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Announcing Our 2025 Graduates
New Ph.D.’s who were affiliated with the Fairbank Centerduring their dissertation fieldwork and completion Each year, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies awards the Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellowship to a graduate student embarking on an extensive period of fieldwork in…
Professors Thornber and Wang Awarded Harvard College Professorships
Two faculty members of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies were awarded a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching: Karen Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilization; and Yuhua Wang,…
Victor Seow wins Sarton Prize for the History of Science from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, has won the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Sarton Prize for the History of Science recognizing “exceptional promise and distinguished achievements in the field.” Portrait by Frank S….
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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The Great Unity Debate 大一統之辯
English 英文Chinese 中文 “Great Unity” (da yitong 大一統) is an ancient concept defining a unified China of Han and other ethnic peoples under tianxia (天下), or “All Under Heaven.” But it is very much still on the minds of the…
Sentimental Republic: Why Feeling Matters in Contemporary China
A Conversation between Hang Tu (National University of Singapore) and David Der-wei Wang (Harvard University). Hang Tu (Ph.D. ’21), Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore, recently joined the Harvard Asia Center Author Talk Series to discuss his…
Wang Bing’s Youth Trilogy: a cinematic fresco of Chinese workers
This piece was originally published on the Harvard Film Archive’s website. The HFA has upcoming screenings of each film in Wang Bing’s Youth trilogy: Youth (Homecoming) (April 25), Youth (Hard Times) (April 26), and Youth (Spring) (May 5). More than…
Faculty Spotlight: Celebrating Ellen Widmer’s Storied Career in Chinese Literature and Gender Studies
Ellen Widmer has been a Center Associate at the Fairbank Center since 1981 and a driving force behind the Center’s Gender Studies Workshop since 1999. This year’s workshop, The Beauty and the Book: Women, Knowledge, Literature, and Book Culture in…
Poetic Soundscapes: How Li He (李賀), a “Demonic Talent,” Brings the Quirky to Tang Poetry
A Conversation with Robert Ashmore about the poetry of Li He. Robert Ashmore, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley, recently delivered a talk as part of the China…
