BUCSA News Archives
TODAY! PRC @ 75 Series – Symposium: The People’s Republic of China at 75 (at Harvard, Sept 30, 2024)
PRC @ 75 Series – Symposium: The People’s Republic of China at 75 September 30, 2024 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Harvard University, CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge St Cambridge, MA 02138 Speakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University Elizabeth Perry, Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University Anthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University Moderator: Mark Wu, Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard University https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/the-peoples-republic-of-china-at-75/
Congratulations to Prof. Daigengna Duoer for winning a Career Development Professorship!
East Asia Studies Career Development Professorship, supported by an anonymous BU alum based in Taiwan Daigengna Duoer, a College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of religion, who explores the religion and politics of China, Japan, and Russia, “is a rising star in Asian studies,” writes her nominator, Stan Sclaroff, dean of Arts & Sciences. “She is a highly promising scholar making significant contributions to interdisciplinary studies of Asia, writ large, with focus on China’s shifting borders and dynamic tensions with other modern nations and empires.” This posting is taken from BU's research publication The Brink, which also provides details about the... More
Imagining Other Times and Other Minds in Tiantai Buddhism: Toward the Non-Duality of Synchronic and Diachronic Experience, with Brook Ziporyn (at Boston College, Sept. 24, 2024)
The Asian Studies Program at Boston College presents The Daniel C. Morrissey ‘88 and Chanannait Paisansathan MD Distinguished Lecture in Asian Studies Imagining Other Times and Other Minds in Tiantai Buddhism: Toward the Non-Duality of Synchronic and Diachronic Experience Brook Ziporyn (Mircea Eliade Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought, The University of Chicago) Tuesday Sept. 24, 2024 at Gasson Hall 305, Boston College Details Details available at https://events.bc.edu/event/imagining-other-times-and-other-minds-in-tiantai-buddhism-toward-the-non-duality-of-synchronic-and-diachronic-experience. About the speaker: Brook A. Ziporyn is a scholar of ancient and medieval Chinese religion and philosophy. Professor Ziporyn received his BA in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago, and his PhD from... More
Texts on the Wall: The Sanskrit Inscriptions of the Saṃyuktāgama in the Bezeklik Cave 16 in Xinjiang (at Harvard and via Zoom, Oct. 2, 2024)
Dear members of the IAAS community, Please join us for October 2nd Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Lecture: Texts on the Wall: The Sanskrit Inscriptions of the Saṃyuktāgama in the Bezeklik Cave 16 in Xinjiang Dr. Xiaonan Li 李晓楠 (Peking University) Abstract: Located in the cliffs of the western bank of the Murtuk River in the Flaming Mountains, the Bezeklik Caves are located approximately thirty-seven kilometers east of Turpan City. They represent a quintessential example of Buddhist art in the Turpan region. Their initial construction began in the sixth century during the Qushi Gaochang (麴氏高昌) period, with the majority of extant murals dating back to the West Uighur Kingdom... More
PRC @ 75 Series – Film Screening – Remembering the 1980s: The Documentary Series Tiananmen, featuring an introduction by Yuhua Wang & Zoom Q+A with Shi Jian (at Harvard, Oct. 4, 2024)
PRC @ 75 Series – Film Screening Remembering the 1980s: The Documentary Series Tiananmen, featuring an introduction by Yuhua Wang & Zoom Q+A with Shi Jian October 4 @ 12:00 pm – 8:30 pm Venue: Harvard University, CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Introduction: Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government, Harvard University Programmer: Sam Maclean, Communications Manager, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Followed by a Zoom Q+A with filmmakers Shi Jian, co-director of Tiananmen The eight-part documentary series Tiananmen, about life in Beijing in the 1980s, was produced with official sanction by a brilliant young team of filmmakers at China Central Television (CCTV). It had a planned airing commencement date of National Day — October 1, More
United States China Strategy, with Prof. Jane Zhu, Rana Miller, and others (Council on Foreign Relations, Global Affairs Expert Webinar, Sept. 18, 2024)
Dear Colleagues, Our colleague at Suffolk, Prof. Jane Zhu, will be participating in an on-line seminar about China. And we invite you to join in if you can. The topic is United States China Strategy. It will be Wednesday, 18 September 2024 from 1pm to 2pm EDT. You can sign up at: outreach@cfr.org. This will be a Global Affairs Expert Webinar. The meeting is sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and it will be on the record. Another China expert participating will be Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee professor of U.S.-Asia relations at Harvard University, who will lead the conversation on U.S. More
Tristan Brown (MIT) on Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Virtual event, September 5, 2024)
The Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library invites you to take part in the virtual event: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China with Tristan Brown (MIT) Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 1 pm ET Missing Heaven & Earth now that it’s come off the walls? We’ve got one last program for you! Join Tristan Brown, S.C. Fang Chinese Language and Culture Career Development Professor at MIT, to discuss his work on fengshui in Chinese politics and culture. Brown’s tells the story of the important roles—especially legal ones—played by fengshui in Chinese society during China’s last imperial dynasty, the Manchu... More
Wan-an Chiang 蔣萬安 — Global Taipei: Bridging Tradition and Innovation (JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, Sept. 9, 2024)
The Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University invite you to hear Global Taipei: Bridging Tradition and Innovation with Wan-An Chiang 蔣萬安 (Mayor of Taipei) September 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Speaker: Wan-an Chiang, Mayor, Taipei Moderator: Anthony Saich, Director, Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University Please register with a valid Harvard email address... More
Ja Ian Chong — Northeast Asia is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order (at Harvard, Sept. 9 2024)
Harvard's Program on US-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies invite you to hear Northeast Asia is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order Ja Ian Chong (Associate Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore) Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Monday, September 9 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm CGIS Knafel K262 Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Registration site: https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqf-6opz4rGNecwwA132Vq1rTroCFdQ7hv#/registration The following details come from https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/events/ja-ian-chong-northeast-asia-is-for-deterrence-and-southeast-asia-is-mostly-for-free-riding-understanding-divergent-responses-to-maintaining-order/ Speaker: Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor, Political Science, National University of Singapore Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard... More
Understanding Indonesia, featuring Robert Blake Jr. (Boston Public Library, Sept. 11, 2024)
WorldBoston, WGBH Forum Network, Boston Public Library, and the Lowell Institute are pleased to invite you to the Boston Public Library for their latest Great Decisions program: "Understanding Indonesia" with Robert Blake Jr. Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Wednesday, September 11, 2024 from 6-7:30 pm ET Rabb Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square This program will feature a live audience Q&A, expert insights, and time for networking and discussion with other globally-oriented participants in the Newsfeed Café. "Indonesia has thrived during this great period of uncertainty for the rest of the world." - Robert Blake Jr. REGISTER HERE This program is free and open to the public, but advance... More