• Infinite Interfusion: The Visible and the Invisible in Liao Pagodas

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Youn-mi Kim, Ewha Womans University The shamanistic Khitan people were exposed to Buddhism −the Indian religion that reached these nomads mediated by the Han Chinese sedentary culture− when they suddenly […]

  • China Humanities Seminar – Huaben and the Mind

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Speaker: Tina Lu, Yale University As a genre, huaben are relentlessly experimental. Sometimes these stories come close to stream of consciousness (especially in their depiction of dreams), and it is […]

  • Jack Downey and the Third Force in China

    Speaker: John Delury, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies. Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies Professor Delury will discuss his research on the extraordinary case of Jack Downey, who flew into Mao’s China […]

  • China Town Hall Featuring Susan Rice

    CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections Join 80+ communities across the United States in a national conversation on China. Featuring an interactive webcast with former UN Ambassador Susan Rice, […]