Topics: Speaker: Wang Shu-Li, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2021-2022 Chair/Discussant: William Fash, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University More […]
Speakers Late Ming and Early Qing was a period during which China underwent a transformation both on intellectual thoughts and society life, influenced with Western natural science (more precisely, natural
Wilt Idema, Professor of Chinese Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, introduces his translation of the Precious Scroll of the Rat Epidemic (鼠溫寶卷 Shuwen baojuan), published in Shanghai in 1911.
Gao Yunxiang highlights the close relationships between three famous African Americans and two notable Chinese artists in the early twentieth century.
The dramatic growth of ethno-nationalism in China and India is a driving force behind their current border tensions.
Wilt L. Idema and Xiaofei Tian introduce the Fairbank Center’s latest exhibition of eclectic treasures from Chinese history.
A Reading and Teaching Guide to the history of Black and African American connections with China.
Maria Adele Carrai’s research examines how China’s legal history affects the country’s foreign policy.
Lu Kou, Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University, describes how sixth-century diplomats were expected to be apt at verbal confrontation and witty rebuttals to achieve their diplomatic missions.
As part of the Fairbank Center’s exhibition of dazibao (大字报 “big-character posters”) and woodcuts from 1960s China, we present a four-part series on Cultural Revolution-era artworks. Jie Li, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, presents part 3 on the exhibitionism of dazibao.
