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Stanford University's new research and educational center in Beijing
May 30, 2012 - San Jose Mercury News: The Stanford Center in Beijing provides the university with its first-ever center for research and teaching for its faculty and students in China but will not offer degrees.It is an experiment that will begin in just a few weeks, when the initial wave of Stanford faculty begin arriving to use it for the first time as a base for research and lectures.
Stanford puts focus on China with new center at Peking University
March 31, 2011 - "This new building gives us a wonderful opportunity to have a home base in China. It really enhances our ambassadorship." - Barbara Ralston, vice president for Stanford Hospital's International Medical Services
Stanford research center opens at Peking University
March 21, 2012 - Stanford opened a research and education center at China’s Peking University, strengthening an already close academic bond and building a stronger tie to one of the world’s fastest-growing countries.
FSI and Stanford's growing global influence
March 1, 2010 - Stanford Magazine: President Hennessy's letter to alumni addresses Stanford's growing global outreach and influence and cites FSI's Rural Education Action Project (left) as one stellar example. He also previews the new Stanford Center at Peking University, the hub for China-related activities across the university.
Hennessy talks with Charlie Rose about Stanford's plans, priorities
March 10, 2009 - In a wide ranging interview with Charlie Rose, Stanford President John Hennessy says that Stanford "is opening a center in Beijing on the Peking University campus that will be both a home for our students but also a place where our researchers who are working on collaborations and with faculty in China can actually have space and have a presence."
Jean Oi, director of the Stanford China Program, discusses the university's expansion into China
October 26, 2007 - Stanford Daily: In hopes of expanding Stanford's presence in China, the University is now in the process of developing a new research facility on the campus of Peking University in Beijing as part of the Bing Overseas Studies Program. "We already have a strong BOSP program in Beijing at Peking University," Oi said in an email to The Daily. "This would build on that to encourage more students and faculty across the different schools to have an overseas experience.
Events
Symposium by SCPKU, PKU, and Tsinghua UniversityMay 24, 2013, 8:30-5 pm
Quantum System with Restricted Dimension Potential for High Temperature Superconductivity in FeSe/SrTi03
Quantum system with restricted dimension has emerged as the most fertile
ground for discoveries in condensed matter.The goal is to identify key issues for next round of experiments and theory, and to foster collaborations on the subject. Flyer available.
WorkshopMay 14, 2013, 9:30-5 pm
All Things Tech
Join us for a close encounter with some of
the top guns in the private sector with the vision to make a better world with
science and technology. Flyer available.
LectureMay 10, 2013, 4-5:30 pm followed by reception
China, the Party, and its Banks
Carl E. Walter, author of "Red Capitalism" and has worked in China's financial sector for the past 20 years, participating in many of the country's financial reforms. RSVP by May 8, 2013, 5 pm. Flyer available.
LectureApril 22, 2013, 2:30-4 pm at SCPKU, room TBA
Mediated Harmony: Labor Conflict and Rule of Law in China
Mary Gallagher, Associated Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, director of the University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies, and a faculty associate at the Center for Comparative Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research. RSVP by April 15, 2013.
Lecture and Lunch - By Invitation OnlyApril 20, 2013, 11:30-1:30 pm at SCPKU, room TBA
The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Policy in Central Asia
Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Distinguished Fellow with the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Public LectureApril 18, 2013, 2:30-4 pm at SCPKU, room TBA
Behind the Veils - Today's Afghan Women
Ching Eikenberry, independent consultant, freelance journalist, and former Strategic Communication Coordinator for the U.S. Assistance and International Development Mission to Kabul, Afghanistan
Public LectureApril 17, 2013, 3-4:15 pm followed by reception, SCPKU Atrium
America's Asia-Pacific Security Strategy
Karl Eikenberry, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and Distinguished Fellow with the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
SCPKU and PKU School of International Studies Special LectureOctober 16, 2012, 2:30-4 pm, Room M11 at SCPKU
Alternative Approaches to Development: Modernization, Institutional Capacity and Elite Bargains
Stephen Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Flyer available