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SUMMARY:CLA Academics Speaker Series: Professor Mark Jia
DESCRIPTION:China Law Association (student organization) event: \nCLA Academics Speaker Series: Professor Mark Jia\nTime: Thursday\, April 16\, 5-6 PM\nLocation: Zoom \nHarvard Law School China Law Association (CLA) is excited to host Professor Mark Jia (J.D. ’16) of Georgetown University Law Center\, for a discussion of his upcoming paper\, “Law Power.” \n\nInternational relations scholars have long debated the military\, economic\, and cultural dimensions of national power. Yet in new age of great power competition\, we lack a general theory of national legal power comparable to these more familiar forms of national power. Drawing on legal scholarship across many specific settings\, this Article introduces a general concept of law power—a nation-state’s ability to use law to affect others to get what it wants. Law power can be soft\, hard\, or sharp\, and can involve local\, foreign\, or international law. In today’s juridified geopolitics\, law power is a leading form of national power. \nProfessor Jia is a scholar of comparative and transnational law\, with particular focus on the United States and China. His research broadly seeks to understand the relationship between law and authoritarianism and between law and geopolitics. His work has won the 2022 Mark Tushnet Prize from the Association of American Law School’s Section on Comparative Law\, the 2024 Scholarship Prize from the American Society of International Law’s International Law and Technology Interest Group\, and the 2025 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award from the Future of Privacy Forum. \nIf you are interested in attending the event\, please RSVP. The Zoom link and draft paper will be circulated to those who RSVP by Tuesday April 14. \nFor any questions\, please feel free to reach out to Shengdong Guo (sguo@sjd.law.harvard.edu)\, or Zeqing Li (zli@jd27.law.harvard.edu).
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/mark-jia-2026/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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SUMMARY:What Would a Rational and Effective U.S.-China Trade Policy Look Like? Is One Still Possible? -- Ambassador Katherine Tai
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nAmbassador Katherine C. Tai\, JD ’01\nU.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025) \nAmbassador Katherine C. Tai served as the 19th United States Trade Representative. As a member of President Biden’s Cabinet\, Ambassador Tai was the principal trade advisor\, negotiator\, and spokesperson on U.S. trade policy from March 2021 to January 2025. Prior to her unanimous Senate confirmation\, Ambassador Tai spent nearly 2 decades in public service focusing on crafting\, monitoring\, and enforcing U.S. and international trade laws. She previously served the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives as Chief Trade Counsel and Trade Subcommittee Staff Director. She is also an experienced WTO litigator. From 2007 to 2014\, Ambassador Tai developed and tried cases for USTR\, eventually becoming the agency’s Chief Counsel for China Trade Enforcement. Ambassador Tai graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. She began her career practicing law in the private sector\, clerking for federal judges in the Districts of Columbia and Maryland\, and teaching English in Guangzhou\, China. \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.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/katherine-tai-2026/
LOCATION:WCC B015
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260403
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SUMMARY:Harvard Asia Law Conference II
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Asia Law Society (student organization) event: \nHarvard Asia Law Conference II \nStriving to unite leading professionals\, firms\, and scholars to discuss the present and future landscapes of law and business in Asia. \n\n\nConference Dates: April 1-2\, 2026 \n\nLocation: Harvard Law School (WCC) \nPlease RSVP to allow us to get a catering headcount! \nConference Agenda:\nWed\, April 1\n\nRegistration & Welcome\n09:30 AM – 10:30 AM \nGrab a conference program and a pastry! \n\n\nAsia Practice Panel: Pathways for US JDs (WCC 1023)\n\n12:15 PM – 01:30 PM \n\nJiazhen Ivon Guo\, Senior Associate at Morgan LewisDavid Lim\, Partner at White & Case\nSteven Routh\, Partner at Orrick\nJaebok Lee\, Associate at White & Case\n\nThe Asia Practice Panel highlights the diverse pathways available to U.S.-trained lawyers pursuing Asia-focused legal careers\, showcasing transactional\, litigation\, and regulatory practices. Lunch will be provided! \n\nIn House\, Across Borders: The Role of General Counsel at Asian MNCs (WCC 1023)\n06:00 PM – 07:15 PM \n\nJonathan Lin\, Head of Global Privacy at Tik Tok\nErica Wang\, Founder of Veritas Law\n\nThis panel brings together senior in-house lawyers from leading Asia-facing companies with major U.S. operations—including TikTok and Temu—to examine the role of in-house counsel at companies operating in drastically different jurisdictions. Speakers will explore how legal teams navigate the complex dynamics between U.S. regulatory environments and the business\, operational\, and governance priorities of headquarters in China. \n\nThurs\, April 2\n\nRegistration\n09:30 AM – 10:30 AM \nGrab a conference program and a pastry! \n\n\nMaritime Security in the South China Sea: U.S. and Philippine Perspectives (WCC B010)\n10:30 AM – 11:30 AM \n\nAndrew Erickson\, Professor at U.S. Naval War College\n\n\n\n\nJacqueline Espenilla\, Professor at U of the Philippines\nJames Kraska\, Professor at U.S. Naval War College\nAndrew Loewenstein\, Partner at Foley Hoag\n\nThis panel examines the legal and strategic dimensions of maritime security in the South China Sea\, bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to explore one of the world’s most consequential regional disputes from the Filipino and American perspectives. Speakers will discuss the historical background of competing maritime claims\, the legal frameworks governing them\, and the significance of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling involving the Philippines and China. \n\n\nThe Nippon–U.S. Steel Deal: Law\, Policy\, and National Security (WCC 1015)\n12:15 PM – 01:20 PM \n\nWilliam Chou\, Deputy Director of Hudson Institute’s Japan Chair\n\n\n\n\nMickey Leibner\, CFIUS Partner at Mayer Brown\nMichael Salinger\, Professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business\nKazuki Yoshii\, Associate at Nishimura & Asahi\n\nThis panel explores the legal\, policy\, and economic considerations shaping the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel merger\, drawing on a mix of perspectives from private practice\, academia\, and policy. The discussion will analyze how legal frameworks intersect with political and economic strategy in evaluating foreign investment. It will also consider the competing policy arguments that shape government decision-making in sensitive cross-border deals. \n\n\nPaving the Way: The Future of U.S.