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China Humanities Seminar

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The China Humanities Seminar (CHS) is a long-standing lecture series on topics in Chinese art, history, literature, thought, and religion, with a primary focus on the premodern period. It is sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Fairbank Center for...

General Education 1136. Power and Civilization: China

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Prof. Peter Bol Prof. William Kirby In China today we see a new country built on the bedrock of an ancient civilization. China’s re-emergence as a global economic power and political model has deep roots. From Rome to the Romanovs, from Byzantium to the...

Gen Ed 1169 (Aesthetics and Culture). What is the Good China Story?

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Prof. David Wang Prof. Wai-yee Li Why do stories have the power to bring China to the world and the world to China? The course takes as its point of departure President Xi Jinping’s call in 2013 to “tell the good China story,” and in 2020 to “tell the...

Gen Ed 1136. Power and Civilization: China

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Prof. Peter Bol Prof. William Kirby In China today we see a new country built on the bedrock of an ancient civilization. China’s re-emergence as a global economic power and political model has deep roots. From Rome to the Romanovs, from Byzantium to the...

East Asian Studies 199. China and the African Continent

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Prof. Daniel Koss As Africa faces daunting challenges, the “Beijing model” invites intriguing alternative visions to the poorly performing designs by traditional foreign actors in the region. Moving from Chinese farm households in Mozambique to state...

East Asian Studies 199: China and the African Continent

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Prof. Daniel Koss As Africa faces daunting challenges, the “Beijing model” invites intriguing alternative visions to the poorly performing designs by traditional foreign actors in the region. Moving from Chinese farm households in Mozambique to state...

The Story of a Private Library in Contemporary China

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Mr. Gao Xiaosong 高曉松 , director of Za shu guan 雜書館 , will speak on the Za Library, one of the largest private libraries open to the public in China. Date: Monday, April 2, 2018, 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: Common Room, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA...

Prof. Peter Bol Awarded the China Special Book Award

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EALC Professor Peter Bol was honored with the China Special Book Award, the highest honor in China's publishing industry for foreigners. On Tuesday, June 17th, along with 15 others from multiple countries, Prof. Bol was given an award for his writing...

Thinking Through Performance in China workshop - 4/12 and 4/13

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The Thinking Through Performance in China workshop, which will be held on 4/12 and 4/13 at 2 Divinity Ave, reconsiders the significance of critical writings about acting, singing, and theatrical performance in China (c.1200–1850). How did artists...

East Asian Studies 196. Political Geography of China

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Prof. Daniel Koss Putting Chinese politics on the map, this course asks how the government deals with the enormous challenges of ruling over a vast terrain with a diverse population, encompassing super-rich urban metropolises as well as poor rural...

East Asian Studies 196. Political Geography of China

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D r. Daniel Koss Putting Chinese politics on the map, this course asks how the government deals with the enormous challenges of ruling over a vast terrain with a diverse population, encompassing super-rich urban metropolises as well as poor rural...

East Asian Studies 196. Political Geography of China

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Dr. Daniel Koss Putting Chinese politics on the map, this course asks how the government deals with the enormous challenges of ruling over a vast terrain with a diverse population, encompassing super-rich urban metropolises as well as poor rural...