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China-Related Courses at Harvard, Spring 2027
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…
Meet the 2026-27 Graduate Student Associates
The Fairbank Center is pleased to announce this year’s GSA cohort of affiliated doctoral students For the 2026-27 academic year, six doctoral students will join…
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Faculty Spotlight
Professor Michael Szonyi doesn’t mind that his students sometimes feel uncomfortable in his undergraduate class on rural China. In fact, when it comes to learning about the land reform movement in the early years following the Communist Party’s victory in 1949, when hundreds of thousands of landlords were executed and land was redistributed to the poorest, that’s exactly the point.
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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…
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…
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…
51 Years of Service, A Lifetime of Impact: Celebrating Nancy Hearst
After fifty-one years of service to the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies as Librarian of the H.C. Fung Library, Nancy Hearst has retired. Nancy has been a steady, expert presence for multiple generations of students, faculty, visiting scholars, and researchers…
Faculty Spotlight: How Role-Playing is Helping Professor Michael A. Szonyi’s Students Understand China’s Land Reform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsYDR2yLPdI Professor Michael Szonyi doesn’t mind that his students sometimes feel uncomfortable in his undergraduate class on rural China. In fact, when it comes to learning about the land reform…