Celebrating the Scholarship and Legacy of Professor Elizabeth J. Perry

The conference is open to the public, but registration is required due to limited space. Please submit the registration form here (invited guests are not required to register). If the form is no longer accepting responses, registration is full. Unfortunately due to space constraints we cannot accommodate non-registered attendees.

The conference will be live streamed. Sign up for the livestream (via Zoom webinar) here.

*Update (9/28): Please note the venue has changed from the Tsai Auditorium to Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Ave.*

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Conference agenda

9:00–9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks

James Robson, Mark Wu, and Michael Puett, introduced by Yuhua Wang

Panel I: China in Historical Perspective

9:20–10:50 a.m.
Chair: Yuhua Wang

Panelists: Neil Diamant, Iza Ding, Mark Frazier, Gail Hershatter, Jeff Javed, Daniel Koss, Hou Li, Victor Shih, Tia Thornton

10:50–11:10 a.m. Coffee Break

Panel II: China in Comparative Perspective

11:10 a.m.–12:40 p.m.
Chair: Martin Dimitrov

Panelists: Regina Abrami, Sheena Greitens, Jingkai He, Karrie Koesel, Ching Kwan Lee, Kristen Looney, Meg Rithmire, Lily Tsai

Panel III: Reflections on Professor Perry’s Scholarly Contributions

2:00–3:30 p.m.
Chair: Ben Read
Panelists: Tim Cheek, Debbie Davis, Joe Esherick, Mary Gallagher, Devesh Kapur, Prerna Singh, Peidong Sun, Jeff Wasserstrom, Helin Wu

3:30–3:50 p.m. Coffee Break

Panel IV: Institution Building at Harvard and Beyond

3:50–5:20 p.m.
Chair: Susan Pharr
Panelists: Bruce Cumings, Andy Gordon, Helena Kolenda, Terry Lautz, Ruohong Li, Orville Schell, Bob Snow, Stefanie Van Pelt