# China Humanities ## expand\_more ![An old Chinese painting](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/mahindra/files/china.jpg?itok=fO3gTvsX) A forum for exploring the whole span of Chinese experience before the modern era. The seminar seeks to address all aspects of Chinese civilization by engaging disciplines as varied as literature, history, philosophy, religion, art history, and the performing arts. ## Past Events [### What is Ecology for a Chan Monk? ](/event/what-ecology-chan-monk?occ_id=0)April 6, 2026 | 4:00PM EDT [### Dress Regulation, Dynastic Image-Building, and Geopolitical Competition in Early Medieval China ](/event/dress-regulation-dynastic-image-building-and-geopolitical-competition-early-medieval-china?occ_id=0)Mar 23, 2026 | 4:00PM EDT [### The Art of (Tested) Translation: Manchu Exams in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries ](/event/art-tested-translation-manchu-exams-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries?occ_id=0)February 2, 2026 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM EST [ More past events arrow\_circle\_right ](/calendar/past_events?f%5B0%5D=event_hwp_c_seminars%3A170367) ## Chairs [### Thomas P. Kelly ](/people/thomas-p-kelly) [thomas\_kelly@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:thomas_kelly@fas.harvard.edu) ![Thomas Kelly headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/kelly_tom_headshot_1_1_0.jpeg?itok=sZxbauT_) [### James Robson ](/people/james-robson) ![James Robson](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/james_robson.png?itok=vXPy_ghZ) [### Xiaofei Tian ](/people/xiaofei-tian) ![Xiaofei Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/xiaofei_tian_1.jpg?itok=vrhCiyg9) ## Graduate Student Coordinators [### Yi Zhang ](/people/amy-zhang) See also:- [ Seminars ](/page-type/seminars) - [ China Humanities ](/seminars/china-humanities)