Eric Schluessel — Assistant Professor of Chinese History and Politics at the University of Montana, and former Fairbank Center Graduate Student Associate— describes his experience moving from Ph.D. life at Harvard to an Assistant Professorship in Western Montana. What tips does he have for current Ph.D. students on the job market?
On Monday, December 12, 2016, a delegation from Harvard University’s Fairbank Center joined Sichuan University’s Research Center for the Study of Western China (四川大学西部中国研究中心) in Chengdu to inaugurate a new
Li Honglin (1925-2016) gifts Fung Library with his calligraphy The Fairbank Center is grateful to the generous donation of calligraphy by Li Honglin, which is currently on display in the Fung
Sha Fei 沙飞 photographed China’s turbulent wartime in the 1930s and 40s, and in doing so defined a national visual culture. Sha Fei’s photographs invoke instantly recognizable images of wartime
Professor Eileen Chow, Duke University, pays tribute to Professor Philip A. Kuhn, former director of the Fairbank Center.
Director Michael A. Szonyi provides his insights on the past academic year A year ago, I suggested that we should use the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Fairbank Center’s predecessor,
Nancy Hearst, Librarian at Harvard’s Fung Library, describes the effort of shipping books from Beijing to Harvard for the library’s collection.
Nancy Hearst, Librarian at Harvard’s Fung Library, talks about her book-collecting trips to Beijing
