Buddhist cave shrines in present-day northwest China. Dunhuang’s cave shrines date from the […]
Taiwan Studies Workshop — The American Election Results: The View from Taipei
Presented via ZoomPanelists:Christine Lai, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, TaiwanKevin Luo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota Twin CitiesAndrew Nien-dzu Yang, Secretary General, Chinese Council of Advanced […]
Fei Huang — Bathing Through Time and Landscape: A Longue Durée History of Hot Springs in China (1000–1945)
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Fei Huang, Professor of Chinese History and Society, University of Tübingen Part of the Science and Technology in Asia series. Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center. Co-sponsored by […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zheng — Chinese Greenways: Innovative Planning, Governance, and Urbanism
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Liu Zheng, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, South China University of Technology Greenways are linear green corridors that are planned, designed, and managed for multi-use purposes. The introduction of the […]