Anthropology

Reengaging with Chinese Universities – Professor Peter K. Bol Takes the China Biographical Database (CBDB) on the Road

In late October and November, as part of the initiatives by the Harvard China Fund and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies to reengage activities in China, the China Biographical …

Reengaging with Chinese Universities – Professor Peter K. Bol Takes the China Biographical Database (CBDB) on the Road

November 14, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Youqin Hang – Families in Transition: Living Arrangements, Intergenerational Support, and  Subjective Wellbeing in 21st Century China

Speaker: Youqin Huang, Professor of Geography and Planning, Research Associate of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, University at Albany, State University of New York This paper examines whether …

Youqin Hang – Families in Transition: Living Arrangements, Intergenerational Support, and  Subjective Wellbeing in 21st Century China

September 26, 2022 @ 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Urban China Series featuring Yang Zhan – “Keep Moving, Little Bees!”: Real Estate Promotion and the Financial Roots of Urban Precariousness in China

Speaker: Yang Zhan, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Developers in China’s real estate industry organize temporary workers, or “little bees,” to promote sales. Most developers …

Urban China Series featuring Yang Zhan – “Keep Moving, Little Bees!”: Real Estate Promotion and the Financial Roots of Urban Precariousness in China

September 20, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Panel Discussion – Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present

Speakers:Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paolo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School; Faculty Director of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University Michael Szonyi, Frank Wen-Hsiung Wu Memorial Professor …

Panel Discussion – Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present