In 1936 he earned his doctorate from Oxford and returned to Harvard to teach. Until today, now 83, Fairbank still goes daily to the Harvard Asia research institute-- the Fairbank Center--to study, receive visitors, and write.
一九三六年獲得牛津博士學位後，就返回哈佛任教，直到今天，高齡八三的費正清仍然每天到哈大的亞洲研究機構﹘ ﹘「費正清中心」﹘﹘做研究、接見訪客，以及寫稿著書。