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Announcing competition for 2026-27 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Fairbank Center is pleased to announced the opening of applications for the 2026-27 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship. These fellowships have historically supported junior scholars…
China-related Courses at Harvard, Spring 2026 Semester
Harvard offers a wide range of courses on China and Chinese Studies from across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and professional schools. Check out our…
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Faculty Spotlight
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 Late Imperial China and Beyond’—co-sponsored by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Wellesley College, the Harvard University Asia Center, and the Fairbank Center—will take place on Friday, April 25. In June, Professor Widmer will retire from her position as Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies & Professor of East Asian Studies at Wellesley College.
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Whose Past Matters? Media Biases and the Politics of Discovery with Archaeologist Rowan Flad
Rowan Flad lectures at the conference “Sanxingdui in Bronze Age Eurasia: Retrospect and Prospects after 90 Years” at Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan. December 2024. The work done by archaeologists…
Why China’s ‘Dancing Grannies’ are So Much More Than a Trend
If you’ve ever strolled through a public square in a Chinese city, chances are you’ve encountered the vibrant, music-filled gatherings of the so-called “dancing grannies” (广场舞大妈). But what lies behind…
Elections in Taiwan: What the Failed Recall Reveals About Taiwan’s Political Landscape
Fairbank Center experts weigh in: Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard University; Chia-hung Tsai, Research Fellow, Election Study Center and Professor, Graduate Institute…
The Great Unity Debate 大一統之辯
“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…
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…
