Past Events
The Columbia University Weatherhead East Asian Institute presents Professor Qin Gao discussing her new book evaluating the impact and effectiveness of China’s primary social assistance program since it’s inception in 1993.
Based on her field research in the pastoral area of western Inner Mongolia and agricultural area in central Gansu province, You-tien Hsing will talk about herders and farmers’ aspirations and strategies of living with conservation programs such as ecological relocation, grazing and farming reduction, and state subsidies in China’s rapidly changing rural economy.
The Columbia Weatherhead East Asian Institute presents a talk by Professor Rian Thum.
Dr. Gallagher will discuss how Chinese energy finance compares to other global energy financiers. Dr. Wang Yan (Peking University) will put this energy financing in a larger context by explaining the non-concessional finance approach China’s global banks are taking to promote industrial and infrastructure development around the world. Paulina Garzon will provide examples of positive and negative impacts that Chinese energy investments are having on communities in Latin America.
The University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Contemporary China presents a talk with Minxin Pei, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.
This talk will cover the evolution of the image of female stars from the 1920s to the early 1950s as reflected in their representation as "cover girls" from the 1920s (and the birth of Chinese movie "goddesses") to their makeover after the Communist victory in 1949. The talk will include many slides of images from the Fonoroff Collection, now held at the C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
The Institute for Chinese Studies presents the "China in Transition" Lecture Series with Gang Zhu, Visiting Scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk with Carl Minzner, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.
DHAsia Presents | Transforming the Archives of Chinese Religion and Medicine, by Michael Stanley-Baker.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk with Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer-Prize winning writer focusing on society, religion, and history.