The Harvard University Asia Center was founded during the 1997-1998 academic year as a university-wi
The Asia Center is a university-wide research center with four priorities: 1) Fostering research and teaching on Asia in transregional perspective, recognizing that Asian nations and their peoples have been inextricably interconnected with one another and with those of other regions for much of history; 2) Increasing the resources and number of Harvard faculty members and students engaged in the s
tudy of Asia by promoting expansive and inclusive coverage; 3) Advancing new transdisciplinary knowledge on Asia by catalyzing the interaction and collaboration of faculty members and students from across Harvardโs many schools; 4) Forging networks by connecting faculty members and students with practitioners, professionals, policy makers, and communities in the United States, Asia, and globally to address critical transregional challenges and opportunities. The Asia Center accomplishes these priorities through its public events; faculty and student grants programs; Graduate Student Associates Program; Postdoctoral Fellows Program; Publications Program; Southeast Asia Initiative; and other endeavors, which draw on the expertise of scholars, practitioners, professionals, policy makers, and communities across all fields.
03/18/2026
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ: ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด: ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด
March 25, 2026 | 7pm - 8:30pm
๐ก๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐, Associate Professor in the Global Liberal Arts Program, Rikkyo University, Tokyo
Moderator: ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ป, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute
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03/16/2026
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐น๐๐ : ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐
Wednesday, March 25, 12:00 p.m. ET
๐๐ต๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ป, Director, Applied Research Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences
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03/13/2026
๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ
March 24, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐๐, U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer and Humanitarian Mine Action Lead with Free Burma Rangers
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03/10/2026
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐: ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐จ.๐ฆ.-๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ
March 26, 2026 | 4:30pm - 6pm
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ, Associate, Harvard University Asia Center; Senior Fellow, George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations
Moderator: ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Professor of Strategy, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College
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03/09/2026
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐น๐๐ : ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐
Wednesday, March 25, 12:00 p.m. ET
๐๐ต๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ป, Director, Applied Research Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences
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03/05/2026
Friday, March 6, 4:00 p.m. 2026
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น: ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
Film Screening & Discussion
๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น, Producer of the film; Harvard Divinity School Fellow
๐ฃ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ, Third-year Political Science Student and Activist at Chulalongkorn University
Moderator: ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, Harvard Divinity School
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03/04/2026
Wednesday, March 4, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐
๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎa, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech
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03/03/2026
๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง
John Phan, Ho Tzu Nyen and Margaret Jack are the keynote lecturers for the Harvard-Yale Southeast Asia Studies Graduate Conference, April 3-4 2026. Find out more about their lectures at bit.ly/HYSEASGC
02/26/2026
March 2, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ
๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐พ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ (1880โ1930)
๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎ, Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
More info:https://slavic.utoronto.ca
02/24/2026
March 3, 2026 | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. ET
๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐: ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ, Yale University
Moderator: ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ผ๐, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
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02/23/2026
Monday, March 2, 6:00 p.m. ET: ๐ ร ๐ ๐แป ร๐ฎ (๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐) โ a poetic journey through memory and music with legendary musician Trแบงn Tiแบฟn
Tuesday, March 3, 6:00 p.m. ET: ๐๐ตรข๐ป ๐ง๐ฟแป๐ถ ๐ฅแปฑ๐ฐ ๐ฅแปก (๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป) โ following musician Hร Anh Tuแบฅn back to Ninh Bรฌnh to rediscover heritage, roots, and the meaning of homeland.
The Vietnamese Language Program at Harvardโs University warmly welcomes you to special screenings of two Vietnamese music documentaries followed by Q&A sessions afterwards with film director ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ด๐๐๐ฒ๐ป from Vietnam.
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The Asia Center is a university-wide research center with four priorities: 1) Fostering research and teaching on Asia in transregional perspective, recognizing that Asian nations and their peoples have been inextricably interconnected with one another and with those of other regions for much of history; 2) Increasing the resources and number of Harvard faculty members and students engaged in the study of Asia by promoting expansive and inclusive coverage; 3) Advancing new transdisciplinary knowledge on Asia by catalyzing the interaction and collaboration of faculty members and students from across Harvardโs many schools; 4) Forging networks by connecting faculty members and students with practitioners, professionals, policy makers, and communities in the United States, Asia, and globally to address critical transregional challenges and opportunities.
The Asia Center accomplishes these priorities through its public events; faculty and student grants programs; Graduate Student Associates Program; Postdoctoral Fellows Program; Publications Program; Southeast Asia Initiative; and other endeavors, which draw on the expertise of scholars, practitioners, professionals, policy makers, and communities across all fields.
Dear Colleagues,
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.
We remain firmly committed to fostering an atmosphere of safe and healthy engagement with each other as faculty members, staff, students, affiliates, and visitors. We will continue to work with the Harvard community and the broader higher education community to promote safe work environments for everyone. Further, we are committed to participating in efforts to improve the culture of Harvard so that all may achieve their full potential.
If you have any concerns or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us, Title IX officers, or other Harvard resources such as the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention & Response (OSAPR).
Yours sincerely,
Karen L. Thornber
Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center
Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
and of Comparative Literature
Elizabeth Liao
Executive Director, Asia Center
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As follow up, the Asia Center will continue to focus on building a culture of respect and a safe work environment for all. All of our staff and faculty are participating in trainings in person, and are coordinating similar trainings for affiliates and students with other international centers. In addition, we are in the process of developing a written code of conduct that will be shared with existing and incoming staff, postdoctoral fellows, students, and affiliates. The above statement will remain posted on our website and will be distributed along with our weekly announcements in Asia Center This Week each semester. Our policies and related issues will be part of an ongoing discussion within the Asia Center and with our colleagues across the University. We encourage you to check back for updates.
