Recent Alumni News
November 2009 - Jun Qian (HYI Scholar 1996-97; Dept. of English, Peking University) was awarded the Jan Masaryk Bronze Medal in September 2009. The medal was established by the Czech Department of Foreign Affairs and is awarded to those who have made a remarkable contribution in promoting Czech culture in a foreign country. In Professor Qian's case, he was awarded for introducing to China the study of the Prague School.
Professor Jun Qian's research project during his year at Harvard (1996-97) eventually led to the production of an award-winning monograph (1998) which was the first in China to cover the Prague School.
The photo shows Professor Qian at the Czech Embassy in Beijing, China.
April 2009 - CHU Guofei (Visiting Fellow 2007-2008) returned to Beijing in January 2009, where she will graduate this summer. After receiving her degree she will begin employment as an Editor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Review (中国社会科学院院报), a newspaper published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with an audience of scholars and students in China.
January 2009 — Dr. Chang So-an (張壽安) , Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, was a coordinate researcher with the Harvard-Yenching Institute during the academic year 2002-03. She came back to Harvard for a short term research stay, and visited us in January 2009.
10/17/2008 — Huang Chungao (HYI Visiting Scholar 00-01,
Associate 01-02) was in town for a short visit. A visiting Fulbright
scholar at Brown University for AY2008-09, Dr. Huang is currently doing a
project about medieval studies in USA during the 20th century. He is an
Associate Professor in the History Department at Peking University, where he
teaches medieval history. Our warmest welcome and best wishes to Dr. Huang!
