We had a chat with two Yenching Scholars Yoneda Akihiro (Japan) and Song Ankang (China) to learn more about their stories of being a residential advisor during the pandemic.

09 April 2021

Wei Yuhuai insisted that she is only an ordinary student with little extraordinary traits to boast. But in our interview, we felt her earnest efforts and academic passion. Also, we saw what she has gained over her years at the Yenching Academy of Peking University (YCA-PKU).

30 March 2021

On Friday, March 12, 2021, several staff of the Yenching Academy of Peking University visited YCA scholars at their dormitory on the PKU campus. The team was led by Yenching Academy’s Associate Deans Prof. Fan Shiming and Prof. Brent Haas. Zuo Jing laoshi, Dang Ke laoshi, An Qi laoshi, Yang Jing...

18 March 2021

Kaori Kohyama, currently enrolled in the Master's program at Peking University's Yenching Academy, is also one of the graduates in the 2020 Batch of Double Degree Program between PKU and Waseda University. She was a major in Political Science at Waseda and in International Relations at PKU.

15 March 2021

Recently, we have interviewed Zuhal Fidan, 2019 Cohort Scholar from Turkey, to share her YCA stories with us.

11 March 2021

Recently, we have interviewed Sylvie Ramakers, 2020 Cohort Scholar from Netherlands, to share her YCA stories with us.

09 March 2021

Recently, we have interviewed Kai Sandbrink, 2020 cohort Yenching Scholar, to share his YCA stories with us.

03 March 2021

To commemorate the Spring Festival, Yenching Academy’s Dean, Prof. Yuan Ming, Associate Deans Prof. Fan Shiming and Prof. Brent Haas, and several YCA staff members visited Yenching Scholars at their dormitory on the PKU campus on February 10, 2021.Warmly received, Dean Yuan inquired into the sch...

10 February 2021

Prof. Ezra Vogel was a man of enlightenment: erudite and tolerant, aspired to wisdom and pursued truth. In his writings and in his deeds, he exemplified the brightest qualities of the human spirit and those of a contemporary “junzi”.My first encounter with Ezra was back in the late fall of 1983...

03 February 2021

The Yenching Academy’s master’s program in China Studies is conducted in six areas: Law and Society, Politics and International Relations, Economics and Management, Literature and Culture, History and Archaeology, and Philosophy and Religion. In addition, every track features distinctly designe...

22 January 2021