James Gethyn Evans
Harvard University Ph.D. candidate
Bio
James Gethyn Evans manages digital communications, media relations, publicity outreach and graphic design at the Fairbank Center. Previously, James worked in public affairs for Weber Shandwick in Beijing and London and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and has a background in public policy and digital communications across China and Europe. James read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford before studying Chinese language at Beijing Language and Culture University. He is a graduate of Harvard’s Regional Studies East Asia program, where his thesis on The Third World’s Maoist Revolution won the Joseph Fletcher Memorial Award. He is currently studying for a Ph.D. at Harvard’s Department of History. His research interests include modern Chinese history and government, China and Taiwan’s foreign policies, and China’s relations with the developing world.
James is the Editor for the Fairbank Center’s Blog, and the host and producer of our “Harvard on China” podcast.