Events
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2026 Harvard Visual China Graduate Symposium — Enclosures: In and Out of Worldmaking
Sackler Building Auditorium 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThroughout history, the meeting of images and architecture has generated spaces of imagination, devotion, and meaning. From murals and sculpture ensembles in Buddhist cave temples to digital projections and immersive
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China’s Political Economy: Challenges and Opportunities — Presentations by Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars and Fellows
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPresentations: Lingang Zhou, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Affairs, East China Normal University; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies The Progressive Logic of the PRC’s ConstitutionThe PRC’s constitution
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Poetry Evaluation and Gender Portrayal in Early Medieval Chinese Texts: Two Case Studies Using Language Models
Room K354, CGIS Knafel 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Wenyi Shang, Assistant Professor, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of MissouriEarly medieval Chinese texts are known for their interpretive richness, inviting a wide range of sometimes
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Electric Vehicle–Power System Interactions: Potential, Impacts, and Economics
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: ZHAO Yang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences RSVP Required EV-grid integration (VGI) has the potential to manage the power demand from EVs and utilize
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How to Cultivate a Moral Human: A Conversation with Michael Puett and Amy Zhang
CGIS South, Room S153 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeakers:Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History; Director, Harvard University Asia CenterAmy Zhang, Master's Student, Harvard Graduate School of EducationWhat can ancient Confucian philosophy offer for how we
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Film Screening and Discussion: Daughter of the Light with the Filmmaker
Hall A, Science Center 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Khashem Gyal, Filmmaker; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of the Arts, and Asia in Action Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Daughter of the Light is a deeply moving
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Subversion and Seduction: China’s Economic Statecraft
Fainsod Room (324), Littauer Building 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Audrye Wong, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteChair: Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Even as the Chinese government intensifies supply-chain coercion, it continues to
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Urban China Lecture Series featuring Wang Mengqi — Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China’s Housing Market
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Mengqi Wang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Duke Kunshan University This talk presents the vernacular concept of inflexible demand, known as 刚需/gangxu in Chinese, that people in contemporary urban China
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Fairbank Center Student Welcome Night
Riverview Commons, 10th Floor Smith Campus Center 1350 Mass Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFind out about China-related activities at Harvard and hear about opportunities available to students who join the Fairbank Center Student Network. Fun Chinese snacks will be served!This event is open
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China Economy Lecture featuring Yeling Tan — China’s Economic Security Growth Model, and the US-China Security Dilemma
CGIS South Room S250 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordTraditional conceptions of export- or domestic investment–led growth no longer appropriately capture the dynamics shaping the Chinese
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Performing Enlightenment: Buddhism and Theater in Early Modern China
Zoom Registration RequiredSpeaker: Mengxiao Wang, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern CaliforniaModerator: Thomas P. Kelly, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University In early modern
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Everyday Occupation: American Soldiers and Chinese Civilians after World War II
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Chunmei Du, Professor, Department of History, Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Associate, Harvard University Asia Center In this rich history of everyday encounters between US soldiers and Chinese civilians, Chunmei Du