Events

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Sarah Chang

Presented via Zoom

Speakers: Sarah Chang, Miami UniversityMore information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue

PRC @ 75 – Memory as Resistance: From Tiananmen to Hong Kong featuring Rowena Xiaoqing He

Hall A, Science Center 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Rowena Xiaoqing He (何曉清), Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; author, Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China This talk is grounded in over two decades of fieldwork on the preservation of historical memory tabooed by the CCP regime. Drawing on contextualized personal accounts, Rowena He will illuminate the unequal […]

Digital China Initiative Workshop — Building a Digital Collection with GenAI Tools

Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

This workshop focuses on leveraging GenAI tools to create, manage, and analyze digital collections for Literary Sinitic Studies. Participants will learn basic database concepts, use Nocodb for data storage, and explore how GenAI can assist in scraping, cleaning, and classifying data. The workshop will also cover fundamental analysis techniques for the resulting digital collection. Target […]

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zheng

Presented via Zoom

Speakers: Liu Zheng, South China University of TechnologyMore information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Tyler Jost — Bureaucracy and Blunder: How Politics Shapes China’s Policymaking

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Tyler Jost, Assistant Professor of Political Science, International & Public Affairs and Watson Institute Assistant Professor of China Studies, Brown UniversityWhen are China’s leaders able to extract quality information from their diplomatic, defense, and intelligence bureaucracies during international crises? Tyler Jost’s book, Bureaucracies at War, examines the Chinese national security bureaucracy in comparative perspective. Jost […]

Digital China Initiative Workshop — Building a Digital Collection with GenAI Tools

Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

This workshop focuses on leveraging GenAI tools to create, manage, and analyze digital collections for Literary Sinitic Studies. Participants will learn basic database concepts, use Nocodb for data storage, and explore how GenAI can assist in scraping, cleaning, and classifying data. The workshop will also cover fundamental analysis techniques for the resulting digital collection. Target […]

China Humanities Seminar featuring Ya Zuo — Fighting Feelings with Feelings: The Quanzhen Daoist Ordering of Emotional Life

Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker: Ya Zuo, Associate Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara Quanzhen Daoism wielded a profound influence across eastern Eurasia, shaping the intellectual landscape of the Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) and leaving a lasting impact on the Mongol Yuan empire (1279–1368). In this talk, I delve into the focus on emotions in Quanzhen philosophy. The religion […]

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Mark Baker

Presented via Zoom

Speakers: Mark Baker, University of ManchesterMore information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Anne Stevenson-Yang — What Happens After the Chinese Miracle?

CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Speaker: Anne Stevenson-Yang, Founder and Reseach Director, J Capital ResearchModerator: Anthony Saich,Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Anne Stevenson-Yang founded J Capital Research in late 2007 and is J Capital's Research Director. Her coverage areas include solar, internet, medical devices, property, some consumer and direct-sales names, […]

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zhi

Presented via Zoom

Speakers:  Liu Zhi, Peking University-Lincoln InstituteMore information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue