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SUMMARY:Korea's Place in an Uncertain World: Challenges and Opportunities -- Ambassador Kyung-wha Kang
DESCRIPTION:Korea Institute Kim Koo Forum 20th Anniversary Event \n\n\n\n[Please note: This event has been changed from in-person to virtual only.] \nHer Excellency Kang\, Kyung-wha\nAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the United States of America \nHer Excellency Kang\, Kyung-wha was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the United States of America by President Lee\, Jae Myung in October\, 2025. \nPrior to her appointment\, Ambassador Kang served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2017-2021 under President Moon\, Jae-in. Between April\, 2024 and September\, 2025 she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Society in New York. \nDuring her varied and distinguished career in public service\, Ambassador Kang served as Secretary for International Relations in the Office of the Speaker of the Korean National Assembly and as Senior Advisor and Principal Speechwriter to the Foreign Minister and Principal Interpreter to the President of Korea. \nShe was also Director-General for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea. At the United Nations\, she was Deputy High Commissioner at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights\, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs\, Chief of the Transition Team for the 9th United Nations Secretary-General-elect and later his Senior Advisor\non Policy. \nEarlier in her career\, Ambassador Kang worked for the English Section of Radio Korea International of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)\, served as Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University in Cleveland\, Ohio and was active in several women’s\norganizations in Korea. She was affiliated with Ewha Women’s University as Distinguished Professor Emeritus (Sept. 2022 – Feb. 2023) and is Honorary Professor at the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University since September\, 2023. \nAmbassador Kang has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and International Studies from Yonsei University\, and both a Master’s Degree and Doctorate in International/Intercultural Communication from the University of Massachusetts at\nAmherst. \nShe is married with three children. \nChaired by Nicholas Harkness\, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director\, Korea Institute\, Harvard University \n***\nTo attend this online event\, please register here. \nEvent details can be found on the Korea Institute website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/kyungwha-kang-2025/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T132000
DTSTAMP:20251028T125235Z
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SUMMARY:Where is the "Next China"? It's Still China— But It Will Require a Different Playbook -- Joe Ngai
DESCRIPTION:[Location Change: This event will now be held in WCC B015 (previously WCC 3018).] \nEast Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nFairbank Center for Chinese Studies China Economy Lecture: \nJoe Ngai JD ‘99 \nSenior Partner and Chairman of Greater China Offices\, McKinsey & Company \nJoe Ngai is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and chairman of its Greater China offices in Beijing\, Hong Kong\, Shanghai\, Shenzhen\, and Taipei. In the past two decades\, he has led large-scale transformations for Chinese and multinational organizations and advises many corporate leaders in the region. Mr. Ngai has been named one of the 2023 and 2024 Forbes China “100 Most Influential Chinese” and one of the 2022 “CEOs of the Year for Multinational Corporations in China” by Jiemian News. He holds an AB\, JD\, and MBA from Harvard University. \n\nJoe will share his observations of the opportunities ahead for businesses in China\, especially in the context of increasingly complex geopolitics\, slowdown in the China macro-economy\, a rapidly aging society and the emergence of AI. What is the new playbook required for businesses to succeed? What does this mean for lawyers? \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year. \nCo-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/joe-ngai-2025/
LOCATION:WCC B015 (Basement of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T132000
DTSTAMP:20250929T185928Z
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SUMMARY:From High-Stakes Litigation to Sports Leagues and Restaurants: Adventures in Law and East Asia -- Ryan Goldstein
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nRyan Goldstein\, JD ’98\nManaging Partner\, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP Tokyo Office\nDirector\, East Asia Super League\nOwner\, Q Sushi and Gaku Ramen \nManaging Partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Tokyo office\, Ryan Goldstein made his career in complex business litigation and arbitration\, including Apple v. Samsung and the dispute over ownership rights in the iconic “Ultraman” superhero character. Outside of his law firm practice\, he is a founding owner and director of basketball’s East Asia Super League; works with a sumo stable; owns a Michelin star sushi restaurant in Los Angeles; and is starting a chain of ramen restaurants in the US (though not yet in Cambridge!). He is a regular commentator (in Japanese) on transnational law and business issues in Japan. \nA light lunch (sorry\, no sushi or ramen) will be served. Please register here. \n  \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/ryan-goldstein-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 3007 (3rd floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T132000
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SUMMARY:The Rise of Authoritarian Sustainability? China's Transformative Engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals -- Ryan Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nRyan Martinez Mitchell\, JD ’12 \nAssociate Professor of Law\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong \nAuthor of Recentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law \nSince the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015\, this global development concept has been increasingly incorporated into the People’s Republic of China’s structures of state planning\, intra-Party governance\, and a comprehensive ideological narrative articulating both national and global objectives. Indeed\, China’s role in and advocacy for the SDGs\, beginning during the negotiations on their formation\, is now at the heart of its foreign policy and international law initiatives. There has also been an increasing permeation of SDG indicators into Beijing’s domestic formulation and evaluation of policies (including for audiences of elite policymakers). Significantly\, China has also come to be seen by many as a model of achievement with regard to the SDGs at a time of US withdrawal and generalized crisis in the arena of global development. \nThe emerging pattern could be seen as one example of “authoritarian sustainability”: a configuration in which the legitimacy of illiberal governance is extensively reinforced by the discourse and metrics of sustainable development. As a unique melding of China’s domestic politics with a global agenda\, the SDG targets now serve as guiding principles\, integrating social and environmental policy\, economic regulation\, and state legitimacy claims into a single project. At the same time\, viewed in connection with the international legal order\, Beijing’s approach may help spur a global transition away from civil and political conceptions of human rights\, in favor of the similarly universalist but “post-liberal” SDG framework. However\, while in many ways a success story\, China’s model of SDG engagement also includes several paradoxical features that may indicate its own replicability challenges\, latent drawbacks or contradictions\, and the need to contemplate alternative paths. Empirical and structural analysis of China’s legal and regulatory approaches indicate features–such as reliance on controlled disruption\, völkisch ecology\, and “saltationist” mobilization–that call into question the viability of authoritarian sustainability as a long-term model in China or as an example for developing states. \nRyan Martínez Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His work on international and comparative law\, legal history\, Chinese law\, and Asian legal systems has appeared in leading academic journals. His analysis of these issues has also featured in policy-related publications including Foreign Affairs\, The National Interest\, The Diplomat\, and others\, and his analysis has been cited in media including The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times\, The National Interest\, NPR\, Bloomberg\, Nikkei Asia\, Al Jazeera\, Foreign Policy\, and other major media outlets. His first book\, Recentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law\, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. Mitchell holds a B.A. with honors from The New School\, a J.D. from Harvard Law School\, where he was also a Cravath International Fellow and an Irving R. Kaufman Public Interest Fellow\, and a Ph.D. in Law with distinction from Yale Law School\, where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Fellow and obtained Yale’s Archaia qualification in the study of premodern societies. He is a member of the State Bar of California and has experience in international human rights litigation. In the current academic year\, he will be a visiting Fellow at Yale Law School’s Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights\, Global Faculty at the Freie Universität Berlin Department of Law\, and an International Affairs Fellow in Japan for the Council on Foreign Relations. \nA light lunch will be provided at this event. Please register here. \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year. \n 
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/ryan-mitchell-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 3018 (3rd floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
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SUMMARY:How Women’s Political Visibility in South Korea Shapes Legislators’ Behavior and Public Attitudes -- Soosun You
DESCRIPTION:Korea Institute SBS Seminar \n \nSoosun You\nAssistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania \nSoosun You is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in comparative politics\, gender and politics\, and political behavior\, with a regional focus on South Korea. Her research appears or is forthcoming in the Annual Review of Political Science and Journal of Law and Economics. She is also the founder of the Gender in Korea Reading Group\, which brings together scholars from diverse disciplines working on gender issues related to Korea. \nSoosun’s current book project explores how demographic shifts and changes in the marriage market have shaped the trajectory of women’s rights in South Korea. Drawing on a wide range of methods including archival work\, survey experiments\, and in-depth interviews\, the book examines the rise of anti-natalist and pro-natalist government policies and their consequences for women’s economic and political rights.  \nShe earned her PhD and MA in political science from UC Berkeley. She also has a master’s in public policy from Seoul National University. \nChaired by Hojung Joo\, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Government\, Harvard University \nAbstract:\nIn this talk\, I explore how women’s presence in South Korean politics—both within legislatures and protest movements—shapes elite behavior and public attitudes. I argue that descriptive representation can foster substantive representation when everyday peer environments expose legislators and the public to women in politics. First\, I show that working alongside more women colleagues affects the policy-making process by increasing legislators’ engagement with gender equality issues\, drawing on data from legislative speeches\, plenary sessions\, and campaign manifestos. Second\, using a novel survey experiment conducted in South Korea\, I demonstrate that the salience of women’s participation in protest movements strengthens women’s political agency and shapes public perceptions of government legitimacy and democratic values. \nEvent details can be found on the Korea Institute website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/soosun-you-2025/
LOCATION:Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050)\, CGIS
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T131500
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SUMMARY:CLA x Lambda Panel on LGBTQIA+ Advocacy in China
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School China Law Association (student organization) event: \nJoin CLA and Lambda for a panel discussion on LGBTQIA+ activism and advocacy in China! The panel will feature three speakers: \n\nYanhui Peng\, who has led groundbreaking LGBTQIA+ rights litigation in China\, including a consumer fraud litigation against a “conversion therapist”\nMingyue Gao\, who is a partner at Guantao Law Firm in China\, and who recently represented a Chinese lesbian woman in an action against her ex-wife for custody for their child\nYing Xin\, who was the director of the Beijing LGBT Center for a decade before becoming a Program Manager for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program at HKS’s Carr-Ryan Center\n\nLunch will be provided at the event. \nIf you are interested\, please remember to RSVP (https://forms.gle/JZNxYivSGfTVxmFL9). \nFor questions\, please contact Zeqing Li at zli@jd27.law.harvard.edu or Shengdong Guo at sguo@sjd.law.harvard.edu. \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School China Law Association.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/yanhui-peng-mingye-gao-ying-xin-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 1015
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T132000
DTSTAMP:20250917T133112Z
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SUMMARY:Is Authoritarian Constitutionalism an Oxymoron? -- Mark Tushnet
