On the morning of December 17, the International Confucian Association (ICA) and Peking University (PKU) co-organized the “Harmony & Cooperation” forum in Beijing, chaired by Hao Ping, President of Peking University. The ICA Chairman Liu Yandong delivered a keynote speech, and Fukuda Yasuo, the...

20 December 2021

On the morning of December 9, Professor Li Tiangang from the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, gave a lecture titled “On the Religiosity of Confucian Learning and Confucianism.” It was the fourth lecture in the 2021–22 academic year’s Topics in China Studies Lecture Series and chaired b...

17 December 2021

Field Study is a compulsory course at the Yenching Academy offering Yenching Scholars insights into different aspects of China by visiting several sites. But the Covid-19 travel restrictions hinder our Scholars abroad from participating in the trips physically during the 2020/2021 academic sessio...

07 December 2021

On November 30, Yenching Academy held the first Professional and Leadership Mentor Sharing Session delivered by our first mentor Lily Qiu, founder of Beijing AngelMom Charity Foundation, Beijing Peaceland Foundation, and Blue Sky Rescue Team. Ms. Qiu had an in-depth discussion with the Scholars, ...

02 December 2021

Recently, Professor Joseph W. Esherick, a faculty member of the Yenching Academy and Emeritus Professor of History at University of California, San Diego, received the 2021 Distinguished Contributions to China Studies Award.Professor Esherick taught the course “Modern Chinese History” at the Ye...

26 November 2021

Recently, the Yenching Academy interviewed Joshua Sze Kiun Fung, a 2020 YCA Scholar from North Borneo, Malaysia. He read law as a Senior Scholar of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and legal theory and philosophy at New York University.Interest in ChinaJoshua remarked that he loves Chine...

23 November 2021

On November 4, Professor Wang Di from the Department of History, University of Macau, gave a lecture titled “Power of Mahjong: Individual Rights, Collective Interests, and City Image in Post-Mao China” at the Yenching Academy. It was the third lecture in the 2021–22 academic year’s Topics in ...

10 November 2021

On the morning of October 28, Associate Professor Wang Haicheng from the School of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, gave a lecture titled “Civilized Aliens in Sanxingdui and the Perils of Historical Interpretation,” sharing his insights into the Sanxingdui Civili...

04 November 2021

On the evening of November 2, 2021, Ms. Marzia Mongiorgi, Head of Economics and Strategy Unit, PRC Resident Mission at Asian Development Bank (ADB), visited Yenching Academy and gave a speech themed “China’s Sustainable and Inclusive Development: Challenges and Opportunities.” Ms. Mongiorgi in...

03 November 2021

Claudine Ukubereyimfura, a 2020 Yenching Scholar from Rwanda, has been a fan of Chinese Kungfu movies since her childhood, and her favorite ones are Dragon Tiger Gate and Enter the Dragon. The image of the Chinese dragon has sort of won her heart.Bruce Lee is Claudine’s favorite Kungfu actor. Sh...

01 November 2021