-China Trade Relations (WCC B010)\n03:30 PM – 04:30 PM \n\n\nSusan Thornton\, Senior Fellow at the Yale Law Paul Tsai China Center; former Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2017-18) \nAmb. Dennis Shea ‘86\, Executive Vice President and chair of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy; former Deputy USTR and U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) \nTimothy Stratford ‘81\, Senior Counsel at Covington; former Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (2005-10) \nProfessor Mark Wu\, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law and Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \n\n\nThe U.S. and China are the world’s two largest economies\, constituting nearly half of the global GDP and manufacturing output. They are also each other’s largest trading partners. Yet\, over the past decade\, their trade relationship has faced steep challenges characterised by an ongoing trade war\, intense strategic competition\, and geopolitical tensions. Gathering experts on international trade and policy\, this panel looks into the history and future of U.S.-China trade relations under the current presidential administration\, as well as its implications for law students and the broader Asian legal community interested in practicing in that region. \n \n\n\n\nFrom Comparison to Conversation: Asia’s Role in Global AI Regulation (WCC 1019)\n06:30 PM – 07:30 PM \n\n\n\nAnupam Chander\, Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown Law\nUrs Gasser\, Chair of Thailand’s AI Policy Panel\nRui Guo\, Visiting Scholar\, HLS East Asian Legal Studies and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nDiscussions of AI regulation often revolve around comparisons to a perceived global benchmark\, with the EU AI Act positioned as the leading model. This panel shifts the lens. We explore what can be learned from the wide range of AI governance strategies developing across Asia. Governments in the region are experimenting with diverse regulatory tools\, institutional structures\, and policy priorities that reflect their unique social\, economic\, and technological contexts. By bringing these approaches into conversation\, the panel aims to broaden the global regulatory dialogue and surface insights that may otherwise be overlooked in Eurocentric or single-model comparisons. \n\n\nReception – Stoked Pizza\n08:00 PM – 10:00 PM \n\nCelebrate the close of the Harvard Asia Law Conference II with pizza\, apps\, and drinks! Mingle with fellow participants in speakers with shared interest in Asian legal practice.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hals-harvard-asia-law-conference-ii/
LOCATION:WCC
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Conference/Symposium
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SUMMARY:[Symposium] Japan in the Age of Disruption: Domestic and Global Policy Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Weatherhead Program on U.S.-Japan Relations: \nAll panels are chaired by Christina L. Davis\, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics\, Department of Government; and Director\, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations\, Harvard University. \n10:00-11:15 am: “Geopolitics of Alliances and International Institutions”\n\n“U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation\, 1951-1978: A Reassessment”\nMayumi Itayama\nVisiting Scholar\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Associate Professor\, Department of Political Science and Economics\, Kokushikan University\n“The Strategic Intent behind China’s Nuclear Buildup”\nKuniharu Kakihara\nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Fellow\, Harvard University Asia Center; Retired Lieutenant General\, Japan Air Self-Defense Force\n“Shackling the Major Powers: Bilateral Trade Effects in International Institutions”\nTomoko Takahashi\nVisiting Scholar\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Assistant Professor\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies\, Kyoto University\nDiscussant: Thomas Berger\nProfessor of International Relations\, Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston University\n\n  \n11:30 am-12:45 pm: “Innovations in Law and Business”\n\n“Improving Deliberative Collaboration among Professional and Lay Judges in Japan’s Saiban-in Trials: Practical Lessons from U.S. Jury Instructions”\nMayu Kannari LLM ’25\nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Judge\, Chiba District Court\, Japan\n“Bridging Entrepreneurship Education Between the US and Japan”\nYoshiatsu Murata\nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Chief Real Estate Analyst\, Sasayama\n“Translating Transparency: Institutional Pathways of ESG Disclosure in the U.S.