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Professor Stephen Owen awarded 2020 Stanislas Julien Prize
Just a Song: Chinese Lyrics from the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries by Stephen Owen wins 2020 Stanislas Julien Prize Congratulations to Professor Stephen Owen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, Emeritus, who has been awarded the prestigious 2020...
Winnie (Chi-Man) Yip named Fairbank Center Acting Faculty Director
Winnie (Chi-Man) Yip will be the Acting Faculty Director at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for the 2020-2021 academic year while Director Michael Szonyi is on sabbatical. Dr. Yip is Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics in the...
Update on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Travel to China
All events held by the Fairbank Center have been cancelled for the semester. Read the latest updates from Harvard University about the administration's response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). ___________________________ Update: March 10, 2020 Dear Fairbank Center...
Exhibition: Elegy to a Uyghur Dreamscape قەسىدە: ئۇيغۇرنىڭ ئۇيقۇسىز چۈشلىرى
A new photography exhibition at Harvard University depicts everyday life in Xinjiang, China’s westernmost region. The photographs, taken by Lisa Ross, depict beds and their occupants outside in the open air. Sleeping outdoors is a traditional means to keep cool in the...
Podcast: Human Rights in China and the United States, with Carroll Bogert
In our latest podcast interview for the "Harvard on China" podcast, the Fairbank Center spoke with Carroll Bogert (AB '83, AM '86), current president of The Marshall Project and previously deputy executive director at Human Rights Watch. Before joining Human Rights...
Fairbank Center Panels at AAS 2020 in Boston
Every year, Fairbank Center affiliates present their research at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference on a wide variety of topics. This year is no exception, with Fairbank Center faculty, associates, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students...
2018-2019: A Year in Review of China Studies at Harvard
Read and download our 2018-2019 Annual Report here. The 2018–19 academic year was a challenging time for all of us at the Fairbank Center who devote ourselves to the study of China. The U.S.-China bilateral relationship continues to deteriorate and there are few...
Fall 2019 Courses on China
COURSES PRIMARILY FOR UNDERGRADUATES Government GOV 1288: China’s Economic Development Nara Dillon How has China achieved high economic growth rates for 40 years? Have the post-Mao economic reforms created a market economy, or a new form of state...
Tiananmen at 30
On May 8, 2019, the Fairbank Center held a panel discussion to mark 30 years since the massacre at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. Watch again on YouTube: Listen again on Soundcloud: Speakers:Hao Jian, Professor, Beijing Film AcademyLouisa Lim, Senior...
Spring 2019 Courses on China
COURSES PRIMARILY FOR UNDERGRADUATES History HIST 13U: Asian Diasporas in Global History Michael Szonyi and Sunil Amrith The goal of this seminar is to help you appreciate the ways in which our world has been shaped by mass migration, and in particular two great...