Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, has won the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Sarton Prize for the History of Science recognizing “exceptional promise […]
Environment
March 6 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker: Joseph Seeley, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of VirginiaChair: Victor Seow, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University Border of Water and Ice explores the significance of
November 20, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fan Dai — Certainties out of the Uncertain: Subnational Climate Diplomacy Between the U.S. and China
Speaker: Fan Dai, Director, California-China Climate Institute, University of California, Berkeley; Senior Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program and Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and
November 13, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Haiyang Lin — Discrepancies Between Estimated and Actual Wind Power Generation in the U.S. and China
Speaker: Haiyang Lin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project The urgency of addressing climate change is evident, and wind energy plays a vital role in global strategies to reduce carbon emissions and transition
October 23, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project (SEAS) and Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) Dr. Sheng Liu is currently an Assistant Professor in the
January 31, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Speaker: Feng Song, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Renmin University of China; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project. Venue
April 29, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Speaker: Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State UniversityDiscussant: Brian Lander, Brown University This study illustrates how Buddhism shaped Chinese knowledge and experience of animals after it gradually took root in Chinese society
April 10, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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;
March 19, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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