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SUMMARY:From the May Fourth to Baodiao: Defend the Diaoyu Islands Movement 1971-2021 海上風雷：五四論保釣，1971-2021
DESCRIPTION:This forum will be conducted in Mandarin \nIn 1971\, overseas Chinese students across the United States launched the Baodiao movement in response to the territorial disputes over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands between Mainland China\, Taiwan\, Japan\, and the United States. The movement ignited massive demonstrations and debates on issues from sovereignty to territoriality\, and form patriotism to global leftism\, such that it was compared to the May Fourth Movement. Fifty years after the movement\, veteran participants\, scholars\, and students will discuss its significance and impacts on contemporary cultural politics. \nSpeakers:\n劉大任 Liu Ta-jen\n張系國 Chang Hsi-kuo\n邵玉銘 Shaw Yu-ming\n黃子平 Huang Ziping\n蕭阿勤 Hsiao Ah-Chin\, Academia Sinica\n王智明 Wang Chih-ming\, Academia Sinica \nRespondents:\n陳芳代  Chen Fangdai\, Harvard University\n鍾秩維  Chung Chih-wei\, National Taiwan University\n李浴洋  Li Yuyang\, Beijing Normal University\n涂航  Tu Hang\, Harvard University \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8iJrUrbVQoaxAYJovBoO0w
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/from-the-may-fourth-to-baodiao-defend-the-diaoyu-islands-movement-1971-2021-%e6%b5%b7%e4%b8%8a%e9%a2%a8%e9%9b%b7%ef%bc%9a%e4%ba%94%e5%9b%9b%e8%ab%96%e4%bf%9d%e9%87%a3%ef%bc%8c1971-2021/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Thomas Mullaney - The Search for Mod China: How Chinese Computing Hacked Modernity
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Thomas Mullaney\, Professor of History\, Stanford University \nDuring the global rise of consumer PCs in the 1980s\, no Western-manufactured computer\, printer\, monitor\, operating system\, or software could handle Chinese character input or output. Not “out of the box\,” at least. The “Sinicization” of personal computing depended upon a messy\, decentralized\, and often brilliant series of Chinese hacks and modifications—or “mods\,” as the term is often abbreviated within computing circles. Western-built dot-matrix printers were modded. Western-designed disc operating systems were modded. Digital Chinese fonts were custom-designed\, pixel by pixel. Basic Input-Output Software (BIOS) was modded. Element by element\, engineers in China and elsewhere rendered Western-manufactured computing hardware and software compatible with Chinese. In this talk\, Stanford historian Thomas S. Mullaney draws from his forthcoming book The Chinese Computer: A History (MIT Press) to examine an unwritten chapter in the global history of computing—one too often dismissed as “copycatting\,” “mimicry\,” “piracy\,” and “theft.” \nSupported by the Asia Center and convened by Professor\, Victor Seow\, Department of the History of Science. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://tinyurl.com/ycp2nkk8
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/thomas-mullaney-the-search-for-mod-china-how-chinese-computing-hacked-modernity/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T103000
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SUMMARY:Takashi Shiraishi - Maritime Asia vs. Continental Asia: National Strategies in a Region of Change
DESCRIPTION:Read the transcript of the event here. \nSpeaker: Takashi Shiraishi\, Chancellor\, Prefectural University of Kumamoto; Professor Emeritus\, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)\, Japan \nModerators:\nNargis Kassenova\, Senior Fellow\, Program on Central Asia\, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\nJames Evans\, Communications Officer\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Ph.D. Candidate\, Department of History\, Harvard University\n\n\nThe tectonic shifts in today’s geopolitical landscape are having a particularly dramatic impact in Asia\, where the rise of China presents a growing challenge to the US-led order that has maintained peace and stability in the region since the end of the Cold War. In his book\, Takashi Shiraishi\, one of Japan’s leading authorities on Asia and national policy planning\, explores the deeper background and long-term trends behind the diplomatic challenges and dilemmas now facing Japan\, China\, ASEAN\, and the United States. One key question that he addresses: What accounts for the divide between the maritime states and the countries of mainland Asia? He discusses China’s Belt and Road Initiative from this broader perspective. \nCo-sponsored by the Davis Center; Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/takashi-shiraishi-maritime-asia-vs-continental-asia-national-strategies-in-a-region-of-change/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T160000
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Angowski - A Clash of Clawed Significations: Reading and Rereading the Life of Yeshé Tsogyal and the Story of the Starving Tigress