\, the UK\, Germany\, and Japan ”\nNobukazu Nakazawa\nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Managing Director\, Human Resources Development\, Development Bank of Japan\nDiscussant: Daniel Aldrich\nDean’s Professor of Resilience\, Director\, MS Resilience Studies Program\, Northeastern University\n\n  \n2:00-3:15 pm: “Trade\, Supply Chains\, and Economic Security”\n\n“The Global Impact of Economic Policy Changes through the Supply Chain”\nTaiji Furusawa\nVisiting Scholar\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Professor\, Graduate School of Economics\, University of Tokyo\n“Materials Industries in the Global Supply Chain: Industrial Policy and Economic Security”\nToshiki Kita\nAssociate Principal Deputy Director\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University\, Ministry of Economy\, Trade and Industry (METI)\, Japan\n“Unveiling the Utilization Structure of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement”\nFumiharu Ito \nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Deputy Director\, Ministry of Finance\, Japan\nDiscussant: William Grimes\nProfessor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University\n\n3:30 pm-4:30 pm: “Political Economy of Energy Transitions”\n\n“Entangled Fishermen: The Decline of the Fishing Industry and the Rise of Anti-Nuclear Social Movements in Japan”\nToshiaki Yoshida\nJapan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; PhD\, Department of Political Science\, Northeastern University\n“Regulation or Markets? Divergent Paths of Clean Energy Transitions in California and Texas”\nYutaka Yamaguchi\nAssociate\, Program on US-Japan Relations\, Harvard University; Broadcast journalist\, TV-Asahi\nDiscussant: Mary Alice Haddad\nJohn E. Andrus Professor of Government\, Professor of East Asian Studies\, and Professor of Environmental Studies\, Wesleyan University\n\nEvent details can be found on the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/symposium-japan-in-the-age-of-disruption-domestic-and-global-policy-challenges/
LOCATION:CGIS Knafel K262
CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T171500
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SUMMARY:From Copycat to Technology Innovator: China’s Use of IP as Strategic Governance -- Haochen Sun
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk\nCo-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society \nHaochen Sun LLM ’06\nProfessor of Law\, The University of Hong Kong\nFounding Director\, HKU Program on AI and the Law \nWhat role have state-orchestrated intellectual property policies played in China’s emergence as a major technology innovator? This talk discusses two interrelated transformations that have taken place in China over the past two decades: the rise and fall of the shanzai (copycat) culture movement and China’s ascent as a tech superpower since 2015. In analyzing these transformations\, the talk explains how China has deployed IP as a tool of strategic governance and statecraft. \nProfessor Haochen Sun specializes in intellectual property\, technology law\, and Chinese law. His wide-ranging scholarship has delved into areas such as the legal status of artificial intelligence creations\, access to patented medicines and vaccines\, intellectual property rights owners’ responsibilities\, and the trademark protection of luxury brands. He is currently working on two new research projects. The first one aims to develop a new ethical framework for regulating AI creativity\, while the second one critically examines the epic transformations that have taken place in China’s regulation of technologies. He recently founded the Program on Artificial Intelligence and the Law\, a research hub for studying the impact of AI on the legal system. \nCoffee and light snacks will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/haochen-sun-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 2004
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T183000
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SUMMARY:Gender\, Class\, and Youth: The Formation of Civic Democracy in Asia in the Post-Developmental State Era
DESCRIPTION:Harvard-Yenching Institute Annual Roundtable: \nCo-sponsored with the Asia Center\, the Korea Institute\, the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\, and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies \nPanelists: \n\nNetiwit Chotiphatphaisal\, Harvard Divinity School Fellow\, Publisher\, and Democracy Activist\nMing-sho Ho\, Professor\, Department of Sociology\, National Taiwan University\nEleana Kim\, Professor\, Anthropology and Asian American Studies\, University of California\, Irvine\nHyun Mee Kim\, Professor\, Department of Cultural Anthropology\, Yonsei University\nAnthony J. Spires\, Professor\, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies\, The University of Melbourne\nKiyoteru Tsutsui\, Director\, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\, Professor of Sociology\, Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies\, Stanford University\n\nModerator: James Robson (James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Harvard College Professor; Director\, Harvard-Yenching Institute) \nEvent details can be found on the Harvard-Yenching Institute website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hyi-roundtable-2026/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
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SUMMARY:Mediated Populism and Capital Justice in China -- Michelle Miao
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nMichelle Miao \nAssociate Professor of Law\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong \nSocial media function not merely as communication conduits but as active agents shaping public discourses central to judicial matters and political life. This talk examines how public discussions of high-profile capital homicide cases are transmitted through social media algorithms in China. Drawing on mediated populism and theories of political communication\, it analyses media data to explore the intersection of platform governance\, state communication strategies\, and popular engagement with criminal justice. Employing content analysis and quantitative metrics\, the study contributes to scholarship on judicial politics and the evolving landscape of comparative law in the social media age. \nProfessor Michelle Miao is an Associate Professor of law from the Faculty of Law\, Chinese University of Hong Kong. She holds a DPhil degree in law from the University of Oxford and two LLM degrees from New York University and Renmin University of China respectively. She previously conducted research in the capacity of New York University’s Global Fellow (2014-5) \, University of Oxford’s Howard League Fellow (2013-4) and British Academy’s prestigious Postdoc Research Fellow (2015-6)\, National University of Singapore’s ASLI visiting scholar (2019) and recently Harvard Yenching Scholar (2019-20). \nAmong Professor Miao’s research interests are the intersections between law and technology\, criminal justice\, socio-legal studies and comparative law. She published with reputable international journals such as American Journal of