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Anthony DeBlasi – The Anomaly of Tang Zhongzong 唐中宗 (r. 684 and 705-710) and the Dynamics of Tang History
Anthony DeBlasi – The Anomaly of Tang Zhongzong 唐中宗 (r. 684 and 705-710) and the Dynamics of Tang History
Speaker: Anthony DeBlasi, University at Albany, State University of New York Most accounts of the life and reigns of the Tang emperor Zhongzong have portrayed him as an addendum to the careers of his more illustrious relatives, his mother the Empress Wu Zetian 武則天 and his nephew Tang Xuanzong 唐玄宗, seeing him as merely an […]
4 events,
Ying Zhu – Trump’s Trade War and Sino-Hollywood Negotiation
Ying Zhu – Trump’s Trade War and Sino-Hollywood Negotiation
Read event summary here Speaker: Ying Zhu, City University of New York; Hong Kong Baptist University Ying Zhu is a Professor of Cinema Studies at the City University of New York and Director of the Center for Film and Moving Image Research at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. She has published eight […]
Panel Discussion – Archival and Private Collection in Modern China
Panel Discussion – Archival and Private Collection in Modern China
Read and download the transcript of the event here. Speakers: Katherine Alexander, Assistant Professor of Chinese, University of Colorado at Boulder Riley Brett-Roche, The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellow (2018); PhD Candidate in History, Stanford University Xiaosong Gao, Director, The Za Library; Associate at the Department of EALC, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial […]
4 events,
Christian de Pee – Losing the Way in the City: Cities and Intellectual Crisis in Eleventh-Century China
Christian de Pee – Losing the Way in the City: Cities and Intellectual Crisis in Eleventh-Century China
Speaker: Christian de Pee, University of Michigan During the eleventh century, literati endeavored for the first time to write the commercial streetscape. Literati of previous centuries had written the city in the past tense, in tales of dissolute youth and in memoirs about capitals destroyed, but had otherwise hidden urban streets behind a generic blur of […]
Chen Jian – A Flawed Giant: Zhou Enlai and China’s Prolonged Rise
Chen Jian – A Flawed Giant: Zhou Enlai and China’s Prolonged Rise
Speaker: Chen Jian, Distinguished Global Network Professor of History, New York University and NYU-Shanghai Moderator: Fred Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government https://ash.harvard.edu/event/st-lee-lecture-flawed-giant-zhou-enlai-and-china%E2%80%99s-prolonged-rise
6 events,
Philippe Le Corre – China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Impact and Perceptions in Europe
Philippe Le Corre – China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Impact and Perceptions in Europe
Speaker: Philippe Le Corre, Research Associate, HKS Ash Center Moderator: Tony Saich, Ash Center Director, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs When China started promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in […]
Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation
Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation
The Harvard Law School Library staff invite you to attend a book talk and discussion in celebration of the recent publication of Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of […]
Seyram Avle – Designing the South: Emerging Accounts of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Collaboration between Africa and China
Seyram Avle – Designing the South: Emerging Accounts of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Collaboration between Africa and China
Speaker: Seyram Avle, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Panel Discussion – Ten Years of Healthcare Reform in China: Progress and Gaps in Universal Health Coverage
Panel Discussion – Ten Years of Healthcare Reform in China: Progress and Gaps in Universal Health Coverage
Speakers: Winnie Yip, Professor of the Practice of International Health Policy and Economics Barry Bloom, Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health William Hsiao, K.T. Li […]
5 events,
Anya Ventura – New Media and the Study of Chinese Art
Anya Ventura – New Media and the Study of Chinese Art
Speaker: Anya Ventura, Harvard Chinese Art Media Lab RSVP: https://forms.gle/BSG1esNAVgPsa8p9A Questions? Contact Feng-en Tu (fengentu@fas.harvard.edu)
John Holden – Hard-won Confusion: Encountering China 1971-2019
John Holden – Hard-won Confusion: Encountering China 1971-2019
Read event summary here Speaker: John Holden, Senior Director for China, McLarty Associates Holden’s China career spans more than four decades, twenty-eight years of which he spent on the ground […]
