Past Events

Mar 15–16
India International Centre, New Delhi, India

Revisiting Core Questions of May Fourth Movement: Discourse, Narratives and Contestations

International Conference to mark the Centenary of the May Fourth Movement of 1919
 
Organized by Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, in collaboration with India International Centre, New Delhi and the Harvard-Yenching Institute, USA
Mar 14 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Animal transition and subsistence strategy on an ancient Chinese island: A zooarchaeological study of the Xiaozhushan Site

Lyu Peng (Associate Professor, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Richard Meadow (Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University)

Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Mar 5 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Reconstructing the history of Chinese dialects through foreigners’ eyes

YIU Yuk-man Carine (Associate Professor of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: C.-T. James Huang (Professor of Linguistics, Harvard University)

Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Feb 15 12:15–2:00pm
S250, 2nd Floor, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Time for Reparations? A View on the Cambodian Government's Response to the Khmer Rouge Genocide

Sreang Heng, Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School; President, PEN Cambodia
Chair: Yee Htun, Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law at the International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School
 
Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the Harvard-Yenching Institute
Feb 13 10:00–11:30am
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Seeing and Being Seen: The Cultural Roles of Tibetan Thangka

Yi Na (Yeshi Lhamo) (Associate Professor, Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Gregory Nagy (Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University)

*Please note early (10 am) start time*

Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center

Feb 7 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Fighting for Seats: The Politics of Gender Quotas in East Asia

Huang Chang-Ling (Professor of Political Science, National Taiwan University; HYI Visiting Scholar and Radcliffe Fellow in Residence, 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Mona Lena Krook (Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University)

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center

Jan 30 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

How well has China’s family planning policy worked?

Chen Wei (Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Mary Brinton (Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University)

Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Jan 29 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room (#136), 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Three Deities Faith and Distribution of Scriptures in the Late Chosŏn: Based on the Collection of Holy Spirit-Writing

Kim Jihyun (Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Seoul National University)
Moderator: James Robson (James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)

Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

Dec 10 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

An undesigned nuclear triangle of the U.S., China and India?

Wang Zhen (Associate Professor of International Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Steven E. Miller (Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School)

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center

Dec 4 12:00–1:30pm
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

How Has Taiwan Become a Base of Patriotic Education for the PRC?— Examining the “National Experience” of Degree-Pursuing PRC Students in Taiwan

Wang Horng-luen (Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)
Chair/discussant: Paul Cohen (Professor of History Emeritus, Wellesley College)

Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

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