Comparative Law\, International Comparative Law Quarterly and British Journal of Criminology. She presented her work at Asian Law Institute’s Junior Faculty Forum (2021)\, Chicago-Tsinghua Junior Faculty Forum (2019)\, and Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum (IJFF) (2015). Her scholarship and commentaries have been featured in various international media outlets\, including The Guardian\, Financial Times\, Wall Street Journal\, South China Morning Post\, and The Globe and Mail. \nProfessor Miao is an awardee of the American Society of Comparative Law’s Hessel Yntema Prize (2020) for the most outstanding scholarship by a scholar under 40 years of age. She is also a recipient of CUHK Law’s Academic Impact in Legal Scholarship (2021)\, Asian Law Institute’s Junior Faculty Award for Best Paper (2020)\, Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Young Researcher Award (2019)\, and Chinese University Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards (Hong Kong\, 2019). \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \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/michelle-miao-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 1015
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T121500
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
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SUMMARY:What is the Legal Status of Taiwan and Why Does it Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Taiwan Workshop \nSpeaker: Peter Dutton\, Senior Research Fellow\, Paul Tsai China Center; Professor Emeritus\, U.S. Naval War College \nDiscussant: Alastair Iain Johnston\, Professor\, Government Department\, Harvard University \nTaiwan’s political status often dominates headlines. Yet its legal status — the foundation of U.S. policy — remains underdiscussed. At this event\, Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Dr. Peter Dutton will trace Taiwan’s territorial status from the Qing Dynasty to the present day\, shedding light on the legal principles and historical developments that define its position in the world. \nPeter Dutton is a senior research fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. Before coming to Yale\, Dutton served the U.S. Navy for more than 40 years in active duty and civilian capacities. He has advised a series of Pacific Fleet Commanders\, Secretaries of Defense\, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, and other government offices on policies in the Asia-Pacific region and testified before the Senate and the House on a variety of China-related issues. He was also a professor of international law and China studies at the U.S. Naval War College\, where he directed the China Maritime Studies Institute and served as dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies. \nEvent details on the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/peter-dutton-2026/
LOCATION:CGIS South S153
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T180000
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SUMMARY:Colonization\, Mass Independence Movement\, and Korean Bureaucrats
DESCRIPTION:Korea Institute SBS Seminar \nJi Yeon Hong\nAssociate Professor of Political Science and Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies\, University of Michigan \nJi Yeon (Jean) Hong is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies. Her research examines the political economy of authoritarianism\, with a focus on East Asia. Her ongoing projects address the legacies of authoritarian rule\, the long-term effects of political violence\, and the determinants of elite behavior under authoritarian regimes. Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science\, British Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization\, Journal of Politics\, Political Science Research and Methods\, and Science Advances\, among others. She currently serves as an Associate Editor of Political Science Research and Methods. Prior to joining the University of Michigan\, she was on the faculty of the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Politics at New York University. \nChaired by Hojung Joo\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government\, Harvard University \nAbstract:\nStates in transition face acute constraints in building effective governments. A central challenge is recruiting bureaucrats who possess local knowledge while remaining loyal to the ruling authority. This problem is especially salient in colonial settings. This study examines how colonial states managed their bureaucracies and how mass resistance reshaped them. Focusing on Japanese colonial rule in Korea\, we collect and analyze data on all bureaucrats employed in the Government General of Korea during 1910 and 1942. We identify officials’ ranks\, offices\, and work units to evaluate patterns of recruitment\, promotion\, and unit assignment. We then link these data to detailed records of protest events from the March First Movement of 1919\, the largest anti-colonial uprising in Korea. Our analysis shows that the colonial government initially relied heavily on local bureaucrats but steadily reduced its reliance on them over time. The mass independence movement affected the special patterns of expansion. Districts with higher protest intensity experienced significant bureaucratic expansion\, particularly in education\, yet this expansion did not increase Korean representation in core administrative positions. Korean officials faced persistent barriers to upward mobility\, while Japanese officials were disproportionately assigned to strategic sectors to enhance control. These findings demonstrate how colonial rulers managed colonial subjects\, particularly in the face of mass resistance\, and induced bureaucratic expansion and reorganization without meaningful local empowerment. \nEvent details can be found on the Korea Institute website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/jiyeon-hong-2026/
LOCATION:CGIS South Room S050
CATEGORIES:Event of Interest,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
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SUMMARY:Cultural Property Law in Practice: Restitution and Repatriation of Cambodian Antiquities -- Bradley Gordon
