Events
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The Historical Geographic Background of the Silk Road
Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall Boylston Hall, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Ge Jianxiong, Professor of the Institute of Historical Geography, Fudan University, as well as the Librarian of Fudan University.
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The Mining Industry, Caravan Transportation and Ethnic Mobilization in southwest China from the 17th to 19th Century
Speaker: Prof. Ma Jianxiong (Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology; HYI Visiting Scholar) Chair/discussant: Prof. Michael Szonyi (Director, Harvard University Fairbank Center) Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunchtime Talk This talk will […]
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Working with Looted Manuscripts: A Vindication of the Peking University Han Bamboo Strips
Over the last two decades, remarkable collections of Warring States, Qin and Han manuscripts have been purchased on the behalf of major academic institutions in China, offering exciting new materials […]
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The World of Universities in the 21st Century – Two Case Studies: UC-Berkeley & Hong Kong University
Lower Level Library, Robinson Hall 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesWilliam Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University Commentators: Charles S. Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University […]
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Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Julian Gewirtz '13 Julian Gewirtz will discuss his forthcoming book, Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China, which Harvard University Press will publish in […]
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The Exile and Diplomacy of the 13th Dalai Lama (1904-1912): Tibet’s Encounters with the US and Japan
Speaker: Prof. Kobayashi Ryosuke (Toyo Bunko; HYI Visiting Scholar) Chair/discussant: Prof. Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard University) Harvard-Yenching Institute Lunch Talk This talk will show how Tibet attempted to participate in […]
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Beijing Faces its Periphery: Update on Hong Kong and Taiwan
Speaker: Dr. Richard Bush, Brookings Institution: Senior Fellow, the Richard H. Armacost Chair, the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, Director of the Center for East Asia […]
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Competing Air Quality and Water Conservation Co-Benefits from Power Sector Decarbonization in China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: PENG Wei, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Co-sponsored by the China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Environment and Natural Resources Program, Harvard Kennedy […]
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What Next? Trump and Asia
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin the Harvard University Asia-related Centers for the first in a new series on the Asia-Pacific during Trump's presidency.
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The Buddha and the Dragon Princess in the Lotus Sutra — for deciphering the Devadatta frontispiece in the Heike Tokyo set
Speaker: Ryūichi Abé, Harvard University The Heike Nokyo is a sumptuously produced set of Buddhist scriptural handscrolls that was commissioned by the Heike military aristocratic clan and offered to the Goddess of Itsukushima, […]
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The East-Asian Peace: Can it Last?
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: The Honorable Börje Ljunggren, Former Asia Center Fellow; former Swedish Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center […]
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Long-Term Trend and Spatial Pattern of PM2.5-Induced Premature Mortality in China
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: WANG Haikun, Associate Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University Sponsored by the China Project, Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. With rapid economic growth, China has witnessed […]