Speaker: Feng Song, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Renmin University of China; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project. Venue
Environment
Speaker: Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University This study illustrates how Buddhism shaped Chinese knowledge and experience of animals after it gradually took root in Chinese society in the medieval periods,
Speaker: Jesse Rodenbiker, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University; Assistant Teaching Professor of Geography, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Discussant: Stevan Harrell, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington;
Speaker: Christopher Courtney, Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Durham University Throughout history, people living in Chinese cities have often had to contend with extreme heat. Although this is natural
There is a growing case to be made that, of the world’s major economies, China’s is most heavily exposed to climate risks. This talk—part of the Fairbank Center’s Environment in
Speakers: Yiyun Peng, D. Kim Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of ChicagoBrian Spivey, Mellon Faculty Fellow, History Department, UC Irvine Series Convener: Ling Zhang, Associate Professor, Boston College Yiyun Peng received
Speaker: Scott Moore, Practice Professor of Political Science and Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania Convener of the Environment in Asia series: Ling Zhang, Associate
Speakers:Yipeng Zhou, Coordinator, Imperiia Project / A.M. in Regional Studies–REECAChristoph Nedopil, Director, Green Finance and Development Center, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan UniversityAlmas Chukin, Managing Partner, Visor Kazakhstan Moderator:
The “Environment in Asia” research series convened a one-day symposium to discuss the future of environmental history studies and honor two pioneers of Chinese environmental history.
Urban experts convened to examine social, political and economic issues around China’s rapidly growing cities