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Harvard University. James Robson (Chinese name: Chinese: 羅柏松; pinyin: Luó Bósōng, born December 1, 1965) is James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University and William Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center. [1] Robson is the incoming director of the Harvard-Yenching ...
Tu was Harvard–Yenching Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and of Confucian Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations [citation needed] at Harvard University (1981–2010) [citation needed] and Director of the Harvard–Yenching Institute [11] (1996–2008).
East Asian studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. The field includes the study of the region's culture, written language, history and political institutions. East Asian studies is located within the broader field of Asian ...
Harvard-Yenching Library. The Harvard–Yenching Library is the primary location for East Asia-related collections at Harvard Library. In addition to East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Manchu, and Mongolian), it houses collections in European languages and Southeast Asian language (Vietnamese).
Joseph F. Fletcher, Jr., usually referred to as Joseph Fletcher (1934–1984), was an American historian of China and Central Asia and a professor in the East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department of Harvard University. His main areas of research included interaction between the Islamic and Chinese worlds, Manchu and Mongol studies.
Peter Kees Bol (Chinese: 包弼德; pinyin: Bāo Bìdé; born 1948) is an American historian and sinologist. He is the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University. Since 2013, he has been a Vice Provost of Harvard with oversight of HarvardX and the Harvard Initiative in Learning and Teaching (HILT).
Transcriptions. The Harvard–Yenching Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Asian culture. It traditionally had close ties to Harvard University and the now-defunct Yenching University, and its offices are located on ...
Philip A. Kuhn (September 9, 1933 – February 11, 2016) was an American historian of China [1] and the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. [2] Kuhn was praised by his colleagues. Frederic Wakeman described Kuhn as "one of the West's premier China historians."