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nMark Tushnet \nWilliam Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law\, Emeritus\, Harvard Law School\nCo-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Law and Authoritarianism (with Cora Chan\, Madhav Khosla\, and Benjamin Liebman) \nProfessor Tushnet\, who graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School and served as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall\, specializes in constitutional law and theory\, including comparative constitutional law. His research includes studies of constitutional review in the United States and around the world\, and the creation of other “institutions for protecting constitutional democracy.” He also writes in the area of legal and particularly constitutional history\, with works on the development of civil rights law in the United States and a history of the Supreme Court in the 1930s. \nA light lunch will be provided. \n  \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/mark-tushnet-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 3007 (3rd floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T180000
DTSTAMP:20250205T084320Z
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SUMMARY:Encountering Law: Legal Knowledge and Practice in Chosŏn Korea -- Jungwon Kim
DESCRIPTION:Korea Institute Korea Colloquium \nJungwon Kim\nKing Sejong Associate Professor of Korean Studies\, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, Columbia University \nChaired by Sun Joo Kim\, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History\, Harvard University \nScholars have long assumed that Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910) lacked a distinctive system for cultivating legal professionals. Local magistrates and provincial governors\, serving as chief judicial officers in their jurisdictions\, were scholar-officials appointed through the civil service examination and often perceived as lacking formal legal training. Yet\, despite their abscence of structured legal education\, these officials demonstrated substantial knowledge of the law and significant practical administrative skills in legal matters. There were also legal specialists who underwent rigorous training\, passed examinations in law\, and were appointed to assist local governors with judicial tasks. Moreover\, numerous legal cases reveal that ordinary people\, much like the officials judging them\, displayed a surprising familiarity with the law. This talk explores how legal knowledge was generated\, disseminated\, interpreted\, and applied by various groups in Chosŏn society. Drawing on rich archival materials—including law books\, legal handbooks\, trial reports\, and other local-level governmental publications—it uncovers the multifaceted modes of producing and sharing legal information\, highlighting how legal literacy and knowledge facilitated access to justice and shaped the judicial process in Chosŏn Korea. \nJungwon Kim is King Sejong Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. She specializes in the gender and legal history of premodern Korea\, with a focus on the Chosŏn Dynasty. She is the author of Virtue That Matters: Chastity Culture and Social Power in Chosŏn Korea\, 1392–1910 (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2025). Her other works include co-authoring Wrongful Death: Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea (University of Washington Press\, 2014) and co-editing Beyond Death: The Politics of Suicide and Martyrdom in Korea (University of Washington Press\, 2019). She also edited the special issue Archives\, Archival Practices\, and the Writing of History in Premodern Korea (Journal of Korean Studies\, 2019). Currently\, she is working on a book manuscript tentatively entitled Families in Trials: Local Courts and Legal Culture in Chosŏn Korea. She earned her PhD from Harvard University\, taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at Princeton. \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on the Korea Institute website (opens in a new tab).
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/jungwon-kim-2025/
LOCATION:Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050)\, CGIS
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T134500
DTSTAMP:20250305T222311Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Companies Going Global - with Han Kun
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School China Law Association (student organization) event: \nAs Chinese companies expand globally\, they face regulatory scrutiny\, geopolitical challenges\, and cross-border disputes. Whether you’re a founder\, investor\, or legal professional\, this is a must-attend event to understand the opportunities and challenges for Chinese companies going global. Experts from Han Kun Law Offices—including former partners from White & Case and Kirkland & Ellis—will share insights on navigating Rednote’s impact and managing compliance risks in global expansion. \n\nUps and Downs of Chinese and American Law Firms Practicing in China (1994-2024)\nTrends and Challenges of Chinese Companies Going Global\nWhere and Why International Disputes Occur and How to Resolve Them\nFrom Rednote to Wall Street: Build Trust and Explore Collaborations in the New Paradigm\n\nSpeakers: \nLi Xiaoming\nPartner\, Co-CEO\, Han Kun Law Offices\nJD ’90\, Duke Law School \nQi Shuting\nPartner\, Han Kun Law Offices\nLLM ’12\, Harvard Law School \nChen Xianglin\nPartner\, Han Kun Law Offices\nLLM ’17\, Harvard Law School \nHe Jiawei\nChief Marketing Officer\, Han Kun Law Offices\nLLM ’15\, Harvard Law School \nLunch will be provided. \nExclusive Closed-Door Session Opportunity!\nInterested in deeper insights?\nIn addition to the lunch talk\, you can join a closed-door session with Han Kun partners after the talk:\nTime: 2:00–3:00 PM\nLocation: Announced via email to confirmed attendees.\nIndicate your interest in the same Google Form below. \nHow to Register:\nFill out the registration form: https://forms.gle/RrTYtxmc1ZvocDf36 \nQuestions? Contact Ying Zhou at yzhou@jd25.law.harvard.edu \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School China Law Association.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/chinese-companies-going-global-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 1015
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T174500
DTSTAMP:20250306T194811Z
CREATED:20250226T165240Z
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SUMMARY:Unchained Watchdog: How China’s Supervision Commission Escapes Legal Bounds
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center Critical Issues Confronting China Series \nJeremy Daum\nSenior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow\nPaul Tsai China Center\, Yale Law School \nModerator:\nWilliam Alford\nJerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law\nDirector\, East Asian Legal Studies Program \nJeremy Daum is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center. He is based in Beijing\, and has more than a decade of experience working in China on collaborative legal reform projects. His principal research focus is criminal procedure law\, with a particular emphasis on the protection of vulnerable populations such as juveniles and the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. He is also an authority on China’s “social credit system.” Jeremy has spoken about these issues at universities throughout China and the United States and has co-authored a book on U.S. capital punishment jurisprudence for Chinese readers. He is the founder and contributing editor of the collaborative translation and commentary site Chinalawtranslate.com\, dedicated to improving mutual understanding between legal professionals in China and abroad. \nSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/jeremy-daum-2025/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T132000
