Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Also held on September […]
Joel Mokyr — China and the West – Two Paths to the Twentieth Century
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences & Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University Join Joel Mokyr as he discusses his book "Two Paths to the Twentieth Century: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000-2000" coauthored with Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini. Forthcoming with Princeton University Press, it explores a […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu, Shenzhen Sketch Landscape Design More information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning, and the Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Presented via Zoom Meeting.Meeting link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93343229272 Venue
Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Eyck Freymann and Hugo Bromley – Avalanche Decoupling: Economic Contingency Planning for Taiwan Crisis
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers:Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow, Stanford UniversityHugo Bromley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Geopolitics, University of CambridgeMore information coming soon. Eyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, where he studies the geopolitics of climate change and strategic deterrence in the Taiwan Strait. Trained as an economic historian and China specialist, he is also the […]
Calligraphy Art Lecture and Workshop
Gund Hall Room 111 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Wang Dongling, Professor of Calligraphy and Director of the Modern Calligraphy Research Center, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou Paper and ink provided. Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyPdekMiEDa5XhgdmLmHn26csGN_s0FnHG38zBttjS3J422g/viewform Venue
Combatting Digital Misinformation: Lessons from Taiwan — A Conversation with Audrey Tang
BKC Multipurpose Room 515 Lewis Law Center, 1557 Mass. Ave. 5th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Audrey Tang, Inaugural Minister for Digital Affairs, Taiwan (2022-2024) Taiwan sits on the front lines of global misinformation campaigns. From election interference to fake news stories, Taiwanese society faces a regular influx of activities by nefarious actors attempting to distort information. What lessons can Taiwan offer for how to combat misinformation in a polarized […]
JFK Jr. Forum — Building a Digital Democracy
JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesPanelists:Audrey Tang, Former Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan Megan Smith, Former Chief Technology Officer of the United StatesDanielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, Harvard UniversityMathias Riss, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights, Global Affairs and Philosophy and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, […]
Digital China Initiative Workshop — GenAI for Literary Sinitic Studies
Room 202, 61 Kirkland St. 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThis workshop is designed to introduce the world of Generative AI (GenAI) and its applications in Literary Sinitic Studies. Tailored for beginners with no prior experience in AI, this session will explore how GenAI can revolutionize various aspects of research, learning, and analysis in Literary Sinitic Studies. Target Audience: Workshop Objectives: Also held on September […]
Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow (飞花散雪): A Performance of Calligraphy by Wang Dongling
Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesWang Dongling 王冬龄, one of China’s most highly regarded contemporary ink painters, will demonstrate his luan shu (“chaotic script”) calligraphy in a special event in the Calderwood Courtyard. In this energetic performance, he will draw upon ancient texts and brush-painting traditions to create a large gestural work focused on the exalted West Lake poems of […]
Susan Greenhalgh – Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola
CGIS South, Room S050 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Susan Greenhalgh, John King and Wilma Cannon Fairbank Research Professor of Chinese Society Emerita, Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityModerator: Nicole West Bassoff, PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School The 1990s were tough times for the soda industry. In the United States, obesity rates were exploding. Public health critics pointed to sugary soda as a main […]
China Humanities Seminar featuring Matthew Wild — When was Qing Poetry? Huang Jingren and the Ancient Song
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States**NOTE UPDATED DATE***Speaker: Matthew Wild, Preceptor in Literary Sinitic, Harvard University. This talk examines the poetics of time at the height of Qing empire. It offers a new approach to the work of the Qing poet Huang Jingren (1749–1783) against his subsequent appropriation by early twentieth-century writers who claimed Huang as a proleptic modern Chinese […]
PRC @ 75 Series – Symposium: The People’s Republic of China at 75
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010) 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityElizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard UniversityAnthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy SchoolYuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University Moderator:Mark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of […]