History

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

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Ya-Wen Lei – Techno-Capitalism: Social Challenges and Fissures in Today’s China

At a recent talk for the Fairbank Center’s Critical Issues Confronting China series, Ya-Wen Lei, Professor in the Harvard Department of Sociology, assessed the rise of techno-capitalism from the vantage …

Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Ya-Wen Lei – Techno-Capitalism: Social Challenges and Fissures in Today’s China

Negotiating the Gap: Communism and Confucianism—What the Struggle Between China’s Two Competing Social Philosophies Tells Us About the Country’s Future

In a special talk with Confucian expert Daniel A. Bell, three scholars consider the evolving role of Confucianism in China During the Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao and his Red Guards …

Negotiating the Gap: Communism and Confucianism—What the Struggle Between China’s Two Competing Social Philosophies Tells Us About the Country’s Future