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September 22, 2026

China Economy Lecture featuring Yeling Tan — China’s Economic Security Growth Model, and the US-China Security Dilemma

^{Speaker: Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Traditional...}
September 24, 2026

Modern China Lecture Series featuring Xiaobo Lü — Domination and Mobilization: The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in China’s Republican Era

^{Speaker: Xiaobo Lü, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Examining the...}
October 5, 2026

Benjamin Ho — After Liberalism? Political Myths, Order-Building and The Return of History in East Asia

^{Speaker: Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor and Coordinator, China Programme; S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies...}
October 7, 2026

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Laikwan Pang — A Sense of Justice: The Struggle with Laws in Hong Kong

^{Speaker: Laikwan Pang, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Cultural & Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong...}
October 22, 2026

Modern China Lecture Series featuring Xu Guoqi — What do we mean by “China?”

^{Speaker: Xu Guoqi, David H. Y. Chang Professor of Chinese History; Founding Director, Institute of...}
October 27, 2026

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Treng Ta

^{Speaker: Treng Ta, University of Maryland Baltimore County More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link:}
November 3, 2026

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhu Jin

^{Speaker: Zhu Jin, Hong Kong University More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94120080608 Venue}
November 4, 2026

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Jean Oi

^{Speaker: Jean Oi, William Haas Professor in Chinese Politics, Department of Political Science; Senior Fellow,...}
November 10, 2026

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhang Qingyong

^{Speaker: Zhang Qingyong, Renmin University More information coming soon! Zoom meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/94120080608 Venue}
November 17, 2026

Urban China Lecture Series featuring Susan Whiting — Illiberal Law and Development: Property Rights and Conflict over Land in China

^{Speaker:Susan Whiting, University of Washington In Illiberal Law and Development, Susan H. Whiting advances institutional...}

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September 5, 2026

Outreach

Fall 2026 Acquisitions at the H.C. Fung Library

The Fung Library announces its new acquisitions for the Fairbank Center Collection.

August 26, 2026

Our Community

Announcing Our 2026-27 Desmond and Whitney Shum Fellows

The Fairbank Center is excited to award three doctoral students with Shum Fellowships supporting their research in China. For the 2026-27 academic year, the Fairbank…

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June 1, 2026

Taiwan Studies

Media, Infrastructure, and Indigeneity: Conversations from Taiwan Studies+ 2.0

The second annual Taiwan Studies+ Symposium—which was generously supported by both the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and the…

May 22, 2026

Critical Issues, Sociology

Interview With Professor Susan Greenhalgh | Why Chinese Women are Resisting Xi’s Call to Reproduce

Critical Issues Interview | Why Chinese Women are Resisting Xi’s Call to Reproduce – Professor Susan Greenhalgh In this interview for the Critical Issues Confronting China Series, Professor Susan Greenhalgh,…

Critical Issues, Sociology

May 14, 2026

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In Memoriam: Michael B. McElroy (1939 – 2026)

Michael McElroy, a pioneering atmospheric scientist who taught at Harvard from 1970 until his retirement and who played a central role in shaping the University’s engagement with China on questions…

May 7, 2026

Critical Issues, History

The Policymakers Series — Dr. Ely Ratner with Mark Wu: U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific

The Policymakers Series — Dr. Ely Ratner with Mark Wu: U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific Ely Ratner, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, joins our Policymakers series…

Critical Issues, History

April 16, 2026

Our Community

Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies — Celebrating 10 Years

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is proud to support innovative scholarship in Taiwan studies through the Hou Family Fellowships. With the Hou Family’s generous support, this…

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