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nBradley Gordon JD ’95 \nManaging Partner\, Edenbridge Asia \nBrad Gordon will speak about his work advising the Cambodian government on the repatriation of stolen artifacts. He will examine Cambodia’s recent restitution efforts as a case study in cultural property law\, focusing on legal strategy\, diplomatic engagement\, and negotiations with museums and collectors. Drawing on his experience\, he will discuss how negotiated returns\, provenance research\, and international law have shaped contemporary repatriation practice\, and reflect on broader implications for museum ethics and state practice. \nBradley J. Gordon is the Founder of Edenbridge Asia Partners. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Brown University. Brad has advised multinational corporations\, family business owners\, and NGO clients for over 28 years\, including 25+ years of professional experience in Asia. Brad is a U.S. and Cambodian citizen and has worked at leading international law firms including Linklaters\, Freshfields\, and Shearman & Sterling. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York. Earlier in his career\, Brad worked with Cambodian refugees in Thailand in 1989\, reflecting a long-standing connection to the region. Brad currently serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Harpswell Foundation. \nOver the past decade\, working pro bono for Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts\, Brad has led a groundbreaking initiative to trace\, document\, and repatriate thousands of Cambodian antiquities looted during decades of civil war and conflict. His team’s work has brought together archaeologists\, legal experts\, and former looters to identify stolen heritage and establish credible provenance. These efforts reached a major turning point following the U.S. indictment of Douglas Latchford\, whom Brad has described as “the mastermind behind the greatest art heist in history.” The proceedings ultimately resulted in the return of hundreds of artifacts and the recovery of critical provenance documentation from the Latchford estate. In recognition of his extraordinary service in recovering Cambodia’s national cultural heritage\, Brad was conferred a knighthood by His Majesty the King of Cambodia in 2023. \nBrad speaks Thai and Khmer. \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \nTuesday\, March 3 at 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm \nWCC 3009 (Wasserstein Hall\, 3rd Floor)
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/bradley-gordon-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 3009 (3rd floor of Wasserstein hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T193000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20260126T132551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260201T223750Z
UID:10000220-1770726000-1770924600@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:HLS China Law Association\, 2026 China Law Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School China Law Association (student organization) event: \n2026 China Law Symposium:\nDeals\, Disputes & the Digital Frontier: Re-Wiring U.S.-China Law for an Era of Friction and Opportunity \nJoin the Harvard Law School China Law Association for the 2026 China Law Symposium\, a three-day event exploring the deals\, disputes\, and digital questions shaping U.S.-China law today. After the final panel on Thursday\, February 12th\, there will be a post-Symposium reception (details forthcoming). RSVP here. \nUpdated event details on the HLS China Law Association website. \nFebruary 10 \n12:20-1:20 pm ET | WCC 2009: Structuring Cross-Border Tech and Life Sciences Deals with China\n6:30-7:30 pm ET | WCC 1010: China’s Creative IP Boom: Short-Drama\, Games & Designer IP Going Global \nFebruary 11\n12:20-1:20 pm ET | WCC 1019: Cross-Border Disputes between China and the United States: Litigation\, Arbitration\, and Enforcement \nFebruary 12 \n12:20-1:20 pm ET | WCC B015: Dispute Finance in China-Related Litigation and Arbitration\n6:30-7:30 pm ET | WCC 1010: AI Governance in China: Regulation\, Institutions\, and Global Implications
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/china-law-symposium-2026/
CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20260115T175006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T180647Z
UID:10000221-1770294000-1770297600@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Wu Jingxiong\, Between Natural Law and Geopolitics: The Insights and Dilemmas of a Catholic Chinese Law Professor in Cold War America -- Jedidiah Kroncke
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nJedidiah Kroncke\nAssociate Professor of Law\, The University of Hong Kong \nThe life of Chinese legal scholar Wu Jingxiong has long attracted attention given his diverse intellectual interests and high profile in Chinese judicial politics and constitutional reform during the 1930s and 1940s. Like many of his generation\, Wu’s education combine traditional Confucian schooling with study at multiple Western-influenced institutions. During his first law degree\, he converted to Christianity\, and his religious journey ultimately led him to become one of the most notable Catholic Chinese intellectuals of this era. Episodes of his transnationalized life have been well-studied—from his relationship with Oliver Wendell Holmes to his engagement with numerous other legal and religious thinkers. \nYet\, Wu’s life after the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 has received less attention. During this period\, Wu spent fifteen years in the United States primarily teaching law at Seton Hall University. While the least studied time of his life\, this era was a critical juncture in his ongoing quest to reconcile his Confucian sympathies with his Catholic faith. Wu became a significant contributor to debates regarding the relationship of the common law to natural law and the relationship of Vatican II to Catholic legal thought. he became closely associated with a diverse range of prominent Catholic scholars. Wu’s fondness of Edmund Burke’s ideas led him to develop interlocutors such as Russell Kirk and Peter Stanlis\, and led to his frequent citation in post-World War II conservative American legal thought. Simultaneously\, he developed a deep friendship with Thomas Merton and others seeking to explore more cosmopolitan visions. \nWu’s ultimate return to Taiwan was impacted by the complications of these debates crosscut by Cold War