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The Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation providing a range of support for research, training, libraries, and publications in the humanities and social sciences with special attention to Asian Studies.

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Echoes from the Sino-Burmese Borderlands: Untold Stories of Overland Chinese Migrants During the Cold War

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The Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI), an independent foundation located on the Harvard University campus, was founded nearly 100 years ago... Previous directors adapted the HYI to changing times and introduced new initiatives, but its core mission of advancing higher education in Asia has remained unchanged. Read More

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Seventeenth Book in the NTU & HYI Academic Book Series published

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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HYI Alumni News: Winter 2025

Friday, December 12, 2025

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