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The Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation providing a range of support for research, training, libraries, and publications in the humanities and social sciences with special attention to Asian Studies.

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百美新詠圖傳 New Pictorial Verse Records of the Hundred Beauties

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Understanding and Transcending the Turn of Indian Historiography

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The Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI), an independent foundation located on the Harvard University campus, was founded nearly 100 years ago... Previous directors adapted the HYI to changing times and introduced new initiatives, but its core mission of advancing higher education in Asia has remained unchanged. Read More

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Photos: HYI Director's Visit to Thailand and Vietnam

Friday, January 23, 2026

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Training Program on "Technological Innovation and Cultural Integration in the Indian Ocean World"

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Seventeenth Book in the NTU & HYI Academic Book Series published

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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