Last fall, the Urban China Lecture Series welcomed sociologist Lik Sam Chan, a Lecturer at the University of Sydney, to discuss his book The Politics of Dating Apps: Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics […]
Science and Technology
February 26 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Speaker: Meg Rithmire, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Business, Government, and International Economy Unit, Harvard Business SchoolModerator: Henry Lee, Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director, Environment and Natural Resources
April 8 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Speaker: Dongsheng Zang, Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law The talk aims to provide a framework in understanding China’s industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) in the
October 22, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Speaker: Dan Wang, Hoover InstitutionDiscussants: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityMark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard
May 1, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Speaker: Sigrid Schmalzer, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sigrid Schmalzer is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research focuses on social, cultural, and political aspects of the
April 14, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Speaker: Andrew Erickson, Professor of Strategy, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College Regarding China’s ability to seize Taiwan or achieve other top-level military objectives, does corruption matter? Since
April 3, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Speaker: Rong Ma, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University; Alumnus (Visiting Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project This paper examines a solar subsidy program in China designed to alleviate poverty among rural
January 30, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Speaker: Haiyang Jiang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project The increasing integration of renewable energy sources introduces significant long-term uncertainty to power systems, creating challenges for maintaining energy balance over extended periods. Traditionally,
December 4, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Yu Zhao, Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University; Alumnus (Postdoctoral Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project Dr. Yu Zhao is a Professor in the School of Environment at Nanjing University.
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