Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies

The Fairbank Center "was founded in 1955 by Professor John King Fairbank, a leading scholar in modern and contemporary China studies. The Center was originally called the Center for East Asian Research. Under Professor Fairbank’s leadership, the Center took an active role in promoting the study of modern and contemporary China from a social science perspective. At the time, this focus marked a sharp departure from the field of Sinology, which had emphasized the study of texts from a humanistic perspective. The Center for East Asian Research was renamed as the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research following Professor Fairbank’s retirement, in honor of his signal contributions to China studies through his teaching and publications." 

People

 * Elizbeth J. Perry "is the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, and director of John K. Fairbanks Center at Harvard."
 * Merle Goldman - Research Associate
 * Bei Ling - Research Associate
 * Wang Juntao - Visiting scholar in 1997

Contact

 * Web: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank