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SUMMARY:Zong-Rong Lee — Kinship\, Business Elite and the Market in Contemporary Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Zong-Rong LEE\, Research Fellow\, Institute of Sociology\, Academia Sinica\, Taiwan; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2025-26Chair/Discussant: Frank Dobbin\, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences\, Harvard University \n\n\n\nIn the fields of history and anthropology\, kinship has long been regarded as a crucial factor in shaping the economic organization\, political authority\, and social mobility of East Asian societies. Yet\, due to the limitations of available data\, relatively little research has examined its influence on contemporary capitalist economies. The questions of whether\, and to what extent\, traditional kinship continues to shape and constrain the organization of modern markets remain unclear. In this lecture\, I introduce several ongoing empirical studies of family businesses and elite families in Taiwan\, with the aim of illustrating how kinship structures—and the family networks\, status dynamics\, and related mechanisms derived from them—affect contemporary corporate activities and the power relations of business elites. This interdisciplinary research not only offers new perspectives on the relevance of kinship studies for understanding contemporary societies\, but also provides new insights on class formation and market operations in postwar East Asia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/zong-rong-lee-kinship-business-elite-and-the-market-in-contemporary-taiwan/
LOCATION:Common Room\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, 2 Divinity Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar Presentations: Culture Wars and Philosophical Debates in East Asia and China
DESCRIPTION:Featuring presentations by two Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars who will share current research. Each short talk will be followed by Q and A discussion. \n\n\n\nThe Cultural Cold War: Moral Re-Armament Movement in East Asia Speaker: Hok Yin Chan\, Professor of Chinese and History\, City University of Hong Kong; 2025 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University. Discussant:  Michael Szonyi\, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University.  \n\n\n\nHow did the religious-political organization Moral Re-Armament (MRA) develop in Hong Kong\, Japan\, and Taiwan during the Cold War era? What role did the U.S. play in supporting the movement’s anti-communist propaganda in “free world” areas of East Asia? Research examining different manifestations of the same movement in Hong Kong\, Japan\, and Taiwan reveals much about the ideological warfare in East Asia during the 1950s-70s and helps us better understand the history of the Cold War. \n\n\n\nWhat Is the Meaning of Reproduction for Individuals? An Explanation Based on Confucianism Speaker: Mimi Pi\, Associate Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, Capital Normal University of China; 2025-26 Visiting Scholar\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University.Discussant: Michael Puett\, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History\, Harvard University; Director\, Harvard University Asia Center.  \n\n\n\nThe rapidly declining birth rate in East Asia in recent years is bringing about a new social crisis. However\, in a modern world characterized by individualism and consumerism\, the traditional reasons for reproduction have lost their appeal. Confucian thought offers valuable resources in addressing this challenge. Specifically\, by drawing on Dong Zhongshu’s theory of ren (仁\, benevolence)\, Mencius’s theory of human nature\, and a renewed understanding of Confucian sacrificial rituals\, we may attempt to provide a framework of meaning that transcends utilitarian considerations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-center-visiting-scholar-presentations-2/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S250\, 1730 Cambridge Street\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change and Clean Energy: A China Energy Dialogue with John Holdren
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: John Holdren\, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy\, Harvard Kennedy SchoolIn this inaugural China Energy Dialogue\, John Holdren will give a talk on the history of collaboration between scholars at the Belfer Center\, Tsinghua University\, and other Chinese institutions to identify pathways and challenges to China’s goals to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. \n\n\n\nThis seminar is part of the China Energy Dialogues (中国能源对话)\, a new monthly seminar series sponsored by the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program that brings together experts and Harvard community members to discuss energy\, climate\, and environmental issues in China. \n\n\n\nRSVP required. A Harvard University ID is required to attend. Please note that this seminar is in-person only and will not be recorded. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/u-s-china-cooperation-on-climate-change-and-clean-energy-a-china-energy-dialogue-with-john-holdren/
LOCATION:Room 230\, Littauer Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:From Balancing to Coalition-Building: The US\, Taiwan\, & Asia’s Grand Reshuffling
DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:Steve Yates\, Former Deputy National Security Advisor; Senior Fellow\, Heritage FoundationTony Saich\, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs\, at the Harvard Kennedy School; Director\, Rajawali Foundation Institute for AsiaEdward Cunningham\, Director\, Ash Center China Programs and the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative\, Harvard Kennedy School \n\n\n\nAs the Indo-Pacific enters a period of intensified strategic competition\, alliances and partnerships across Asia are being redefined. What does this shifting landscape mean for U.S.–Taiwan relations\, regional stability\, and the future of American strategy? Join us for a timely conversation where we will explore Taiwan’s evolving role in regional geopolitics\, the emerging coalition dynamics shaping Asia’s security order\, and the implications for U.S. foreign policy and democratic resilience in the region. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required for this event. This event is in-person and open to Harvard ID holders. Please register using your Harvard email address.  \n\n\n\nLunch will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/from-balancing-to-coalition-building-the-us-taiwan-asias-grand-reshuffling/
LOCATION:Malkin Penthouse\, Littauer Building\, 79 JFK St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Lectures,Events of Interest
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SUMMARY:Fairbank @ 70 — Witnesses to the Birth of Modern China: The Fairbanks and Liangs\, 1932-1949
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:Holly Fairbank\, Executive Director\, Maxine Greene Institute for Aesthetic Education and Social ImaginationWilliam Kirby\, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies\, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration\, Harvard Business SchoolRana Mitter\, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations\, Harvard Kennedy School Wang Ruiheng\, Associate Professor of History\, Nanjing University; Visiting Scholar\, Harvard-Yenching InstituteAbraham Zamcheck\, Assistant Professor of Archiecture\, Shanghai Jiaotong University \n\n\n\nModerator: Dorinda Elliott\, Executive Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \n\n\n\nIntroductory Remarks: Nancy Berliner\, Wu Tung Senior Curator of Chinese Art\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston \n\n\n\nIllustrated with photos from the current exhibit\, Once Upon a Time in Peking\, four historians will discuss the debates roiling China during John King Fairbank’s time there in the 1930s and 1940s and consider how they might continue to resonate today. For more than 150 years\, Chinese intellectuals have grappled with a fundamental question: how can China modernize without giving up its cultural roots? \n\n\n\nWhen Fairbank arrived in Peking in 1932 to pursue his China studies\, he found himself in the middle of that debate. What should China adopt from the West? What should it preserve? Amid this thrilling intellectual ferment\, Fairbank and his wife Wilma struck up an intense friendship with two U.S.-educated Chinese architects\, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin\, who sought to use Western approaches to preserve ancient Chinese buildings. The Liangs welcomed them into their intellectual salons with some of China’s leading thinkers. That friendship helped inform Fairbank’s understanding of China\, contributing to his development as America’s preeminent scholar on contemporary China. \n\n\n\nFairbank returned in 1942 to a very different China. Scholarly debates over the country’s cultural future were eclipsed by the immediacy of war with Japan. The Fairbanks worked at the U.S. embassy in Chongqing\, promoting cultural exchanges. Their dear friends were now living in squalor\, decamped far from the frontlines to a village in Sichuan. In the midst of war\, China was forging a new place in the world\, witnessing a rise of nationalism that would reshape the country. \n\n\n\nOur speakers will discuss the Fairbanks’ China and along the way\, look at the questions—What is the essence of China? What is China’s role in the world?—that seem as important today as they were almost a century ago. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue
URL:https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/fairbank-70-witnesses-to-the-birth-of-modern-china-discussing-the-fairbanks-and-the-liangs-1932-1949/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room\, 1730 Cambridge St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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