The year of 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Sino-French diplomatic relations and the tenth birthday of Yenching Academy. For one of our celebration events, Laurent Burelle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OPmobility SE paid a visit to the Academy, at the invitation o...

03 June 2024

On May 8, John Alekna, Assistant Professor in the History of Science, Technology & Medicine Department at Peking University, delivered a lecture themed “Seeking News, Making China: Reimagining Chinese History through Information Technology”. Hosted by Yenching Academy Associate Dean Brent Haas,...

24 May 2024

On May 18, Yenching Academy organized a forum on China Studies at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. As part of the celebration series for YCA’s 10th anniversary, the forum, titled “Globalizing China Studies: From Theory to Practice,” featured eminent experts and scholars from China and abroad to join YCA ...

22 May 2024

Yenching Academy celebrated its 10th birthday in May 2024.On May 16 and 17, Vice Presidents Wang Bo and Fang Fang, along with Vice Chair Jiang Guohua of PKU Council, joined PKU Council Chair Hao Ping and President Gong Qihuang in visiting the Academy’s 10th-anniversary photo exhibition at the B1...

18 May 2024

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