Home » Special Series: The People’s Republic of China at 75
Political scientists, historians, journalists, and a diplomat will join a series of panel discussions, talks, and documentary screenings to explore the history of Communist China, from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping.
Monday, September 30, 4:30pm-6:00pm
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Speakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University; Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Harvard University; Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University.
Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
Friday, October 4, 12:00pm-8:30pm
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Speaker: Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University.
Q+A Discussion: Rowena Xiaoqing He, Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; Author: Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggles for Democracy in China; and Shi Jian, co-director of Tiananmen.
Wednesday, October 9, 4:30pm-6:00pm
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Speaker: Bao Pu, Founder, New Century Press, Hong Kong; son of Bao Tong, Director of the Office of Political Reform, CCP Central Committee.
Discussant: Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Director, Asia Center, Harvard University.
Friday, October 25, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Australia’s Ambassador to the United States and Former Prime Minister of Australia
Moderators: Graham Alison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard University; Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University.
Wednesday, October 30, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Speaker: Edward Wong, New York Times diplomatic correspondent; author: At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning With China
Discussant: Mark C. Elliott, Vice Provost for International Affairs; Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History; former Director of the Fairbank Center 2010-2011 (Acting), 2013-2015.
Friday, November 1, 11:30am-2:30pm
Speaker: Eugene Yuejin Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art; Founding Director of Harvard FAS CAMLab, Harvard University.
Thursday, November 7, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Speaker: Rowena Xiaoqing He, Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas Austin; author of Tiananmen Exiles: Voices of the Struggles for Democracy in China.
Wednesday, November 20, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Speaker: Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder, J Capital Research Ltd.
Moderator: Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, Harvard University.
