Events
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Gender Studies Workshop: Gender, Family, and Law
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Bettine Birge, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern CaliforniaYing Zhang, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Chinese Studies, The Ohio State UniversityMara Yue Du,
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Environment in Asia series featuring Michael J. Hathaway – What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake Mushrooms and the Worlds They Make
Speaker: Michael J. Hathaway, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the David Lam Center for Asian Studies, Simon Fraser University This talk introduces the second book in an academic trilogy
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Victor Seow – Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science, Harvard UniversityCommentator: Paul Sabin, Yale University Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia is a study of the
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Buddhist Studies Forum featuring Halvor Eifring – Let the mind wander towards the Pure Land: Two 19th-Century Chinese Monks on How to Treat Spontaneous Thought
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Halvor Eifring, University of Oslo Mind wandering has been an issue within contemplative traditions for more than two thousand years. How to go about your meditation or prayer
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Panel Discussion – The Diaries of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo: Historical Reflections
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers:Wayne Chiang 蔣萬安, Member of Legislative Yuan, TaiwanHsiao-ting Lin, Stanford UniversitySteven Goldstein, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, Emeritus, Smith College; Fairbank Center AssociateModerator:Michael Szonyi, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese
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Panel Discussion – How Will the War in Ukraine Impact China’s Engagement in Eastern Europe?
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers:Jinghan Zeng, Professor of China and International Studies, Lancaster University; Academic Director of China Engagement and Director of Lancaster University Confucius Institute Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Head, China Studies Centre,
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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Bert Hofman – A Broad Assessment of the Growth Outlook for China—Will it Meet Xi Jinping’s Goals, Will China Overtake the US? How Will China Seek to Achieve this?
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Bert Hofman, Director, East Asian Institute; Professor in Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School, National University Singapore Bert Hofman, a Dutch national, is the director of the East …
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Liu Wenjin – Voice and Salvation: Listening to Ba Jin’s Random Thoughts (《随想录》）
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Liu Wenjin, Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, East China Normal University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022Chair/Discussants: David Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard UniversityJie Li, John
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Wang Shu-Li – The Heritage Complex in China
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: Wang Shu-Li, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022Chair/Discussant: William Fash, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University More Info: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-heritage-complex-in-china/
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He Zhaohui – The Bookwheel: A Cross-Cultural Story
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speaker: He Zhaohui, Professor, Institute for Advanced Confucian Studies, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022 Chair/Discussant: Ann Blair, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard UniversityMore Info: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/the-bookwheel-a-cross-cultural-story/ Venue
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Chen Long and Yang Yuanchen – China’s Real Estate Sector: Bubble, Bail-Out, or Further Growth?
Presented via ZoomTopics: Speakers:CHEN Long, Co-Founder and Partner, PlenumYANG Yuanchen, Economist, International Monetary Fund Moderators:Jinlin Li and Richard Yarrow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School Chinese businesses employing tens
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Advanced Institute for Global Chinese Studies Launch Ceremony
Presented via ZoomJoin Lingnan University in Hong Kong as it celebrates the launch of its Advanced Institute for Global Chinese Studies (AIGCS). AIGCS’s mission is to foster in-depth scholarly exchanges among institutions