On April 25, the Yenching Academy held an event centering on the modern dance drama Journey to the West at Second Gymnasium. The event was joined by French composer Laurent Petitgirard, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, Chinese dancer-choreographer Wang Yabin, and YCA Dean D...

07 May 2024

The 8th annual Yenching Global Symposium officially kicked off on April 12, 2024 on the historic grounds of Peking University in Beijing. Since its establishment in 2016, the Yenching Global Symposium has established itself as one of the most competitive and influential conferences for diving int...

22 April 2024

On April 12, the Eighth Yenching Global Symposium (YGS 2024) commenced at the Qiulin Auditorium, Peking University. YGS 2024 received over 10,000 applications from around the world.A YCA flagship event established and organized by Yenching Scholars, the Yenching Global Symposium (YGS) provides a ...

12 April 2024

On April 5, Professor Dong Qiang, Dean of Yenching Academy of Peking University, attended the opening ceremony of the 2024 Harvard-Columbia World Development Forum (WDF) at Harvard Memorial Church. He delivered a keynote speech titled “International Education as an Essential Vector of World Deve...

08 April 2024

On March 20, Professor Peng Feng, Dean of the School of Arts, Peking University, gave a lecture themed “The Aesthetics and Arts of China”. This lecture, the seventh in the China Studies Lecture Series for the 2023‒2024 academic year, was hosted by Lu Yang, Director of Graduate Studies at Yench...

27 March 2024

On March 6, William Lindesay, a British researcher of the Great Wall and founder of International Friends of the Great Wall, gave a lecture themed “The Great Wall, from Different Directions.” Hosted by YCA Associate Dean Brent Haas, this marked the sixth lecture in the China Studies Lecture Ser...

15 March 2024

On February 27, 2024, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of the French Republic and Shuhsi Hsü Chair Professor, visited Yenching Academy at the invitation of Dean Dong Qiang. He delivered a lecture titled “The Role of Sino-French Relations on Global Governance: Insights from Personal Ex...

04 March 2024

Yenching Academy threw a New Year tea party on February 2, coinciding with the off-year day in north China, at the YCA Scholar’s Shaoyuan dormitory. Adorned with traditional Chinese New Year decorations, such as intricate paper-cuts of “福” (happiness) and diverse shapes, the dormitory’s acti...

06 February 2024

On January 8, Yenching Academy held its Teachers’ 2024 New Year Chat and Sharing Session in B102, Peking University’s Second Gymnasium. Leading the session was YCA Associate Dean Fan Shiming, alongside esteemed guests, including PKU Vice President Wang Bo, YCA Dean Dong Qiang, YCA Associate Dea...

12 January 2024

Shallow as textbook knowledge may seem to be;Get down to its essence by doing it personally.—[Tang] Du FuYenching Academy facilitates diverse experiences for Scholars to deepen their understanding of China during their stay in China. In the autumn semester of 2023, the Academy organized field st...

09 January 2024