Becky Yang Hsu
Georgetown University
Research Group: Culture and Society
The past two decades have seen an explosion of happiness research around challenges to human flourishing posed by fast-paced social change in a globalizing world.
First convened in spring 2019 by Becky Hsu of Georgetown University in collaboration with Teresa Kuan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the research group brings together American and Chinese scholars across disciplines to explore how citizens in both societies are pursuing and experiencing happiness, with a focus on changing family structure and intergenerational dynamics.
Co-conveners
Teresa Kuan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
People
Richard Madsen
University of California, San Diego
Gonçalo Santos
University of Coimbra
Yan Yunxiang
University of California, Los Angeles
Events
Apr
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2025
The Extraordinary in the Mundane: Family and Forms of Community in China
Join us for a discussion with Becky Yang Hsu (editor) and Richard Madsen (contributing author) on their new publication The Extraordinary in the Mundane: Family and Forms of Community in China (Columbia University Press, 2025). The book brings together a diverse group of scholars to explore the many…
Other Events
Blog Posts
Shared Approaches and Prospects for Peace: Part 2
August 29, 2021
In this blog post members of the U.S.-China Research Group on Culture and Society reflect on the two societies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, how those responses have been shaped by systematic and cultural factors, and how it pertains to research group members’ scholarly work.
Responses
The Ethics of C-sections in China and the United States
Gonçalo Santos | April 25, 2022
Inequality, Culture War, and Imperiled Common Good: America and China
Richard Madsen | August 30, 2021
Shared Approaches and Prospects for Peace: Part 1
June 9, 2020
In this blog post members of the U.S.-China Research Group on Culture and Society reflect on the two societies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, how those responses have been shaped by systematic and cultural factors, and how it pertains to research group members’ scholarly work.
Responses
What Is the Common Good? Hamilton, Rousseau, and Confucian Political Philosophy
Yunxiang Yan | July 18, 2020
The Multiplicity of Freedom
Teresa Kuan | June 10, 2020