On November 3rd, YCA Scholars visited Shijing Mountain and the Yunju Temple. In the morning, our Scholars hiked Shijing Mountain, two miles east of the Yunju Temple.

14 November 2022

On October 27, Associate Professor Qin Ling from the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, gave a lecture at Yenching Academy titled “Shaping Order: Jades in Neolithic Liangzhu Society of China and Beyond”. This class was the fourth in the Yenching Academy’s compulsory “Chin...

03 November 2022

On October 20, Professor Cheng Lesong from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Peking University, delivered a lecture at Yenching Academy entitled “Facets of Daoism: From Immortality to Daily Life”, as part of the Topics in China Studies Lecture Series for the 2022 Fall Semester...

24 October 2022

Editorial: Ekaterina Kaligaeva (Belarus) from the 2022 Cohort of Yenching Academy, Peking University, featured on a CGTN program, sharing her view on bite-sized information in social media. Similarly, Jae Young Lee (South Korea), a Scholar from the 2022 Cohort, sat on another CGTN talk show to di...

19 October 2022

On October 13, YCA Scholars and teachers immersed themselves in the glamor of Dunhuang art and Chinese civilization by attending “The Trace of Civilization: The Great Art of Dunhuang” exhibition in the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum.

18 October 2022

Yenching Academy and Peking University Hall co-launched an online project for the Hall’s 2022 Art Month for New Comers. Between August 21 and October 9, YCA Dean Dong Qiang gave four online lectures themed “Classicism, Romanticism and Cultural Consciousness: Chinese and French Literature and Ar...

14 October 2022

On September 29, 2022, Assistant Professor Ma Xiao from the School of Government at Peking University delivered a lecture at Yenching Academy entitled “Localized bargaining: The political economy of China’s high-speed railway program” hosted by YCA Associate Dean Brent Haas. 2022 Yenching Scho...

11 October 2022

On September 28, the Beijing-based Center for China & Globalization (CCG) launched the Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Students Studying Abroad (2022) and concurrently held the Roundtable on Global Talent Education and Development. Yenching Academy Associate Dean Fan Shiming spoke at ...

11 October 2022

On September 30, Yenching Academy threw a welcome party for the Eight Cohort Scholars arriving on campus who had missed the opening ceremony due to the pandemic. In the warmth of the Fall season, arguably Beijing’s best season, our new arrivals joined the YCA family and had heartfelt talks about...

03 October 2022

On September 22, Yenching Academy held a lecture, “From The Book of Songs to the Internet: Why Poetry Matters in China,”as part of its Topics in China Studies Lecture Series for the 2022 Fall semester, taught by Professor Tian Xiaofei, who teaches Chinese Literature at Harvard University.

29 September 2022