Announcements
Bangladesh at a Political Crossroads: Democracy, Reform, and Geopolitics Ahead of the 2026 Elections
February 2, 2026
Bangladesh’s Pivot Point: Democracy, Geopolitics, and the 2026 Parliamentary Elections examines a critical moment in Bangladesh’s contemporary political history, as the country prepares for its first parliamentary elections since the August 2024 student-led uprising that ended the 15-year rule of the Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi
Asia Center Grant Awardee Kashish Bastola ’26 Named Marshall Scholar
January 26, 2026
As one of five Harvard College students selected as 2026 Marshall Scholars, Kashish Bastola hopes to spend the next two years studying military history at Oxford University.
Exhibition — Memories and Milestones: Asia and Asians at Harvard
December 5, 2025
On the crisp morning of November 13, 2025, the opening day of the Asia and Asians at Harvard Conference, the first-floor lounge of the Harvard Asia Center slowly filled with attendees finding their way toward coffee, conversations, and reg
An Interview with Asia Center Author Antje Richter
October 27, 2025
This week, we’re speaking with Antje Richter, Associate Professor of Chinese at the University of Colorado, Boulder, whose new book, Health and the Art of Living: Illness Narratives in Early Medieval Chinese Literature. This book offers reflections on health and illness in early medieval Chinese literature (ca. 200–ca. 600).
A Conversation with Asia Center Author Nicholas Morrow Williams
October 20, 2025
This week, we’re speaking with Nick Williams, Professor of Chinese Literature at Arizona State University, whose new book, 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬: 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” 𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢, traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem “Heavenly Questions” (Tianwe