Wilma Cannon Fairbank was already an accomplished artist when she accompanied her fiancé, John King Fairbank, to Beijing in 1935. During the couple’s years in China, its was Wilma’s work […]
History
February 26 @ 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Speaker: Micah Muscolino, Professor and Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, University of California San Diego From the 1940s to the 1960s, soil and water conservation measures
March 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speaker:Robert Lee Suettinger, Former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, National Intelligence Counsel More information coming soon. Robert Lee Suettinger is a historian of contemporary elite politics in the People’s
April 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speaker: Ian Johnson, Author; Founder, China Unofficial Archives More information coming soon. Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, teacher, and researcher. He has been engaged with China for
Professor John King Fairbank and Wilma Cannon Fairbank lived in Beijing during the 1930s, as John pursued his dissertation research and Wilma painted and researched ancient temples. During that time,
December 8, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Speakers:Holly Fairbank, Executive Director, Maxine Greene Institute for Aesthetic Education and Social ImaginationWilliam Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard
Rowan Flad lectures at the conference “Sanxingdui in Bronze Age Eurasia: Retrospect and Prospects after 90 Years” at Sichuan University in Chengdu, Sichuan. December 2024. The work done by archaeologists
September 8, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speakers: Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityMark Caprio, Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University, Tokyo; Kim Koo Visiting Professor of Korean Studies, Department of East
November 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speaker: Yi Lu, Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth CollegeDiscussant: Daniel Koss, Associate Senior Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University The Chinese internet has recently been captivated by
Fairbank Center experts weigh in: Ya-Wen Lei, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University; Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard University; Chia-hung Tsai, Research Fellow, Election Study Center and Professor, Graduate Institute