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Exhibition – Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape
Photographs by Lisa Ross Sponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Harvard Asia Center Arts Initiative; with support from the Provostial Fund Committee, Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities
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Panel Discussion – The COVID-19 Outbreak: Local and Global Decisions During Uncertainty
Panel Discussion – The COVID-19 Outbreak: Local and Global Decisions During Uncertainty
Please click here to watch/listen to our recent panel discussion on COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Panel Discussants: Gabriel Leung, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University […]
3 events,
Jay Xu – Asia Now: A New Focus on Contemporary Art
Jay Xu – Asia Now: A New Focus on Contemporary Art
Speaker: Jay Xu, Director and CEO, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Ever since its doors opened in 1966, the Asian Art Museum has dedicated itself to inspiring new ways […]
Chien-Huei Wu – Economic-Security Nexus: The US-China Trade War and its Implication for Taiwan
Chien-Huei Wu – Economic-Security Nexus: The US-China Trade War and its Implication for Taiwan
Speaker: Chien-Huei Wu, Associate Research Professor, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
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Bin Li – From History Books to Digital Humanities Database: Methods, Tools, and Case Studies of Chinese Classics
Bin Li – From History Books to Digital Humanities Database: Methods, Tools, and Case Studies of Chinese Classics
Artificial intelligence technology has rapidly changed the study form of humanities. In this presentation, we will discuss the key issues in using natural language processing, deep learning, GIS, database and […]
David Wolff – Among Great Powers: Sino-Russian Relations in Recent Years
David Wolff – Among Great Powers: Sino-Russian Relations in Recent Years
Read the event summary here Speaker: David Wolff, Hokkaido University
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Lin Sheng-chih – Rethinking the Religious Elements in the Tombs of Early Medieval China
Lin Sheng-chih – Rethinking the Religious Elements in the Tombs of Early Medieval China
Speaker: Lin Sheng-chih, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Department of History […]
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EALC First Fridays Live Broadcast
EALC First Fridays Live Broadcast
Speakers: Hisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History: "Toward a History of Timeless Wisdom" Dylan Suher, Ph.D. Candidate in Chinese Literature: "Chinese Television at Midnight: Triumph at Midnight and the Birth of 'Television-Style […]
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Yukon Huang – US-China Economic Tensions: Past, Present, and Future
Yukon Huang – US-China Economic Tensions: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Yukon Huang, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Co-sponsored by: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University Asia Center
The Stories We Tell and the Objects We Keep: Asian American Women and the Archives
The Stories We Tell and the Objects We Keep: Asian American Women and the Archives
The stories of Asian American women extend far beyond the geographic borders of the United States. Inspired by tales and objects from family history, their narratives often reflect the transnational […]
Triangular Economic Relations: China, The EU, and the United States
Triangular Economic Relations: China, The EU, and the United States
Speakers: Lucy Hornby, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University; Deputy Bureau Chief in Beijing for the Financial Times Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Faculty Director of Action Learning, the […]
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Zhang Ke – Progress or Perish: Different Images of India in Late Qing China
Zhang Ke – Progress or Perish: Different Images of India in Late Qing China
Speaker: Zhang Ke, Associate Professor of History, Fudan University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2019-20 Chair/discussant: Arunabh Ghosh, Associate Professor of History, Harvard University https://harvard-yenching.org/events/progress-or-perish-different-images-india-late-qing-china
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***CANCELED*** Lizhi Liu – From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
***CANCELED*** Lizhi Liu – From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
This event is canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience. Speaker: Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University A central question in political economy asks: how do developing states build market-supporting institutions (e.g., secure property rights, contract enforcement, and the rule of law)? Too often, political obstacles prevent developing states from adopting strong formal institutions. I propose that China has devised a novel solution […]
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***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR APRIL 2021. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College Featuring roundtable conversations on: Multispecies Entanglement Imaginaries and Representations Land, Water, Fire, Air Energy and Resource Food, Body, Health Environmental Politics and Policies of Contemporary China Building a […]
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***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
***POSTPONED*** Environment in Asia Reunion Workshop – With a Special Tribute to Profs. Robert B. Marks and Peter C. Perdue
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE COVID-19 SITUATION. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IT FOR APRIL 2021. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE Organizer: Ling Zhang, Boston College Featuring roundtable conversations on: Multispecies Entanglement Imaginaries and Representations Land, Water, Fire, Air Energy and Resource Food, Body, Health Environmental Politics and Policies of Contemporary China Building a […]
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***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce: Becoming East Asia’s Everyday Food
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce: Becoming East Asia’s Everyday Food
***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]
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***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce Technoscience and the Modern State
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Soy Sauce Technoscience and the Modern State
***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]
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***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Reinventing Post-Industrial Soy Sauce : Traditions Imagined
***POSTPONED*** Annual Reischauer Lecture Series Featuring Angela Ki Che Leung – Reinventing Post-Industrial Soy Sauce : Traditions Imagined
***Due to COVID-19 concerns, this event has been postponed until a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.*** Speaker: Angela Ki Che Leung Director and Chair Professor of History Joseph Needham – Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, Science & Civilization Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Angela […]