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On May 29, 2020, The Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights posted a joint statement from the Asia Center and other University research centers across Harvard University, condemning police violence and calling on public leaders to affirm the values of "racial equity, justice, and non-violence." Read the statement here. |
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| From the introduction: The Asia-related centers at Harvard periodically spotlight some of the vast Asian resources at the University. Featured in this exhibit are a selection of photographs of trees in Asia by Ernest Henry Wilson from Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library. This exhibit was sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard China Fund, Korea Institute, and Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. Special thanks to the Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library. View the online exhibition here. |
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| Asia Center Council Member Vincenzo Bollettino on Climate Adaptation Actions on Gigantes Island, Philippines (Photo credit: Mark Toldo, HHI) Read here about a recent Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) Program on Resilient Communities project on climate adaptation by Vincenzo Bollettino, Director of the Program on Resilient Communities at HHI, and Project Lead of HHI's DisasterNet-Philippines Lea Ivy O. Manzanero. More information about HHI's work in the Philippines can be found here and here, and on the HHI website. |
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Call for Papers
Special Issue: Methods in China-India Studies International Journal of Asian Studies Title/abstract due: June 15, 2020 Full paper due: Dec. 15, 2020 Asia Center postdoc Adhira Mangalagiri is an editor for this special issue of International Journal of Asian Studies. Please see more information here. |
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The Asia Center reaffirms its unambiguous commitment to the policy and practice of zero tolerance of sexual harassment, gender-based disparity of treatment, and other forms of discrimination. View more |
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Asia Center Events This Week |
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Please visit our Events Calendar for future Asia Center events and other Asia-related events across Harvard. |
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Virtual ExhibitPhotographs by Lisa RossView HereSponsored by the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Harvard Asia Center Arts Initiative; with support from the Provostial Fund Committee, Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities Virtual ExhibitExhibition by Yong Han Poh '20 View HereSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Asia Center, and Mahindra Humanities Center. It was also supported by local migrant arts groups in Singapore, including the Migrant Workers Photography Festival and Migrant Writers of Singapore. ASIA INSECTAExhibition by Nathan Vedal Ph.D. ‘17, Summer 2017 View HereSponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Reischauer Institute of Japanese StudiesMAGNIFICENT TREES OF ASIAJanuary-March 2018 View HereSponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies |
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FROM THE ASIA CENTER ARCHIVES During this time of many cancelations and postponements of Harvard events due to COVID-19, Asia Center This Week will be sharing audio and video of some of our past panels, lectures, and symposia. Please view or listen here weekly (below), or subscribe to our YouTube channel. |
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| This talk was a part of the "Destination: World" event held on October 22, 2018, during the annual Harvard Worldwide week, hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs. At this event, Harvard undergraduates shared their stories of personal discovery, intellectual exploration, and global engagement made possible through travel abroad. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard China Fund, Harvard University Asia Center, Korea Institute, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, and Program on US-Japan Relations. View the event here. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 8 - 21, 2020 |
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SPECIAL WEBINAR EVENT COVID-19: Implications for the Global EconomyTuesday, June 9, 2020 | 12:30 - 2:00 PM EST Watch live on YouTube. Speakers: Natalia Volchkova, Assistant Professor and Policy Director,Center for Economic and Financial Research, New Economic School, Moscow Monica DeBolle, Adjunct Lecturer, Latin American Studies Program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Prithwiraj Choudhary, Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Willy Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration, Harvard Business School Moderator: Rawi Abdelal, Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, Harvard Business School; Director, Davis CenterCOVID-19 has created a major and lasting impact on the global economy. Join experts on five of the world’s major economies—the U.S., Brazil, Russia, India, and China—as they discuss the uneven economic shock of this global pandemic, as well as how these economies might recover in the coming years. Coponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, and the China Health Partnership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. |
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SPECIAL WEBINAR EVENT COVID-19: Reopening - Public Health and the EconomyThursday, June 11, 2020 | 12:30 - 2:00 PM EST Watch live on YouTube. Speakers: Chi-Man (Winnie) Yip, Professor of the Practice of International Health Policy and Economics, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Joseph Allen, Assistant Professor of Exposure Assessment Science, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Judyth Twigg, Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University Karl Lauterbach, Professor of Health Economics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management and Faculty Director of Action Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management As global economies gradually reopen, how are governments balancing economic recovery with concerns for public health? This event brings together scholars from economics, public health, and political science to discuss how different regions of the globe are approaching the complex demands of reopening. Coponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, and the China Health Partnership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. |
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