DTSTAMP:20250221T195918Z
CREATED:20250205T150850Z
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SUMMARY:Atrocity Crimes and the Limits of International Criminal Justice
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk:\n \nRaul Pangalangan\, LL.M ’86\, S.J.D. ’90\nProfessor and Former Law Dean\, University of the Philippines\nFormer Judge at the International Criminal Court (2015-2021) \nI will look at the ICC\, first and foremost\, as a court\, not as a creature of politics\, and ask how courts can confront injustices of historical scale that are not too easily amenable to court-dispensed justice. \nThe limits contained in the Rome Statute (e.g.\, the high evidentiary and fair trial standards\, the resulting slowness and costliness of ICC procedure\, the problem of selectivity\, the unenforced arrest warrants vis-a-vis the ICC’s dependence on the support of states\, and the requirement of victim participation and reparations) have been pictured as design flaws inherent in the project of international criminal justice.  I propose that they instead call on us to reconceive the kind of justice that we seek\, and ask whether judicial power as defined in the domestic sphere is transformed when exercised at the international sphere. \nSpeaker: \nRaul C. Pangalangan (LL.M 1986\, S.J.D. 1990) is a Professor of Law and former Law Dean at the University of the Philippines. He was a Judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2015-21\, where he presided over the first ICC case on the war crime of attacking cultural and religious heritage\, and sat in landmark cases involving child soldiers\, forced marriages\, and sexual slavery. In 2022-23\, he chaired the ILO Commission of Inquiry on Myanmar. For this school year\, he is a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. He is a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) and Chair of the Philippine National Group at the PCA. He is an Associate Member of the Institut de Droit International\, and has served as a Visiting Professor at HLS. \nA light lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by EALS. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program; the Harvard International Law Journal; and HLS Advocates.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/raul-pangalangan-2025/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T130000
DTSTAMP:20250212T163520Z
CREATED:20250113T202623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T163520Z
UID:10000188-1739188800-1739192400@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:What Do Japanese People Want From Their Constitution?
DESCRIPTION:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar \nKenneth McElwain\nVisiting Professor of Political Science\, Columbia University\nProfessor\, Institute of Social Science\, University of Tokyo \nModerator:\nHelen Hardacre\nReischauer Institute Professor Emerita of Japanese Religions and Society\, Harvard University \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations website (will open in a new tab) \nSponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Co-sponsored by EALS.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/kenneth-mcelwain-2025/
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262)\, CGIS Knafel Bldg.
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250204T132000
DTSTAMP:20250205T033604Z
CREATED:20241216T195315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T033604Z
UID:10000185-1738671600-1738675200@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies and Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD) Talk \nCeleste Arrington\nKorea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs\nDirector\, GW Institute for Korean Studies\nCo-Director\, East Asia National Resource Center \nDisability rights advocates in South Korea and Japan have accessed the courts to address an array of disability rights issues\, from barriers to political participation and forced sterilization in Japan to the inaccessibility of inter-city buses and forced labor on salt farms in South Korea. In her talk\, Professor Celeste Arrington will analyze the emergence of legalism in South Korea and Japan\, through comparisons of recent reforms related to disability discrimination and accessibility. \nThis talk’s focus will be the specific contributions to the trend towards legalism in Japan and Korea by disability “cause” lawyers. This growing cohort of legal advocates have drafted and deliberated new legislation\, lobbied for policy changes\, enhanced the capacity of disabled persons’ organizations\, investigated human rights conditions\, established mechanisms for remedying rights violations\, monitored compliance with the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, and represented persons with disabilities in court. Not only have these efforts helped to advance the rights of persons with disabilities\, they have also made an impact on South Korea’s and Japan’s legal systems more broadly. \nAs chronicled in Professor Arrington’s forthcoming book\, From Manners to Rules: Advocating for Legalism in South Korea and Japan (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)\, in addition to important disability rights gains\, disability rights advocates have made notable contributions to the emergence of more formal rules and participatory policymaking and enforcement\, including through the courts. These markers of emerging legal formalism represent a change since governance in both countries was long known for relying on vague laws\, bureaucratic discretion\, and nonbinding exhortations. While existing studies of legalism and the broader judicialization of politics tend to offer top-down or structural explanations\, Professor Arrington’s forthcoming book traces how activists and lawyers are contributing to the legalistic turn in regulatory style from the bottom up by demanding more detailed and enforceable legal frameworks and using them in court. \nCeleste Arrington is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. She is the Director of the GW Institute for Korea Studies and Co-Director of the East Asia National Resource Center (2024-present). She specializes in comparative public policy\, law and social change\, lawyers\, and governance\, with a regional focus on the Koreas and Japan. She is also interested in Northeast Asian security\, North Korean human rights\, and transnational activism. Her first book was Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Governmental Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell\, 2016). She has published numerous articles and she coedited Rights Claiming in South Korea with Patricia Goedde (Cambridge\, 2021). Her forthcoming book analyzes the legalistic turn in Korean and Japanese regulatory style through paired case studies related to tobacco control and disability rights. She received a PhD from UC Berkeley\, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge\, and an AB from Princeton University. She has been a fellow at the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard\, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. GW’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded her the 2021 Early Career Research Scholar Award. Her article with Claudia Kim\, “Knowledge Production Through Legal Mobilization: Environmental Activism Against the U.S. Military Bases in East Asia\,” won the 2023 Asian Law and Society Association’s distinguished article award. \nLight lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD). Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute\, the Reischauer Institute\, and the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. \nLinks: \n\n Michael E. Waterstone\, Michael Ashley Stein & David B. Wilkins\, “Disability Cause Lawyers\,” 53 William & Mary Law Review 1287 (2012)\n Matthew “Hezzy” Smith & Michael Ashley Stein\, “Global cause lawyering\,” The Practice (May/June 2022)\n János Fiala-Butora\, Matthew S. Smith & Michael Ashley Stein\, “Disability cause lawyering at the European Court of Human Rights: Lessons from strategic litigation on the right to political participation\,” in Human Rights Strategies (2024)
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/celeste-arrington-2025/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T183000
DTSTAMP:20250204T045502Z
CREATED:20250116T144515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T045502Z
UID:10000191-1738252800-1738261800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Presidential Powers and Immunities: Comparing South Korea and the United States
DESCRIPTION:Korea Institute Panel Discussion \nPanelists: \nNoah Feldman\nFelix Frankfurter Professor of Law; Chair\, Society of Fellows; Director\, Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law\, Harvard Law School \nEungi Hong\nJudge in the Seoul Central District Court; Visiting Scholar at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute\, New York University \nThomas H. Lee\nLeitner Family Professor of International Law\, Fordham Law School \nChaired by Nicholas Harkness\, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology; Director\, Korea Institute\, Harvard University \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on the Korea Institute website (will open in a new tab) \nSponsored by the Korea Institute. Co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/noah-feldman-eungi-hong-thomas-lee-2025/
LOCATION:Belfer Case Study Room S020\, CGIS South S20
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T113000
DTSTAMP:20250204T045326Z
CREATED:20250127T154630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T045326Z
UID:10000193-1738144800-1738150200@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Lawfare in the 21st Century: The Constitutional Court vs Democracy in Thailand
DESCRIPTION:Asia Center Thai Studies Seminar Series \nEugénie Mérieau\nAssociate Professor of Public Law\, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne \nAgainst established theories linking constitutional courts to democratization\, the introduction of constitutional review in Thailand in the late 20th century has led to democratic breakdown in the 21st century. Since its creation\, the Thai Constitutional Court has dissolved most\, if not all\, of the pro-democracy\, anti-military political parties\, dismissed almost all elected prime ministers to date\, and paved the way for two military coups in 2006 and 2014. It has upheld the lese-majeste law and ruled any attempt to reform it as anticonstitutional\, while ruling democratic constitutional amendments as unconstitutional. This talk will analyze recent Thai Constitutional Courts cases targeting the youth movement and the Future Forward Party\, and offer reflections on the future of lawfare in Thailand. \nEugénie Mérieau is Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, and a member of the Sorbonne Institute of Legal and Philosophical Research (CNRS). She is also an associate researcher at the Centre for International Research\, Sciences Po Paris\, and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies\, National University of Singapore. A specialist of authoritarian constitutionalism\, she has published extensively on Thai law and politics. Her latest book\, “Constitutional Bricolage : Thailand’s Sacred Monarchy vs the Rule of Law” was published by Hart in 2022. \nEvent details on the Asia Center website (opens in a new tab). \nSponsored by the Asia Center and the Thai Studies Program\, Harvard University.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/eugenie-merieau-2025/
LOCATION:CGIS South S153
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T130000
DTSTAMP:20250128T145126Z
CREATED:20250113T201723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T145126Z
UID:10000187-1737979200-1737982800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Walking Out: America’s New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar\n \nMichael Beeman\nVisiting Scholar\, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\, Stanford University \nModerator:\nMark Wu\nHenry L. Stimson Professor\, Harvard Law School \nMichael Beeman will discuss his latest book and the future of trade in the Asia-Pacific as the United States shifts away from rules-based multilateral trading order. \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on Program on U.S.-Japan Relations website (will open in a new tab) \nSponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies; the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Harvard University Asia Center; the Harvard Kennedy School Japan Caucus; and the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/michael-beeman-2025/
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262)\, CGIS Knafel Bldg.
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T130000
DTSTAMP:20250125T060808Z
CREATED:20241121T000811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T060808Z
UID:10000184-1731931200-1731934800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:America's Future in East Asia
DESCRIPTION:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar \nDaniel Kritenbrink \nAssistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs\, United States Department of State \nModerator\nMark Wu\nHenry L. Stimson Professor\, Harvard Law School \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on Program on U.S.-Japan Relations website (will open in a new tab). \nSponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Weatherhead Center for International Relations. Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center; the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; the Harvard Kennedy School Japan Caucus; East Asian Legal Studies\, Harvard Law School; and the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/daniel-kritenbrink-2024/
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262)\, CGIS Knafel Bldg.
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T132000
DTSTAMP:20250125T072053Z
CREATED:20240904T002754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T072053Z
UID:10000181-1731586800-1731590400@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:U.S. Tech Policy Toward China: Growing Parallels Between Washington and Beijing?
