On December 30, 2021，Professor Yuan Ming was named honorary dean by the Yenching Academy of Peking University. Dean Dong Qiang of the Yenching Academy issued the letter of appointment to Professor Yuan Ming.Professor Yuan Ming has served as Dean of the Yenching Academy since February 2016, and h...

31 December 2021

As we are about to bid farewell to 2021, the Yenching Academy recently completed a smooth leadership transition. Professor Yuan Ming, who served as the Dean of Academy since February 2016, stepped down from this position due to age. The baton has been passed to Professor Dong Qiang, a world-renow...

24 December 2021

Have you ever jumped into a frozen lake? How many kilometers can you run a week? How long can you hold a plank? And what is waiting for the climber atop the tree? The answers are all in the annual YCA Olympics.YCA Scholars across the world showed their physical capabilities in the five-day online...

22 December 2021

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