Monday, September 23, 12:15 p.m.
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Communist Revolution, 1945-1957
Frank Dikötter, University of Hong Kong
CGIS Knafel Building, Room K262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Harvard University
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
Xi Jinping and China's Future: The Critical Issues
Dr. William Overholt, Senior Fellow, Harvard Asia Center and Fung Global Institute, Hong Kong;
Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School
S050, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Inaugural seminar in this new seminar series.
Monday, September 30, 12:00 p.m.
An Update on the Foreign Investment Regime in China
SAbine Stricker-Kellerer, LLM '83, Senior China Counsel, Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer
The Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall Room 308, Cambridge
Tuesday, October 1, 12:00 p.m.
New Progress on Rice Exploitation Research: Evidence from East China
Jin Guiyun, Professor of Archaeology, Shandong University; HYI Visiting Scholar
Discussant: Richard Meadow (Director, Zooarchaeology Laboratory, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Senior Lecturer on Anthropology, Harvard University)
Harvard-Yenching Institute lunch talk
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge
Wednesday, October 2, 12: 30 p.m.
China's Rise in the Production of Cutting Edge Technology
Professor Edward Steinfeld, Professor of Political Science and holder of the Dean's Chair in China Studies, Brown University
S050, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Friday, October 4, 12-1:30 pm
Attaining Education for All : How do India and China compare?
Abhimanyu Singh, Director and Representative, UNESCO Office Beijing
Discussant: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
S250, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Sponsored by the South Asia Institute Education Seminar and the Asia Center Modern Asia Seminar