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nAngela Huyue Zhang \nProfessor of Law\, University of Southern California Gould School of Law \n \nIn this talk\, I will pose the provocative question of whether America is now acting like China in its attempt to contain China’s technological rise. Amid the escalating Sino-U.S. tech war\, the United States has built an unprecedented legal machine aimed at curbing China’s technological advancements. From imposing stringent sanctions on Chinese tech giants to restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductor chips and equipment\, the U.S. government has intensified efforts to slow China’s progress in key sectors. In parallel\, it has heightened scrutiny over both inbound and outbound investments related to China\, passed a law that could lead to a nationwide ban on Tik Tok\, and imposed steep tariffs on Chinese high-tech goods such as electric vehicles\, batteries\, and solar panels. Meanwhile\, U.S. agencies have significantly ramped up enforcement against espionage activities\, disproportionately targeting ethnic Chinese scientists\, which has led to a talent exodus in recent years. \nDrawing from my newly released book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy\, I will explore the striking parallels between the U.S. and China’s regulatory governance. Through a deep dive into the structure\, processes\, and outcomes of U.S. legal strategies\, I will unravel the dynamic complexities and unintended consequences of U.S. legal actions against China. Additionally\, I will offer proposals on how the United States can recalibrate its tech policy to enhance resilience and maintain its competitive edge in the fast-changing technological landscape. \nAngela Huyue Zhang is a Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law. Zhang has broad research interests in the areas of law and economics\, particularly in transnational legal issues bearing on businesses. Widely recognized as a leading authority on Chinese tech regulation\, she has written extensively on this topic. Her first book\, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation\, was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of the Year by ProMarket in 2021. Her second book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy\, released in March 2024\, has been covered in The New York Times\, Bloomberg\, Wire China\, MIT Tech Review and many other international news outlets. Zhang is currently conducting research on the regulation of artificial intelligence\, with plans to teach and write on this topic in the coming years. Before joining USC Gould in 2024\, Zhang taught at the University of Hong Kong\, New York University School of Law\, and King’s College London. \nBoxed lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/angela-zhang-2024-11/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T131500
DTSTAMP:20250125T074023Z
CREATED:20241121T000357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T074023Z
UID:10000183-1731500100-1731503700@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Justice in Early Modern Korea
DESCRIPTION:The Korean Association of Harvard Law School (student organization) presents: \nSun Joo Kim\nProfessor\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations\, Harvard University \n \nThe talk will discuss legal principles mobilized in 17th century Korea to rationalize various judicial viewpoints\, reconcile competing legal precedents\, and address extralegal punishments. \nSun Joo Kim is Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. After completing an undergraduate degree in history at Yonsei University\, she received a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She has a broad range of research interests in social and cultural history of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910) including regional history of the northern part of Korea\, popular movements\, historical memory\, micro history\, everyday lives of people\, history of emotions\, law and society\, slavery\, and art history. She is also devoted to making underused yet enlightening primary sources available in English through conventional as well as digital publishing. She is author of several books and numerous articles. She is a recipient of various fellowships and grants\, most notably American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Research Fellowship\, Korea Foundation Advanced Research Grant\, and Social Science Research Council Doctoral Research Fellowship. \nLunch will be provided. \nSponsored by the Korean Association of Harvard Law School. Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/sun-joo-kim-2024/
LOCATION:WCC 3012
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T150000
DTSTAMP:20250125T072228Z
CREATED:20240904T222636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T072228Z
UID:10000182-1728482400-1728486000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:China's Reception of the AI Revolution
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nDongsheng Zang (LL.M. 1996\, S.J.D. 2004)\nAssociate Professor of Law\, University of Washington School of Law \n \nProfessor Dongsheng Zang joined the faculty at University of Washington School of Law full-time in 2006\, after serving as a visiting professor in 2005-06. His academic interests include international trade law\, and comparative study of Chinese law\, with a focus on the role of law and state in response to social crises in the social transformation in China. He holds an S.J.D. and LL.M. from Harvard Law School\, in addition to his LL.M. from Renmin University (Beijing) and LL.B. from Beijing College of Economics. His doctoral dissertation\, One-way Transparency: The Establishment of the Rule-based International Trade Order and the Predicament of Its Jurisprudence\, was awarded the 2004 Yong K. Kim ’95 prize. He was a research fellow at the East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School during the 2004-05 academic year. \nCoffee and light snacks will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/dongsheng-zang-2024/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T100000
DTSTAMP:20250125T072440Z
CREATED:20240429T174515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T072440Z
UID:10000103-1715070600-1715076000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Rightscaling Cities: The Political Economy of City Territory in China
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center Urban China Lecture Series \nZhang Guanchi (S.J.D. 2023)\nAssistant Professor of Law\, Vermont Law and Graduate School \n \nHow has the rescaling of the city territories interacted with China’s political and economic transformation? During the country’s rapid industrialization and urbanization\, Chinese cities have exhibited a relatively low degree of territorial fragmentation. This study examines the institutional experiments that have reclassified\, redivided\, and recombined local government territory in the People’s Republic of China since 1949. I argue that the constant rescaling of cities is a distinctive and underestimated mechanism in the Chinese state’s steering of economic transformation. \nThrough extensive fieldwork and archival research\, I find that the question of city scale has been integral to China’s economic modernization for the last seven decades. The constant tensions between the metropolitan center and periphery have driven various territorial reforms\, both before and after the market-oriented reform. These reforms have profoundly shaped the state’s economic development projects. I argue that\, over time\, metropolitan governments emerge as the primary scale for inter-local competition and coordination. While this particular territorial choice has contributed to China’s economic rise\, its entrenchment has ramifications for the country’s current challenges. \nGuanchi Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Law at Vermont Law and Graduate School. His research interests lie at the intersection of law\, urban studies\, and political economy. His current research projects focus on two primary areas of inquiry: the rise and fall of efforts to rightscale cities in China and the United States\, and the role of housing and zoning laws in the context of growing geographic disparities. \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on Fairbank Center website (will open in a new tab). \nSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/guanchi-zhang-2024/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T122000
