Liu Weimo – Ancient Greek and Chinese Cosmologies Compared
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Liu Weimo, Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/Discussant: Shigehisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History, Harvard University More information: https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/ancient-greek-and-chinese-cosmologies-compared/ Venue
Shih-Diing Liu – The Political Life of Affective Spaces
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Shih-Diing Liu, Professor, Department of Communication, University of MacauChair/Discussant: Elizabeth J. Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor Of Government, Harvard University; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute China is saturated with complex emotions. Although emotions are constitutive in Chinese public culture, their implications are poorly understood. In this presentation, I aim to illuminate how and why emotions and affect […]
Visiting Scholar Lecture featuring Po-Chang (Paul) Huang – Sleepwalking into a China-Taiwan War? The Underreported Crisis over Kinmen and the Danger it Entails
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Po-Chang (Paul) Huang, Fairbank Center Visiting Scholar; Research Fellow, Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation On February 14, 2024, a tiny Chinese fishing raft collided with a Taiwan Coast boat near the waters of Kinmen, a Taiwan-controlled island just miles off China's Fujian coast. Two Chinese fishermen drowned as a result, and a huge Chinese public […]