geopolitical tensions. Wu’s life is revealing not only as an example of the challenges that diasporic Chinese intellectuals faced during this era but also of how his relatively unique intellectual commitments shed light on global tensions in Catholicism and American Cold War geopolitics. Today\, amidst rising contemporary Sino-American frictions and renewed debates over the role of Catholic legal thinking in US politics\, Wu’s complex American experience as a transnational intellectual is newly provocative and probative. \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 US-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 a Berger-Howe Legal History Fellow at Harvard Law School\, Golieb Fellow in Legal History at NYU Law School\, and Ruebhausen Fellow in Law at Yale Law School. \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally held 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/jedidiah-kroncke-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 3009 (3rd floor of Wasserstein hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250925T153026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T190031Z
UID:10000210-1763554800-1763558400@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Fighting Forced Labor on U.S. Soil: Litigation on Behalf of Chinese Workers -- Aaron Halegua
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nAaron Halegua JD ’09\nLead Counsel for Plaintiffs\, Wang v. Gold Mantis Construction and Liu v. Wellmade Industries \n \nAaron Halegua leads a boutique litigation firm in New York City focused on labor and employment litigation\, with particular experience representing human trafficking and forced labor victims. In 2021\, he won $6.9 million for seven Chinese construction workers trafficked to build a casino on the island of Saipan. As a result\, Aaron was named the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s “Litigator of the Year” in 2021 and received the “Grantee Hero Award” from the Impact Fund in 2023. Since then\, Aaron has represented dozens of Chinese\, Filipino\, and other immigrant workers in forced labor cases around the country\, including in New Mexico\, New York\, Georgia\, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since 2024\, Aaron has been a Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Immigration and Human Trafficking. Aaron began his legal career as a Skadden Fellow and clerked at the Southern District of New York. He speaks\, reads\, and writes Mandarin Chinese. \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.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/aaron-halegua-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 3008 (3rd Floor of Wasserstein Hall)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Talk/Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20251112T143230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T180615Z
UID:10000216-1763391600-1763397000@eals.law.harvard.edu
SUMMARY:Once Burned\, Twice Shy: A Conversation on U.S.- China Trade -- Ambassador Katherine Tai
DESCRIPTION:Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Special Event \nSpeaker: Ambassador Katherine C. Tai\, U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025)\nModerator: Mark Wu\, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law\, Harvard Law School; Director\, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\, Harvard University \nJoin us for a conversation with Ambassador Katherine C. Tai\, U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025) on U.S.- China trade relations\, moderated by Professor Mark Wu\, Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Ambassador Tai will examine the longstanding issues in the trade relationship\, dating back to her days as the Chief Counsel for China Trade Enforcement in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative\, and the harms to U.S. communities and interests arising out of the “China Shock.”  She will also assess the ongoing trade conflict and the likelihood of further challenges ahead as the world’s two largest economies navigate a complicated and contentious relationship with immense economic\, strategic\, and social consequences. \nEvent details on the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/katherine-tai-2025/
LOCATION:Hall D\, Science Center
CATEGORIES:Conversation/Fireside Chat,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T173000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20251023T143505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T152208Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20251113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20251009T193515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T180936Z
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SUMMARY:Asia and Asians at Harvard Conference
DESCRIPTION:Asia and Asians at Harvard Conference\n\n  \nHarvard’s enduring engagement with Asia has shaped scholarly inquiry\, public policy\, and campus life—within the University and across the region. This two-day conference convenes faculty\, students\, alumni\, and institutional partners from across Schools and disciplines to examine the evolving relationship between Harvard and Asia from the late nineteenth century to the present and to consider paths forward. \nThrough a series of presentations\, the program revisits formative encounters\, collaborations\, and institutional linkages; recognizes the contributions of Asian students\, scholars\, and visitors who have transformed fields and enriched the University; and offers an assessment of Harvard’s roles in U.S. policy\, development\, and institution-building in Asia\, acknowledging both contributions and consequences. \nLooking ahead\, the conference asks how Harvard can advance more inclusive\, equitable\, and regionally balanced approaches to the study of Asia and to University engagement with the region—strengthening partnerships\, deepening interdisciplinary research and teaching\, and enhancing public impact. \nRegistration is not required but appreciated for planning purposes. \n  \nTwo-Day Conference\nDay 1: Thursday\, November 13\, 2025\nCGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street\n4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.