On December 13, Professor Xie Xiaoliang, the Lee Shau-kee Professor, Director of the Changping Laboratory, and head of the Faculty of Sciences of Peking University, delivered a lecture titled “20 Years after the Human Genome Project: Two Medical Advances Enabled by Two Technological Revolutions...
29 December 2023
On December 6, Zhou Xueguang, Stanford professor of sociology and visiting professor of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of Peking University, delivered a lecture titled “The Logic of Governance in China: An Organizational Approach” at Yenching Academy. This lecture, the fourth i...
18 December 2023
On Wednesday, November 22, 2023, Yenching Scholars embarked on an immersive journey into a world of uncharted territories, captured through the lens and narrated through the words of Chinese artist Liu Yujia in a lecture titled “Travel Shooting and Writing: Encountering and Writing the Unknown....
14 December 2023
On December 1, YCA teachers and students visited the China National Archives of Publications and Culture (NAPC), Beijing. Situated at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains in Changping district, the NAPC complex boasts a traditional Chinese courtyard layout featuring pavilions, terraces, and belveder...
08 December 2023
On November 30, Yenching Academy teachers and students visited the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) located next to the Olympic Forest Park. The visit was organized by Tobias Knörich and Stefanie Reisinger from the 2023 cohort. Ludger Schuknecht, Vice President and Corporate Secretary ...
07 December 2023
Mountains and water look fresh, embraced at night by autumn frost.Trees with scarlet leaves shine against yellow-colored woods.—Ode of Autumn, Liu YuxiYanyuan, on this winter day, was infused with the warmth generated by Yenching Scholars’ passions in their vibrant campus life. Throughout the f...
05 December 2023
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Professor Xu Hong, Research Fellow of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), delivered a lecture at Yenching Academy titled “Early China Through the Lens of Archaeology: Erlitou and Sanxingdui.” This lecture, part of the broader ...
30 November 2023
In November 2023, 2023 Yenching Scholars embarked on a week-long exploration through Chongqing and Sichuan, from the 12th to the 18th. This journey was an intricate blend of past and present, where we immersed ourselves in the ancient history and modern advancements of these regions. The trip pr...
28 November 2023
Good morning distinguished guests, colleagues, and new friends. My name is Brent Haas and I’m Associate Dean at the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Ours is a two-year, fully-funded Master’s program in interdisciplinary China Studies. Every year we admit around 110 new students, with roug...
28 November 2023
The first beam of civilization shed light on the land of today’s coastal provinces of China when the Hemudu people sowed the first seed of rice 7,000 years ago.Many millennia have forged the cradle of the area’s primitive civilization into present-day Ningbo, a port city known for its ancient l...
09 November 2023
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