How I got into Harvard and how this could work for others too

China Studies at Harvard: Panel including Ezra Vogel, William Kirby, Dwight Perkins, and Wilt Idema; Harvard China Review, April 2010

Harvard University is global brand name and a great career booster, especially for international students, but how to get in? I recently shared my story with Gherardo Liguori from Italy. Some of the advice in it we believe could work for other people as well. Read the interview HERE.

Chinese American Confucianism Vs. American Chinese Confucianism

The two modes of Confucianism in the United States: Chinese American Confucianism means that Chinese language elements slowly sink into American society. American Chinese Confucianism, on the other hand, refers to English words fueling a bit on Chinese meanings. [...]  [READ ARTICLE HERE]

Thorsten Pattberg and Francis Xavier Clooney

The director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University, Prof. Francis X. Clooney, today visited our IAHS. I remember well reading Prof. Clooney's masterpieces 'Divine Mother, Blessed Mother' during my formative years in Edinburgh, and his 'Comparative Theology' during my time at Harvard. [VISIT HIS TALK AT PKU] [BACK TO MAIN]

Michael Witzel with Thorsten Pattberg, Tokyo 2013

Professor Michael Witzel invited me to Harvard University back in 2010 so that I could use collections and library resources of the earliest European missionaries in China dating back to 1649. Although there was little funding for such an original project, it nevertheless proved to be very successful, cumulating into my works on translation history and, ultimately, the re-emergence of the shengren. See China Daily, Japan Times. The list goes on. [photo: Tokyo, May 24, 2013].

Pattberg Pattberg and Ezra Vogel, April 2013

"We have always felt Harvard has a special relationship with Beida." Ezra Vogel - author of Japan as Number One and Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China - at Peking University, April 21, 2013, The Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies (IAHS). Host: Tu Weiming.

Shocking Interview on Academic Imperialism

In this exclusive interview with veteran journalist Victor Fic, Pattberg calls for a respectful accuracy and opposing “language imperialism.”

German Scholars thinks Shengren are overlooked; photo: Dong Guisheng, Beijing