DTSTAMP:20250127T162046Z
CREATED:20240404T181818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T162046Z
UID:10000006-1712838000-1712838000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Enters its 14th Year: Ghost Towns\, Lawsuits\, and a Million Tons of Water
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nMartin Fackler \nJournalist and Visiting Research Associate\, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies \nMartin Fackler is a research associate at Harvard University’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. He has been a writer and journalist in Asia for two decades\, working most recently as Assistant Asia Editor at The New York Times managing the paper’s coverage of China. He was a correspondent at The New York Times for ten years\, serving as Tokyo bureau chief from 2009 to 2015. In 2012\, he led a team that was named finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative stories into the Fukushima nuclear disaster that the prize committee said offered a “powerful exploration of serious mistakes concealed by authorities in Japan.” He has also worked in Shanghai\, Beijing and Tokyo for The Wall Street Journal\, The Far Eastern Economic Review\, the Associated Press and Bloomberg News. From 2015-17\, he was a Senior Fellow and Journalist-in-Residence at the Asia Pacific Initiative\, a Tokyo-based think tank. He also currently serves as an advisory board member at the Institute for Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo. Fackler is author or co-author of 11 books in Japanese\, including the bestseller Credibility Lost: The Crisis in Japanese Newspaper Journalism after Fukushima (2012). In English\, he edited Reinventing Japan: New Directions in Global Leadership (2018). He grew up in Georgia\, and holds degrees from Dartmouth College\, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California\, Berkeley. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies. Co-sponsored by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/martin-fackler-2024/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T122000
DTSTAMP:20250127T162200Z
CREATED:20240314T194550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T162200Z
UID:10000004-1712233200-1712233200@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:U.S. Trade Policy\, Japan\, and China
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nGlen Fukushima\, J.D. ’82\nVice Chair\, Securities Investor Protection Corporation\nSenior Fellow\, Center for American Progress\nFormer President\, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan\nFormer Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan and China \nGlen S. Fukushima was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden to serve as Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation in October 2021 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2022.  After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1982\, he was a Fulbright Fellow at the Faculty of Law\, University of Tokyo; associate at Paul\, Hastings\, Janofsky & Walker; Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; and senior executive in one European and four American multinational corporations.  He served on Hillary Clinton’s Asia Policy Working Group in 2015-2016. \n  \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/glen-fukushima-2024/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240403T131500
DTSTAMP:20250125T073425Z
CREATED:20240313T183658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T073425Z
UID:10000003-1712145600-1712150100@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Can Regulation Revive China’s Sagging Economy?
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center Critical Issues Confronting China Series \nAngela Huyue Zhang\nAssociate Professor of Law and Director\, Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law\, University of Hong Kong\nProfessor of Law\, University of Southern California (in fall 2024) \nChina’s economy is at a crossroads\, facing its most significant challenges in recent memory. Amidst this economic turmoil\, a fierce debate has emerged among experts: Is the current economic downturn a result of ingrained structural issues\, recent policy shifts\, or escalating geopolitical tensions? \nIn this talk\, Professor Angela Zhang will offer a fresh perspective\, steering the conversation towards the impact of law on the Chinese economy. Drawing insights from her latest book\, “High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy\,” Professor Zhang will introduce the “Dynamic Pyramid Model” to demystify China’s regulatory governance. Through this lens\, she will explain the consistent regulatory pattern in some of the biggest policy challenges China has faced in recent years\, including tech regulation\, the covid-19 pandemic control\, the energy crisis in 2021\, the ongoing property crack down and China’s demographic crisis. This discussion aims to shed light on the political logic underpinning China’s regulatory policies\, while also identifying potential pathways toward economic revival. \nAngela Zhang is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law. Widely recognized as a leading authority on China’s tech regulation\, Angela has written extensively on this topic. She is the author of “Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation” (Oxford\, 2021)\, which was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of 2021 by ProMarket. Angela’s second book\, “High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy\,” was released by Oxford University Press in March 2024. In fall 2024\, Angela will join the University of Southern California as a Professor of Law. For more information\, please visit her website at AngelaZhang.net\, and follow her on Twitter @AngelaZhangHK. \nEvent details on the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies website (will open in a new tab). \nSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/angela-zhang-2024/
LOCATION:CGIS South S020\, Belfer Case Study Room
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T132000
DTSTAMP:20250127T162318Z
CREATED:20240312T210413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T162318Z
UID:10000002-1711714800-1711718400@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Thomas Jefferson\, Carsun Chang and A Lost Era of U.S.-China Constitutional Engagement
