The 18th lecture of the Adventus Amicorum series was held on March 8, 2024 at Peking University (PKU). Co-hosted by PKU’s Institute of Area Studies, the Office of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Institute of Social Science Surveys, the event featured Destry Damayanti, Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, as the distinguished speaker. Her address, titled "Synergy and Innovation for Indonesia's Economic Resilience and Revival," was warmly received by the audience.

The 16th lecture of the "Adventus Amicorum" salon series was held on December 21, 2023, by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) in the form of online conference.

The 14th lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), on November 27, 2023.

The 12th lecture in the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), on November 14, 2023. Lorenzo Marsili, director of the Berggruen Institute Europe, shared his thoughts on the topic, “The Crisis in the Global Order and New Agendas for European and Chinese Intellectuals.”

The Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) held the 10th lecture of its Adventus Amicorum series on November 7, 2023. Tran Duc Binh, the current Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, and 21 members of Binh’s delegation were invited to the forum.

The 8th lecture of the Adventus Amicorum series was held on October 24, 2023, in No.6 Jingyuan.

On the afternoon of October 16, 2023, Abdul Halim Iskandar, minister of Indonesia’s Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration,

The 4th lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held on July 25, 2023, by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) at Building No. 66, Yannanyuan, during which Prof. Anthony Carty, Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Online Bibliography of International Law and a senior scholar in the field of international law theory and history of Chinese international law, shared his thoughts on the topic, “How much strategic autonomy does Europe have?” The lecture was hosted by Zhang Yongle, deputy director of PKUIAS, with the participation of Kong Yuan, associate research fellow of the Institute of European Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and Duan Demin, director of Center for European Studies of Peking University, and others.

On July 4, the second lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” seminar series celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) was held at No. 66 Yannanyuan.