This afternoon in Room 509 of Building 2, I searched for quite a while before finding it. By the time I entered the classroom, the lecture was almost starting. Professor Keiichi Uchida is an emeritus professor at Kansai University in Japan and maint...

On October 20, 2025, a lecture titled “China and the Catholic Mission, 1580–1800” was successfully held in Room 3109 of the Li Ka Shing Humanities Building. The lecture was delivered by Professor Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Distinguished Professor at Pennsylv...

Known as the “Happy Gathering,” this conference draws participation from senior scholars while also welcoming younger members. Held in Guangzhou this year and Shanghai last year, this session saw over 70 attendees—the largest turnout in recent years. I...

On October 18th, Brother Chen Tuo from Nankai University's School of History organized a workshop. Young scholars are full of energy and offered direct critiques. I extend my gratitude to commentators Professor Zhu and Brother Chen for raising many exc...

Title: CHINA AND THE CATHOLIC MISSION, 1580-1800 Speaker: Ronnie Po-chia Hsia Date: October 20, 2025, 2:00 PM Location: Room 3109, Department of Philosophy, Peking University Speaker Biography: Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, born in 1955, received hi...

Professor Ronnie Po-chia Hsia will be visiting Beijing on October 20....

This year's project focused on history, with my primary responsibility being the Ming and Qing dynasty Christian section. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to attend in person and had to participate online instead. The experience proved hig...

2:00 PM, Tencent Meeting. Central University for Nationalities established an advisory meeting for the Vatican and World Catholic Studies Center, with approximately 20 participants from institutions including the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, ...

Time: Saturday, May 17, Beijing Time Location: Tencent Meeting Speaking Rules: 10-15 minutes per speaker, not exceeding 20 minutes; comments and questions limited to 5 minutes per person Session 1: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Moderator: Xiao Qinghe ...

Reposted from: http://iwr.cass.cn/qt/xsdt/xw/202505/t20250519_5874630.shtml On May 12, 2025, the academic symposium “Systematically Advancing the Sinicization of Religion in China” grandly commenced in Beijing. The conference was jointly hosted by t...

Yesterday I attended the workshop on modern Catholic studies from a global history perspective organized by Brother Zhang Rui at the Institute of Cultural Research. Most participants were scholars specializing in Western Catholic studies, while Profess...

https://phil.pku.edu.cn/xwgg/xzxw/xzdt/69Religiousstudies540354.htm On March 1, 2025, the “Workshop on the Sociology of Religion and Chinese Intellectual History” and manuscript seminar for the book Sociology of Religion and Intellectual History Res...

This marks the 18th Annual Conference on Religion and Science. I recall attending the inaugural conference back in 2004—the photos should still exist—with Li Feng, Liu Xian, and Liu Yi in attendance. Time seems to have flown by like a white horse passi...

Over 80 people attended the conference, which featured two breakout sessions. Each speaker had 15 minutes to present, followed by 15 minutes for comments. Time was insufficient, leaving no room for discussion. We could only briefly share what everyone ...

Due to time constraints and the pandemic, I regret that I cannot be in Beijing in person. The audio quality may be subpar since we're not using professional video conferencing equipment. Voices are only clear at the speaker's podium; when others speak,...