Schedule for September 12 ceremony:
2:30 – 4:30, Commemorations, introduced by Ellen Widmer and David Wang (Belfer Case Study Room, S020, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge)
Elizabeth Perry, Harvard-Yenching Institute
James Cheng, Harvard-Yenching Library
Stephen Owen, EALC, Harvard
Robert Hegel, EALC, Washington University, Saint Louis
Hanan students:
Jing Tsu, Yale University
Sophie Volpp, University of California, Berkeley
Wei Shang, Columbia University
Emma Teng, MIT
Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Widmer, Wellesley College
David Wang, EALC, Harvard
4:30-5:45 Reception (Lee Gathering Room, Lower level, CGIS South)
This event is co-sponsored by the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department and the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
Photos of Professor Hanan are posted in a special image gallery.
Read reminiscences by Professor Hanan’s students and colleagues.
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