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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….
Ambassador Nicholas Burns to join the Fairbank Center as faculty affiliate upon his return to Harvard in April
Nicholas Burns, the United States Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from March 2022 to January 2025, will be rejoining the Harvard Kennedy School…
Faculty Spotlight
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. As a cultural historian and scholar of Asian literature, she believes deeply that literature is a force for good in the pursuit of social justice. Conducting research in more than a dozen Asian and European languages, modern and classical, she has authored six scholarly books, 80 scholarly articles/chapters, several (co)edited volumes, and Japanese literature translations. Her 2024 book, Gender Justice and Contemporary Asian Literatures, was the focus of a roundtable at the Modern Language Association’s recent 2025 meeting.
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Meet Our 2024-25 Fellows: Hardy Stewart
Following profiles on our two An Wang Fellows earlier this month, Shengqiao Lin and David Qihang Wu, we are happy to introduce you to our new Hou Family Fellows in Taiwan Studies. Hardy Stewart is a Ph.D. Candidate…
Meet Our 2024-25 Fellows: David Qihang Wu
Earlier this summer, we announced the recipients of our 2024-25 An Wang and Hou Family fellowships. Now, we would like our community to get to know these special scholars a bit…
Meet Our 2024-25 Fellows: Shengqiao Lin
Earlier this summer, we announced the recipients of our 2024-25 An Wang and Hou Family fellowships. Now, we would like our community to get to know these special scholars a bit…
Three Fairbank Center Faculty Reactions to the Third Plenum
On July 18, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded the Third Plenum of the 20th Party Congress. The Third Plenum traditionally has tackled economic issues, with…
From Shanghai to Cambridge and Back Again: Spotlight on Jie Li
Jie Li, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Fairbank Center Faculty Affiliate, uses a range of media approaches to teach her undergraduate students at Harvard. Her most popular…
