On March 7, 2023, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened the first Big Questions Forum with a panel of experts to explore “The Stories We Tell: The Politics of History in the United States and China.”
Our colleagues have been prolific this semester! An update on their recent work:
William P. Alford, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law, co-authored “Pound for Pound? Roscoe Pound’s Adventures in China and the Questions They Pose for Scholars …
On March 7, 2023, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies convened the first Big Questions Forum with a panel of experts to explore “The Stories We Tell: The Politics of History in the United States and China.”
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.
Military expert Isaac B. Kardon gives “Critical Issues” talk
In a recent talk in the Fairbank Center’s Critical Issues Confronting China series, Isaac B. Kardon, senior fellow for China studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discussed China’s bid to make new …
Urban experts convened to examine social, political and economic issues around China’s rapidly growing cities
Adrian Zenz gives a chilling update on China’s internment policy in Xinjiang, based on recent documents
On April 17, in a packed Tsai Auditorium, Ren Ke, one of rock band Wu Tiao Ren’s key members, shared his perspectives with Prof. Zheng Lin from Sun Yat-sen University, who is doing research on the band and urban villages.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies co-convened Harvard’s first international digital humanities conference, bringing together scholars from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Europe, and North America.
A conversation with Angela Leung, University of Hong Kong
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This year’s three Reischauer lectures—the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies’ signature academic talks—were about, of all things, soy sauce. Angela Leung, Chair Professor of History, Joseph Needham-Philip Mao Professor in Chinese History, …