On the afternoon of October 30th, 2020, Professor QIN Yaqing from China Foreign Affairs University, distinguished keynote speaker upon invitation, delivered the fabulous presentation themed with “Humanistic Studies and International Relations” in Featured Lecture Series on “Scholarly Researches in Coherence with the Trajectory of Life” convened at the Center for American Studies, which engaged a vast audience aggregating over 100 faculty members and students at Fudan University. Professor WU Xinbo, Dean of the Institute of International Studies cum Director of the Center for American Studies  at Fudan University facilitated the event.

Delving into “Humanities”, “Magots” and “Homonology”, Professor QIN Yaqing unfolded narratives with regard to keen pursuits of literary leaning, the acquisitions of English studies and fundamentals in coherence with his obtaining doctorate in the U.S at the interface with political science. Professor QIN’s dedication to imparting expertise, meticulous scholarship, exquisite academic accomplishments, outstanding professional ethics brimming with philosophical glamour heartened and evoked repercussions on the scene. Forging into the follow-up interactive rounds, the Featured Series Lecture inaugurated the echoing culmination by virtue of Dean WU's leading-in to the Q & A session integrating humorous subtleties with perspicacious sagacity.

To further inherit and promote the intrinsic academic atmosphere, integral discipline capacity-building, spur the dedicated pursuit of meticulous and in-depth researches, blaze the dauntless innovative trails with excellence, propel sound advancements in the realm of international studies, Featured Lecture Series on “Scholarly Researches in Coherence with the Trajectory of Life ” delivered by the prestigious academics debuted the start-up launch at Institute of International Studies, Fudan University.

Inherent with the ethos, Featured Lecture Series on “Scholarly Researches in Coherence with the Trajectory of Life” extend invitations for keynote speeches presented by distinguished scholars and experts who have attained exceptional academic accomplishments, outstanding professional ethics and meticulous scholarship in the domain of international relations, striving to create an ultra-tier exchange platform to engender proactive inheritance of scrupulous research undertakings and foster the utmost acquisitions of comprehending multi-faceted essence in life.

Ensuing the inaugural Series Lecture which featured WANG Jisi, Professor at the School of International Studies and President of the Institute of the International and Strategic Studies, Peking University, Honorary President of the Chinese Association for American Studies, acknowledged as one of the best-known political scientists in international relations nationwide, who presented the inaugural address entitled “Drawbacks and Errors Generating Impetus to Dynamic Progress” and the 2nd Series Lecture themed with Meticulous Scholarship in Coherence with the Trajectory of Life on Bittersweetness—Approaching Philosophies of Academic Research featuring Professor ZHANG Yunling, Member of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Academic Divisions, Director of the Center for Regional Security Studies of CASS, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, President of the Institute of International Studies and Chair on the Academic Committee of School of Northeast Asian Studies at Shandong University, the sequels reap thought-provoking repercussions in prodigious accolades.. 

  (Source: Institute of International Studies, Fudan University. Preceding News in English Edited and Translated by Mao Xiaojun)