\nOpening and Introductions\nMichael Puett\, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Harvard College Professor\nSugata Bose\, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, Harvard University \nReception\nConcourse Area\, CGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street \nDay 2: Friday\, November 14\, 2025\nCGIS South\, 1730 Cambridge Street\n8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast \n9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.\nDistinguished Visitors: Asian Intellectuals and Public Figures at Harvard  \nModerator: Shigehisa Kuriyama\, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History; Director\, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Interim Chair in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; and Faculty Director for the Humanities\, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study\nPanelists: \nSusan J. Pharr\, Edwin O. Reischauer Research Professor of Japanese Politics\, Harvard University \nMou Banerjee\, Assistant Professor of History\, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Ph.D. in History\, Harvard University\nYan Yu\, Associate Professor\, Shanghai Jiao Tong University\, and Visiting Scholar\, Harvard History Department\nEugene Chua\, Harvard College Student \n10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break  \n10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.\nPioneers and Pathways: Asian Student Experiences at Harvard \nModerator: Sun Joo Kim\, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History\nPanelists:\nSujin Elisa Han\, Ph.D. candidate in History and East Asian Languages\, Harvard University\nMui Poopoksakul\, Literary Translator; Harvard College Graduate\nShayna Leng\, Harvard College Student \nKashish Bastola\, Harvard College Student  \n12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch  \n1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.\nHarvard’s Engagement in U.S. Policy towards Asia \nModerator: Sugata Bose\, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs\, Harvard University\nPanelists:  \nEleanor Wikstrom\, MSt in Global and Imperial History\, University  of Oxford; Harvard College Graduate \nErika Lee\, Bae Family Professor of History and the Faculty Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America\, Harvard University\nThitinan Pongsudhirak\, Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) and Associate Professor of International Political Economy\, Faculty of Political Science\, Chulalongkorn University\nNghia Nguyen\, Harvard College Student \n3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break  \n3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.\nHarvard’s Asian Futures: Rethinking Institutional Legacies and Regional Engagement \nModerator: Jay Rosengard\, Lecturer in Public Policy\, Harvard Kennedy School\nPanelists: \nJoseph Esherick\, Emeritus Professor of Modern Chinese History\, University of California\, San Diego\nBill Alford\, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director\, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair\, Harvard Law School Project on Disability\nRobin Albrecht\, MArch Candidate\, Department of Architecture\, Harvard  University Graduate School of Design\nMichael Puett\, Victor and William Fung Foundation Director\, Harvard University Asia Center; Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology; Harvard College Professor \n4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nClosing Acknowledgement\nRachelle Walsh\, Executive Director\, Asia Center\, Harvard University  \nEvent details can be found on the Asia Center website.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/asia-and-asians-at-harvard-conference-2025/
LOCATION:CGIS South\, Tsai Auditorium (S010)
CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T171500
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20251104T135215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T160118Z
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SUMMARY:CLA Snack Chat: Chinese Courts and the PRC Constitution - Zhu Zheng
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School China Law Association (student organization) event: \nJoin CLA for a special Snack Chat with Professor ZHU Zheng\, Assistant Professor of Law at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) and Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center. Prof. Zhu is a noted expert on Chinese constitutional law and politics\, constitutional theory\, and comparative constitutional law. The event will start with Prof. Zhu sharing his research on the Chinese courts’ role in implementing the PRC Constitution\, followed by a focused Q&A session. Afterwards\, there will be a relaxed discussion on topics of interest beyond the presentation. This is a unique opportunity to discuss Chinese law and governance with a recognized scholar. Snacks will be provided! \nPlease RSVP at this link: https://forms.gle/3dFNThXE1wCZJ4Hw8. \nFor questions\, feel free to reach out to Shengdong Guo at sguo@sjd.law.harvard.edu\, or Zeqing Li at zli@jd27.law.harvard.edu. \nSponsored by the Harvard Law School China Law Association.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/zhu-zheng-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 4059
CATEGORIES:Conversation/Fireside Chat,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250925T153018Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250917T142002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T185928Z
UID:10000207-1761654000-1761657600@eals.law.harvard.edu
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
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250918T133250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T185830Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
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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
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250924T182431Z
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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:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250907T110056Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20250910T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250828T200657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T200657Z
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SUMMARY:EALS 2025 Open House
