The 103rd lecture in the Adventus Amicorum series, titled Living in Update Mode: Updatism, Obsolescence, and the Politics of the Present, was held on September 17.

On July 3, 2026, the 101st session of the “Adventus Amicorum” seminar series, organized by the Institute of Country and Region Studies at Peking University and titled “Central Asian Studies and the Issue of Universality,” was held at No. 66 Yannanyuan, Peking University.

On June 12, 2026, the 92nd lecture in the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was jointly organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Latin America Research Division of the Institute of Country and Region Studies, Peking University (PKUICRS).

In June 2026, Lectures 88 through 91 of the "Adventus Amicorum" seminar series were held at Peking University’s Institute of Country and Region Studies.

From May 29 to July 3, 2026, Liu Jinghui, a tenured professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and director of the Chinese Studies Program at California State University, US, visited the Institute of Country and Region Studies (ICRS), Peking University as a visiting scholar.

The 84th lecture of the “Adventus Amicorum” salon series was held on May 29, 2026, at the Institute of Country and Region Studies, Peking University (PKUICRS).

From May 10 to 23, 2026, at the invitation of the Institute of Country and Region Studies at Peking University, Prof. Punchada Sirivunnabood, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Mahidol University in Thailand and a professor of political science, visited the Institute as a visiting scholar under the “Country and Region Studies in a Global Context and Inter-Regional Knowledge Partnership” program.