James C. Lin – Developments in China’s Capital Markets and Implications of the US-China Trade War
James C. Lin – Developments in China’s Capital Markets and Implications of the US-China Trade War
Speaker: James C. Lin, ‘98, Partner, Davis Polk & Wardell; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
4 events,
Workshop – Everything Digital: An Essential Guide to Digital Tools for East Asian Studies
Workshop – Everything Digital: An Essential Guide to Digital Tools for East Asian Studies
Registration Deadline: By October 4, Friday to http://bit.ly/DigitalEA Lunch will be provided Are you wondering what digital tools might be useful for your research? Join us for an informal lunch session as we share recommendations and useful shortcuts to help you get off to a running start and make the most of your time at […]
2nd Annual “Destination: World,” Powered by PechaKucha
2nd Annual “Destination: World,” Powered by PechaKucha
From studying Hong Kong to walking Cape Town, come learn how international experiences shape the lives of Harvard undergraduates. Nine students take center stage in the Tsai Auditorium stage to share their inspirational stories about global engagement, intellectual exploration and personal discovery made possible through experiences abroad. The event will be followed by an international food […]
4 events,
Chong Ja Ian – How Hedging Made US-China Tensions Worse: Order, Strategic Competition, and Aggregated Security Dilemmas in Asia and the Pacific
Chong Ja Ian – How Hedging Made US-China Tensions Worse: Order, Strategic Competition, and Aggregated Security Dilemmas in Asia and the Pacific
Speaker: Chong Ja Ian, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
Ezra Vogel – China and Japan: Facing History
Ezra Vogel – China and Japan: Facing History
Speaker: Ezra Vogel. Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University Reception to follow.
2 events,
Michael Enright – The Greater Bay Area, Regional Integration, and the Future of China
Michael Enright – The Greater Bay Area, Regional Integration, and the Future of China
Read event summary here Speaker: Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong China’s Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a landmark in China’s regional development strategy as […]
4 events,
Shelley Rigger – Taiwan’s Tumultuous “normal election”
Shelley Rigger – Taiwan’s Tumultuous “normal election”
Read event summary here Speaker: Shelley Rigger, Davidson College Shelley Rigger, is the Brown Professor of East Asian Politics at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She has a PhD in Government from Harvard University and a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She has been a visiting researcher at National Chengchi […]
Cobus van Staden – China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: Lessons for Central Asia
Cobus van Staden – China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: Lessons for Central Asia
Speaker: Cobus van Staden, Senior Researcher on China-Africa relations, South African Institute of International Affairs. Before the Belt and Road Initiative became the heart of Chinese foreign engagement, China was already active in Africa. The lessons it learned in building railways, ports, and diplomatic networks on the continent helped to shape Beijing’s global rollout of […]
Sun Ren – Artist Talk
Sun Ren – Artist Talk
Speaker: Sun Ren The Harvard Chinese Art Media Lab (CAMLab) is thrilled to present an artist talk by actor, playwright, and ceramics pioneer Sun Ren as part of a week-long series on […]
2 events,
John Kamm – Counterrevolution in One Country: Tiananmen 1989
John Kamm – Counterrevolution in One Country: Tiananmen 1989
Speaker: John Kamm, Chairman and Executive Director, The Dui Hua Foundation Drawing on recently available materials, the speaker will examine how courts dealt with counterrevolutionary offenses and hooliganism in the aftermath of Tiananmen.
2 events,
Lucy Hornby – China’s Secret World of Shadow Banking
Lucy Hornby – China’s Secret World of Shadow Banking
Read event summary here Speaker: Lucy Hornby, Nieman Fellow for Journalism, Harvard University Lucy Hornby, a Nieman Fellow for Journalism at Harvard, has lived in China for 20 years, most recently serving as deputy bureau chief in Beijing for the Financial Times. She has reported from every Chinese province and region for the FT and […]
2 events,
William Overholt – Hong Kong: The Rise and Fall of One Country, Two Systems
William Overholt – Hong Kong: The Rise and Fall of One Country, Two Systems
Speaker: William Overholt, M-RCBG Senior Research Fellow and Former President, Fung Global Institute, Hong Kong| Lunch will be served Questions: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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