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to learn about upcoming EALS events and opportunities for students\, and to meet faculty\, staff\, visiting scholars\, and other students interested in law and East Asia. We welcome you to our community. \nSavory and sweet pastries\, coffee\, Wong Lo Kat\, Sikhye\, and hojicha will be provided. \nLocation: EALS offices and Morgan Courtroom\, 3rd floor of Austin Hall\, Harvard Law School \nThis event is open to HUID holders only.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/2025-open-house/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:EALS Event,Open House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250128T153212Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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;VALUE=DATE:20250403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250404
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
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SUMMARY:HALS: The First Harvard Asia Law Conference
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Asia Law Society (student organization) event announcement: \nJoin Harvard Asia Law Society on April 3rd\, 2025 for the First Harvard Asia Law Conference! The conference will bring together legal practitioners and business leaders who engage in important businesses across East\, South\, and Southeast Asia including hot industries like Korean Entertainment and Semiconductors. Four panels will be held throughout the day and food will be served at each panel. \nSign up here to confirm your spot and for more information about the panels. \n \n  \nConference Agenda:\nCheck-in & Welcome\n9:45 AM – 10:45 AM \nCode and Control: The Shifting Landscape of Social Media and Tech Policy in India\n10:45 AM – 12:00 PM\nWCC 3019\nLight breakfast provided. \nSingapore’s Arbitration Hub: Driving Legal Excellence\n12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\nWCC B010\nLunch provided. \nIntegrated Circuit Disputes: Perspectives from Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry\n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nWCC B010\nLight refreshments provided. \nLegal Practice in K-pop: BTS of Korean Entertainment\n6:00 PM – 7:00 PM\nWCC 1015\nDinner provided. \nReception\n7:15 PM – 9:00 PM\nPainted Burro Harvard Square\nLight refreshments provided.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/hals-harvard-asia-law-conference/
LOCATION:WCC
CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored Event,Conference/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T134500
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250305T222311Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250226T165240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T194811Z
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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:20250303T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T170000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250226T173733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T194843Z
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SUMMARY:CLA Snack Chat: China\, Constitution & Courts
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Law School China Law Association (student organization) event: \nShen Kui\nProfessor\, Peking University Law School \nJoin CLA for an informal Snack Chat with Professor Shen Kui from Peking University Law School in China. \nHe is a leading scholar in administrative law\, constitutional law\, and human rights. This is a unique opportunity to discuss Chinese law and governance with a renowned expert. \nRSVP Here: https://forms.gle/wkMmMv68g7g1Pa3e8 \n 
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/shen-kui-2025/
LOCATION:WCC 3038
CATEGORIES:Conversation/Fireside Chat,Event of Interest
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T132000
DTSTAMP:20260424T175909
CREATED:20250217T122839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T195013Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Fu Hualing In Conversation with Professor Bill Alford
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies presents: \nProfessor Fu Hualing\nDean of the Faculty of Law\nWarren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities\nUniversity of Hong Kong \nIn Conversation With \nProfessor Bill Alford\nJerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law\nHarvard Law School \nFu Hualing is Professor of Law and holder of the Warren Chan Professorship in Human Rights and Responsibilities at the University of Hong Kong. He holds an LL.B. from Southwestern University in China\, an M.A. from University of Toronto and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from OsgoodeHall. \nProfessor Fu’s current research focuses on the rise of human rights lawyering in China and its implications for political and legal reform in China\, the politics of anti-corruption enforcement\, popular justice (including China’s evolving use of mediation processes)\, and a critical re-assessment of rule of law reform in China in the past four decades. His other research areas include the constitutional status of Hong Kong\, in particular central-local relationships in the Hong Kong context and national security legislation. \nProfessor Fu has published widely in various books and journals\, and as a believer in collaborative approaches to scholarship has co-edited a number of significant studies including Hong Kong’s Constitutional Debate: Conflict over Interpretation (HKU Press 2000); National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong’s Article 23 Under Scrutiny (HKU Press 2005); Liu Xiaobo\, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China (HKU Press 2012); Mediation in Contemporary China (Wildy\, Simmonds and Hill 2017); Transparency Challenges Facing China (Wildy\, Simmonds and Hill 2018); Socialist Law in Socialist East Asia (Cambridge University Press 2018); Authoritarian Legality in Asia: Formation\, Development and Transition (Cambridge University Press 2020); The National Security Law of Hong Kong: Restoration and Transformation (HKU Press 2022); and Regime Type and Beyond: The Transformation of Police in Asia (Cambridge University Press 2023).
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/fu-hualing-2025/
LOCATION:Austin Hall 308 (Morgan Courtroom)
CATEGORIES:Conversation/Fireside Chat,EALS Event
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