Announcements

Recently published by the Harvard University Asia Center: Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan, by Ariel Stilerman

March 24, 2026

(available in hardcover and EPUB from Harvard University Press) 

A Conversation with Nikolas Broy

March 20, 2026

This week, we’re speaking with Nikolas Broy, author of 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴: 𝘝𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

Strategy and Stewardship: A Mid-Fellowship Conversation with Kuniharu Kakihara

March 9, 2026

Kuniharu Kakihara is a Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center and a researcher at Japan’s National Security Institute.

A Q+A with Asia Center Authors He Bian and Mårten Söderblom Saarela

March 2, 2026

This week, we’re speaking with 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘘𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 co-authors He Bian and Mårten Söderblom Saarela. Their book is the first systematic study of how the Qing court sought to codify Manchu and Chinese words for animals and plants throughout the eighteenth century, with a particular focus o

“A Second Home”: Inside the Harvard Vietnamese Association

March 2, 2026