Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing, Princeton University Press China Office, and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium. Light refreshments are served to facilitate meaningful networking and conversations.
Event Time
Wednesday July 5, 2023
Registration
6:30 pm-7:00 pm
Discussion and Q&A
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Location
Yale Center Beijing
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C)
Registration and Fees
Registration
Please click “HERE” further below to register.
This event is exclusively for alumni, faculty, scholars, and students of Yale and Ivy+ universities. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. If you encounter any payment issues, please attach a screenshot that identifies the issue.
Walk-ins will not be accepted.
LANGUAGE
The language of the event will be English.
Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.
The Event
On July 5, 2023, Yale Center Beijing is pleased to invite Taisu Zhang, Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Global Faculty Member at Peking University Law School, and Yuhua Wang, Professor of Government at Harvard University, to discuss on “The Political Structure of Late Imperial China.”
Speakers
Taisu Zhang
Taisu Zhang '05, JD '08
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Taisu Zhang is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Global Faculty Member at Peking University Law School. He is the author of two books, The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation: Belief Systems, Politics, and Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2023), and The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Pre-Industrial China and England (Cambridge University Press, 2017). These are the first two entries in a planned trilogy of books on the institutional and cultural origins of early modern economic divergence.
Yuhua Wang
(Online)
Yuhua Wang
Professor of Government, Harvard University
Yuhua Wang is Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of Tying the Autocrat’s Hands (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and The Rise and Fall of Imperial China (Princeton University Press, 2022).
Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium
Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies, and a member of Yale Center Beijing’s Advisory Committee, Yale Center Beijing is pleased to host the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium, which convenes thought leaders from all sectors who, in the spirit of Mr. Greenberg, play pivotal roles in building bridges among China, the U.S., and the rest of the world.
Public Event