On the evening of November 8, 2023, the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University held the third lecture in the series of “Frontier Issues in Latin American Political Research”, titled “Colombia Facing its International and Domestic Challenges: historical precedents and expectations”. The lecture was delivered by Professor Eduardo Pastrana of the Pontifical X...

On October 18, 2023, a delegation of the Chilean Parliament to China, including Javiera Ignacia Morales Alvarado and Karol Aida Cariola Oliva, visited the IIAS and held a seminar with our faculty members and students.The two sides had in-depth exchanges and warm discussions on topics such as Chilean President Gabriel Boric's first visit to China, China-Chile relations and economic and trade coo...

On the afternoon of July 10, 2023, Dr. Sophie Chao, Lecturer at the University of Sydney’s Department of Anthropology, delivered an online lecture titled “Plantation Expansion, Food Sovereignty, and the Cultural Meanings of Hunger in West Papua” to the faculty and students within and outside of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua University, and later, communica...

The 3rd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum was held from July 3 to 5, 2023, at Tsinghua University. With the theme of “Developing Countries in the Age of Uncertainties: Risks, Resilience and Interdependency”, the Forum was attended by more than 160 scholars from 35 countries, who had in-depth exchanges and discussions on regional and cross-regional topics.

From May 17 to June 20, 2023, the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University hosted the “Critical Approaches to the Studies of Eurasia” lecture series, which was delivered by Dr. Catherine Owen, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, University of Exeter's Penryn Campus. The lecture series consisted of six lectures, namely, “Pers...

On the morning of June 13, 2023, Mr. Sudheendra Kulkarni, renowned Indian scholar, founder of the Forum for a New South Asia in Mumbai and erstwhile aide to former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee, delivered a lecture titled India-China Relations and Mutual Civilisational Learning to the faculty and students within and outside of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIA...

On the afternoon of June 7, 2023, the Institute for International and Area Studies of Tsinghua University (IIAS-THU) held Lecture 23 of Liangxiang Forum in Room 205 of the Central Main Building. The lecture, titled "Negotiation and Conciliation in West Asia: the Case of Iraq", featured Mr. Gareth Stansfield, Professor of Middle East Politics and Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean (HASS) of ...

On June 7, 2023, Professor Lisa Roberts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter and her delegation visited the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua University and had a meeting with the institute on deepening cooperation. Delegates from the University of Exeter include Professor Richard Follett, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, Pro-Vice-Chancello...

On the afternoon of June 2, 2023, the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University hosted the third Eurasian studies lecture of the “Knowledge Production in Global Area ...