A workshop co-sponsored by Harvard-Yenching Institute and Kyoto University Hakubi Center
13:30 ‒ 13:40 Welcoming Remarks
13:40 ‒ 15:00 Panel 1: Land Orders
Max Oidtmann (Georgetown University) – Kökenuur/Qinghai in the 1780s-1820s: A Tripartite Legal Order and the Lay of the Land
Erdenchuluu Khohchahar (Kyoto University and Harvard-Yenching Institute) – Land Grant System: A Legal History of Land in Mongolia
15:00 ‒ 15:20 Coffee Break
15:20 ‒ 16:40 Panel 2: Land Conflicts
Wesley Chaney (Stanford University) – Post-Rebellion Land Disputes on the Sino-Tibetan Border, 1870-1880
Eric Schluessel (Harvard University) – Land-Holding Pious Endowments Under Chinese Law in Twentieth-Century Xinjiang
16:40 ‒ 18:00 Panel 3: Land Expansions
Min-Su Park (Seoul National University and Harvard-Yenching Institute) – The Manchu Policy of Land Enclosure in Early Qing Beijing: Virtues and Vices
Anne-Sophie Pratte (Harvard University) – Transforming the Borderlands: Xi-chang’s 1882 Mission to the Khalkha-Russia Frontier
Upcoming Events
Visiting Scholar Talks
The Economics of Bloodline: Language, Social Class, and the Racialization of Damunhwa Youth in South KoreaMonday, October 5, 2026
Conference
Celebrating the Scholarship and Legacy of Professor Elizabeth J. PerrySaturday, October 10, 2026
Visiting Scholar Talks
When Men Marry into the Wife’s Family: Patriarchy, Intimacy, and Masculinity in Everyday Family Life of Post-Reform ChinaTuesday, October 13, 2026