Related Harvard Resources (hosted by other Harvard units)

Explore additional exhibitions and projects aligned with this conference. Please visit the links for current details. 

Harvard Radcliffe Institute — “Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives.”
An archives-driven exhibition revealing the often invisible histories of Asian and Asian American women and examining how identity and migration inform collective memory—at the Lia & William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library (3 James St., Cambridge), Apr 21, 2025–Jan 23, 2026, Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM. 

 Korean Alumni Biographies Project 
An ongoing biography project documenting Koreans at Harvard since the early 1900s—recording historic firsts, life trajectories, and enrollment trends—led by Professor Sun Joo Kim and researched and written by Harvard graduate and undergraduate students.

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies — “Once Upon a Time in Peking… A Very Special Friendship.” 
This exhibition traces how the 1932 Peking friendship of John & Wilma Fairbank and Liang Sicheng & Lin Huiyin shaped new ways of studying China and helped inspire the Center’s founding.
On display Sept–Dec 2025 at the Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South (1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge). 

Harvard Library Research Guide
This guide consolidates resources documenting Asian and Asian American student life at Harvard—organizations, publications (print and digital), and events—spanning the early twentieth century to today.

Peabody Museum — “Balikbayan | Homecoming.” 
Online exhibition: Inspired by the ideas of home and away associated with the iconic and transnational balikbayan box, Filipino and Filipino-American contributors share their reflections on Peabody Museum collections.

Peabody Museum — “A Good Type: Tourism and Science in Early Japanese Photographs.” 
This exhibition traces how scientists—physicians, archaeologists, and anthropologists—collected photographs of Japan, repurposing tourist images as purportedly objective research that reduced people to discredited “types,” and how museum donation reshaped their meaning.

Note: These resources are organized and maintained by their respective Harvard units. 

 

Harvard University's Asia-Related Resources