DESCRIPTION:  \nEast Asian Legal Studies Talk \n \nJedidiah Kroncke\nAssociate Professor of Law\, University of Hong Kong \nDr. Jedidiah Kroncke is an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong\, where he teaches trust law and the law of cooperative enterprises. His research centers on international legal history and the comparative study of alternative labor and property institutions. His first book\, The Futility of Law and Development: China and the Dangers of Exporting American Law (Oxford University Press\, 2016)\, explores the role of U.S.-China relations in the formation of modern American legal internationalism and the decline of American legal comparativism. Other publications have addressed law and development\, authoritarian law and legal ethics\, the history of international law\, and comparative law and political economy. He received a B.A. from the University of California Berkeley\, a J.D. from Yale Law School\, and a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from UC Berkeley\, and then served as the HLS Berger-Howe Legal History Fellow\, NYU Golieb Fellow in Legal History\, and Ruebhausen Fellow in Law at Yale Law. \nBoxed lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/jedidiah-kroncke-2024/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T133000
DTSTAMP:20250128T085136Z
CREATED:20250127T155218Z
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ Rights and Legal Challenges: From Asia to America
DESCRIPTION:The China Law Association\, Harvard Asia Law Society\, Harvard Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)\, HLS Lambda\, and Harvard Women’s Law Association (student organizations) present: \n \nJennifer Pizer\nChief Legal Officer and Eden/Rushing Chair\, Lambda Legal \nDoreena Wong\nPolicy Director\, Asian Resources\, Inc. \nEvan Wolfson\nFounder of Freedom to Marry \nThis event promises to be an enlightening and significant event\, bridging the gap between Asian and Asian American perspectives on LGBTQ issues. We are privileged to have Jennifer Pizer\, Doreena Wong\, Evan Wolfson\, and Kevin Yu to share their insights. Please join us to explore the diverse experiences and legal challenges faced by the LGBTQ community in Asian and Asian American contexts\, fostering a deeper understanding and dialogue across cultures. Lunch will be served. \nIn addition\, there will be a snack chat at 3:30-5:00 in WCC 5044. \nSponsored by HLS Lambda\, Harvard Asia Law Society\, Harvard APALSA\, Harvard Law School China Law Association\, and Harvard Women’s Law Association. Co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/lgbtq-rights-and-legal-challenges-from-asia-to-america/
LOCATION:WCC 1015
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T132000
DTSTAMP:20250127T162358Z
CREATED:20240312T210234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T162358Z
UID:10000001-1710850800-1710854400@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Health Code Apps as Social Control in China: Empirical Findings from the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nMichelle Miao\nAssociate Professor of Law\, Chinese University of Hong Kong\nFellow\, Stanford University Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences \nMichelle Miao is Associate Professor of Law at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Her major areas of research include ethics of technological innovation\, comparative law\, criminal justice\, law and society\, and rule of law and authoritarianism. As a CUHK-Stanford University Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow for 2023-2024\, she is working on a project exploring the interaction between artificial intelligence and the shifting paradigm of authoritarian governance. Professor Miao is an awardee of the American Society of Comparative Law’s Hessel Yntema Prize for the most outstanding scholarship by a scholar under 40 years of age. Among Professor Miao’s research interests are the intersections between law and technology\, criminal justice\, socio-legal studies and comparative law. \nBoxed lunch will be provided. \nSponsored by East Asian Legal Studies.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/michelle-miao-2024/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231127T130000
DTSTAMP:20250128T070452Z
CREATED:20240419T234606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T070452Z
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SUMMARY:Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
DESCRIPTION:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar \nGary Bass\nProfessor of Politics and International Relations\, Princeton University \nModerator: Christina L. Davis\nDirector\, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics\, Department of Government\, Harvard University \nThis seminar is part of the Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft. \nNote: Registration is not required for in-person attendance. \nAdditional Resources \n\nGary J. Bass\, Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia. Penguin Random House\, Oct. 17\, 2023.\n\nEvent details and Zoom registration link on Program on U.S.-Japan Relations website \nSponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center; and East Asian Legal Studies\, Harvard Law School.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/gary-bass-2023/
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262)\, CGIS Knafel Bldg.
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Co-Sponsored Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T120000
DTSTAMP:20250125T074408Z
CREATED:20240430T185158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250125T074408Z
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SUMMARY:How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center Critical Issues Confronting China Series \nKenneth I. Juster \nKenneth I. Juster\, AB ’76\, MPP ’79\, JD ’79\, served as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021.  He will discuss how China’s actions are reshaping India’s relationship with the United States and affecting the development of the Quad.  Join us for a discussion of how China’s democratic neighbors are cooperating strategically  to offer an alternative vision for the future of the Indo-Pacific.  The talk will underscore the challenges ahead as the United States\, its allies\, and its partner India work together to preserve a free\, open\, and prosperous region\, in light of China’s strategic ambitions. \nEvent details and Zoom registration link on the Fairbank Center website (will open in a new tab). \nSponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Co-sponsored by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute & the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/kenneth-juster-2023/
LOCATION:Belfer Case Study Room S020\, CGIS South S20
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T132000
DTSTAMP:20250128T085446Z
CREATED:20250127T155541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T085446Z
UID:10000195-1698409200-1698412800@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Partner\, Competitor\, Systemic Rival: Germany/EU´s Business with China
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk \nSabine Stricker-Kellerer\nAttorney and German Co-Chair of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum\, German Federal Foreign Office \nDr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer (LL.M. 1983) is a leading international legal expert on China business\, with over 40 years’ experience on topics such as the establishment and restructuring of foreign investment projects in China\, aspects of corporate structuring and regulatory issues\, negotiations\, technology licensing and dispute resolution. In 1985\, she was the first European lawyer to open an office in China. She frequently acts as arbitrator with various Asia related arbitration institutions. Dr. Stricker-Kellerer received her legal education at the universities of Munich\, Geneva and at Harvard Law School (LL.M.). In September 2023\, she was appointed by the German Federal Foreign Office as the new German Co-Chair of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum. \nBoxed lunch will be provided.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/partner-competitor-systemic-rival-germany-eu-business-with-china/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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