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Elizabeth Angowski\, Assistant Professor of Religion\, Earlham College \nFor an eager bodhisattva intent on honing the virtue of generosity\, there would appear to be no shortage of starving tigresses to feed\, or so it must have seemed to Yeshé Tsogyal\, an eighth-century tantric adept renowned for her role in disseminating Buddhism throughout Tibet. Within her earliest biography\, the Life of Yeshé Tsogyal (14th century)\, she encounters an emaciated tigress on the verge of devouring her cubs—a tigress much like the one to whom the Buddha\, in one of his previous lifetimes\, fed his own body. But when Yeshé Tsogyal’s story is set against the Buddha’s\, we see the tale take a remarkable turn. Where once a prince met his gory\, albeit praiseworthy end\, now a princess sees her shredded limbs restored by an act of truth and the kindness of a predator who plays against type. \nRecasting Yeshé Tsogyal as the protagonist of the Tigress Jātaka—a popular\, multiform tale that typically stars the Bodhisattva—might seem a curious choice on the part of the Life’s author\, but ultimately\, it is a brilliant intertextual move\, one that stands to (1) mobilize in the model reader certain\, perhaps otherwise mute\, expectations vis-à-vis the figure of Yeshé Tsogyal and (2) resignify the familiar story of the starving tigress in tandem. After clarifying the relationship between these works\, this talk will demonstrate how they stand to interanimate one another through a “clash of significations\,” a process by which both stories emerge\, in the end\, more than the sum of their parts. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlf-uhrj0pEtJNPDkKauJUrz48VK0pI_Gk
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/elizabeth-angowski-a-clash-of-clawed-significations-reading-and-rereading-the-life-of-yeshe-tsogyal-and-the-story-of-the-starving-tigress/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Buddhist Studies Forum
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SUMMARY:William Kirby - The Rise of China in the World of Universities
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: William C. Kirby\, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business School; T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University. \nGerman universities defined academic excellence in the 19th century. American universities came to set global standards in the 20th century. What\, then\, are the prospects for China to lead the world of universities in the 21st century? \nThis talk\, based on Professor Kirby’s forthcoming book\, The World of Universities\, will take us on a global tour: from Berlin to Boston to Berkeley to Beijing and beyond. We will conclude with the question: Can Harvard still lead? \nQuestions? Contact Harvard Alumni Travels at: haatravels@harvard.edu \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uS4aNd4FQ1aucGAnYyzcxA
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/william-kirby-the-rise-of-china-in-the-world-of-universities/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Zhang Xianqing - People without Land: The Transition of Ethnic Landscape and Social Reconstruction of Dan in Eastern Fujian\, China
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zhang Xianqing\, Xiamen University; HYI Visiting Scholar\nChair/discussant: Eugenio Menegon\,  Boston University \nMore information: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/ \nPresented via Zoom\nregistration required \n 
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zhang-xianqing-people-without-land-the-transition-of-ethnic-landscape-and-social-reconstruction-of-dan-in-eastern-fujian-china/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T090000
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SUMMARY:Africa-Asia Roundtable – Pandemics: Surveillance\, Preparedness\, and Response
DESCRIPTION:The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a global focus on pandemic surveillance\, preparedness\, and response. As a result of the 2014 – 2016 Ebola outbreak\, the World Bank invested in the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Program. Thirteen countries in West and Central Africa have received a $200 million funding commitment “to prevent\, detect\, and respond to the threat of emerging and epidemic-prone diseases.” In addition to funding\, the program has provided for intra-country cooperation on detecting and preventing pandemics as well as regional lab networks and training opportunities. More recently\, the Africa CDC  has spearheaded continental efforts to advance various elements of  detection and response to various health threats\, with notable success related to COVID-19. Such programs are examples of how regional and global cooperation designed to respond to an infectious disease outbreak can be leveraged in future pandemics. \nChina has promised the delivery of its Sinopharm vaccine to countries in Africa\, with 200\,000 doses arriving in Senegal and another 200\,000 in Zimbabwe. While the commitments fall far short of the 1.4 billion doses that will be needed to reach herd immunity in Africa\, China’s vaccine distribution has moved alongside the WHO-endorsed COVAX plan (to which China will also contribute 10 million vaccines). India has also been a contributor to global