The 69th lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held on December 24, 2025 by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), during which Dimitar Bechev, director of the Dahrendorf Programme at the European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford; and Janka Oertel, distinguished policy fellow of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), shared their thoughts on the topic,

The 17th session of the Master Salon series hosted by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS), was held on December 23, 2025. The seminar was titled "The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order: Examining Trump's Strategic Adjustments Through the Lens of Historical Institutionalism."

The 16th session of the Master Salon series hosted by the Institute of Area Studies, Peking University (PKUIAS) was held on December 15, 2025. The theme of the seminar was "Observations on Thailand's Political Maze."