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Xin Wen (Ph.D. ’17) wins Joseph Levenson Prize from the Association of Asian Studies (AAS)
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) announced that Xin Wen (Ph.D. ’17), Associate Professor of Premodern Chinese History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Princeton University, has won the Joseph Levenson Prize (China, pre-1900) for The King’s Road: Diplomacy and the…
Winter Acquisitions at the H. C. Fung Library: New Publications by Tyler Jost, Kevin Rudd, Eva Dou, Koji Hirata, and More
Announcing Our Spring 2025 class of Visiting Scholars
For the Spring 2025 semester, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies is pleased to welcome three new Visiting Scholars who are working on issues related to contemporary China. They will join our Fall 2024 class of five Visiting Scholars and five Visiting Fellows of Practice. New Visiting Scholars Spring…
Faculty Spotlight
Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, will convene the fourth annual New Faces in Chinese Politics conference at Harvard University on September 27th. The two-day conference aims to support the next generation of scholars navigating a highly competitive field. In addition to the conference, Professor Wang is involved in cutting-edge research that explores both historical and contemporary political dynamics in China.
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Remembering Steven M. Goldstein: Taiwan Studies leader, nurturing mentor, friend of the Fairbank Center
Steven M. Goldstein, longtime Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop, died on Monday, February 10, 2025, at age 84. Steve taught at Smith College as the Sophia Smith Professor of Government…
Heritage Matters: Post-demolition urban redevelopment in China
A Q+A with Anthropologist Philipp Demgenskiand Urban China Seminar co-organizer Li Hou Philipp Demgenski, Assistant Professor in Anthropology in the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University. Philipp Demgenski, Assistant Professor in Anthropology in the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University,…
Faculty Spotlight: To Karen Thornber, literature is a vital force in fighting the world’s greatest challenges
Karen L. Thornber is Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, as well as Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University. She is…
Meet Our Fellows 2024-25: Jason Chan
We continue our series of Q+As introducing you to the Fairbank Center’s new Fellows with Jason Chan, whose research is being supported by a 2024-25 Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellowship. Jason is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Chinese history at…
Transforming the Work of Literary Sinitic Studies Through Generative AI: A Q+A with the Digital China Initiative’s Kwok-leong Tang
For the great majority of Fridays during this Fall semester, the Digital China Initiative—which studies the impact of digital technologies in the field of China Studies—is offering workshops on Generative AI for Literary Sinitic Studies. Two sessions from the initial…