vaccine distribution\, both through COVAX and other direct supplies to the global south\, distributing more than 60 million doses. The scrambling for vaccines from the global north highlights a disparity in equitable access to vaccines\, raising questions about intellectual property and the possibilities for local production. \nOver two days\, we will convene four panels to further explore questions around vaccines and vaccine development\, technology transfer\, capacity building\, and global cooperation strategies for combating pandemics. What lessons can the world learn from Africa’s response to previous epidemics/pandemics including Ebola and HIV/AIDS and the current COVID-19 pandemic? What is the role of global cooperation between Africa-Asia\, and China-India-Africa in particular? Is the COVID-19 crisis and response\, including vaccine development and distribution\, an opportunity for a new era of global cooperation? \nFor more information\, visit the roundtable website. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GINBfEO1QemYZkoYbyIGhQ
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/africa-asia-roundtable-pandemics-surveillance-preparedness-and-response/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures
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SUMMARY:A Symposium on Displacement and Convergence in the Age of Multipolarity (550s–610s)
DESCRIPTION:This symposium will be a multi-disciplinary examination of the displacement and diasporic communities during the period between 550s and 610s\, from the fall of the Liang through the end of the Sui. While scholarship in the past has tended to concentrate on only one side of the Northern and Southern Dynasties histories and literatures\, we hope to expand our view from the simple binary model of north and south to include the multiple sites of power and to emphasize the multi-polarity of this age from a decentered perspective. How did the master narratives of different court centers compete with one another? How did individual\, clan\, and state negotiate with the violent changes of the times and with one another at this particular historical juncture? How did the machinery of the state deal with a newly unified empire after nearly three hundred years of division? What can we gain as medievalists if we examine the limitations of our tools and methodologies imprinted with the modern disciplinary divide and its theoretical underpinnings? These are some of the questions we will address. \nFor more information\, visit the symposium website. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclcuyurz8pE9LmR_l3FfeYhSsYq6NQ-yKX
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/a-symposium-on-displacement-and-convergence-in-the-age-of-multipolarity-550s-610s/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T103000
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SUMMARY:Combatting Anti-Asian Racism and Misogyny: What is our Local Community Doing?
DESCRIPTION:This public discussion will highlight key challenges of racism\, misogyny and other discrimination faced by our Asian and Asian-American community\, the responses of local organizations who have long sought to address such challenges\, and what more needs to be done in our own communities. Speakers represent perspectives from the Harvard Kennedy School’s staff\, faculty and student groups\, as well as leading local non-profits. \nRegistration link coming soon.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/combatting-anti-asian-racism-and-misogyny-what-is-our-local-community-doing/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T110000
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nHaihui Zhang\, Head of the East Asian Library and Chinese Studies Librarian\, University of Pittsburgh Library System\nYuanziyi Zhang\, Student Coordinator of CCVG Data project\nRuoyun Zheng\, Student Coordinator of CCVG Data project \nIn July 2018\, the East Asian Library (EAL) of the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) initiated the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVG Data) project to create an open-access online dataset of statistics extracted from Chinese village gazetteers. This unique initiative has produced a dataset of significant value to the humanities and social sciences based on Chinese village gazetteers\, which includes quantitative and qualitative data critical to supporting Chinese studies in fields such as politics\, economics\, sociology\, environmental science\, history\, and public health. This workshop will start with a review of village gazetteers published in past decades\, the background of initiating the project\, followed by a presentation and demonstration on data extraction procedures\, data structure\, data dictionary\, downloading instructions\, etc. The current stage and the final goal of the project will be discussed as well. \nPresented via Zoom\nRegistration Required\nRegister at: http://bit.ly/EADS-CCVGD.
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/contemporary-chinese-village-gazetteer-data-project-workshop/
LOCATION:Massachusetts
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