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

A seminar titled “Interdisciplinary Approaches to South Asian Area Studies” was held at Peking University (PKU) on October 21, 2023. This event was co-hosted by PKU’s Research Center of Eastern Literature, School of Foreign Languages, and the Institute of Area Studies.

The third seminar in the “Autonomous Knowledge System Construction and New Perspectives in Area Studies” series took place at Peking University's School of International Studies on October 16.

The second lecture in the “Autonomous Knowledge System Construction and New Perspectives in Area Studies” series, titled “The Theory of US Geostrategy and Application of its Policy to China,” was held in the School of International Studies, Peking University (PKU) on October 13.

The 5th lecture of Adventus Amicorum series was held on September 26, 2023 at No. 66 Yannanyuan.

On the morning of September 25, 2023, a group composed of scholars from Belt and Road countries visited Peking University (PKU).

The first lecture of the “Autonomous Knowledge System Construction and New Perspectives in Area Studies” series was held at the School of International Studies, Peking University (PKU) on October 9.

Peking University (PKU) on October 8, 2023, convened an expert meeting to discuss the establishment of an accredited doctoral degree program in area studies. Ning Qi, vice secretary of PKU’s Party Committee and vice president, attended and delivered a speech.

On September 21, the Institute of Area Studies Peking University (PKUIAS) held the fifth lecture of its “Master Salon” series as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations. The lecture, titled “Systematic Complexity Science and Area Studies,” was delivered by Prof. Gao Jianbo, a geography science professor and doctoral supervisor at Beijing Normal University. Prof. Zhai Kun, deputy director of the Institute, moderated the session. Experts and scholars, including Kong Tao, director of the Research Division at the Institute of Social Science Survey at PKU, participated in the discussion.

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,