Series Lectures

“The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series

The 1^st Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Think Like an Economist
The 2^nd Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Rational Thinking of Individual Decision-making
The 3^rd Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Risk-return Thinking in Investment Decision-making
The 4^th Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Strategic Thinking in Group Interaction
The 5^th Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Market Equilibrium
The 6^th Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Dynamic Game and Reverse Reasoning
The 7^th Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Market Failure and Government Regulation
The 8^th Session of “The Economic Way of Thinking” Lecture Series | Antitrust and Effective Government Regulation

African Studies Lecturer Series

The 1^st Session of African Studies Lecture Series: Tradition, Integration and Change | Timbuktu from a Cross-cultural Historical Perspective
The 2^nd Session of African Studies Lecture Series: Tradition, Integration and Change | “Politics of the Everyday”: Understanding Youth Cultures and Social Transformations in Urban Africa
The 3^rd Session of African Studies Lecture Series: Tradition, Integration and Change | Changes of Indigenous Anthropology in Africa: The Case of Two Traditions of South African Anthropology
The 4^th Session of African Studies Lecturer Series: Tradition, Integration and Change | Traditional Institutions and Modern State Governance: The Politics of Post-war Reconstruction in Rwanda
The 5^th Session of African Studies Lecturer Series: Tradition, Integration and Change | The Concept of Brokerage in Anthropological Studies of Africa

History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century

The 1^st Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | WWI: From Ottoman to European Imperialism
The 2^nd Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | Egypt: 1919-1942
The 3^rd Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | Iraq and Transjordan: 1920-1941
The 4^th Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | Palestine: 1917-1944
The 5^th Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | Syria and Lebanon: 1920-1944
The 6^th Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | The Palestine War: 1947-1949
The 7^th Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | The Revolutionary Decade: 1949-1958
The 8^th Chapter of “History of West Asia and North Africa in the Twentieth Century” Lecture Series | The Failure of Nasserism and the Emergence of the Palestinian Revolution: 1961-1970

Individual Lectures

Southeast Asia Area

The 1^st Session of IIAS Southeast Asian Studies Lectures | Three Dimensions of Area Studies: A Glance at the Time, Space and Domain of Southeast Asian Studies
The 2^nd Session of IIAS Southeast Asian Studies Lectures | Uncharted Territory: Fieldwork Methods and Ethics in Myanmar
The 3^rd Session of IIAS Southeast Asian Studies Lectures | Solidarity and Collective Resistance in Precarious Labor: The Case of Ride-hailing Drivers in Indonesia

Latin America Area

The 1^st Session of IIAS Latin America Lecture Series | Democracy and Inequality in Brazil: Does Federalism Make a Difference?
The 2^nd Session of IIAS Latin America Lecture Series | The Parable of Argentina: A Historical View of Argentina’s Economic and Political Troubles
The 3^rd Session of IIAS Latin America Lecture Series | Latin America: Institutional Fragmentation and New Agenda in Future

Eurasia Area

The 1^st Session of IIAS Eurasia Lecture Series: Current Security Situation in Central Asia and Its Impact on China
The 2^nd Session of IIAS Eurasia Lecture Series | Social and Political Transformation in Central Asian Countries: Problems and Prospects
The 3^rd Session of IIAS Eurasia Lecture Series | Reset of Time and Space: Multi-polar Order after Former Empires and American Hegemony in Eurasia
The 4^th Session of IIAS Eurasia Lecture Series | Central Asia: Unique Status in History, Culture and Strategy

West Asia and North Africa

The 1^st Session of IIAS West Asia and North Africa Lecture Series | Syria at War: Regime, Society and State During the Syrian Civil War
The 2^nd Session of IIAS West Asia and North Africa Lecture Series | The Introductory Lecture on the Middle East
The 3^rd Session of IIAS West Asia and North Africa Lecture Series | From Fiqh and ’Urf to Islamic and Customary Law: The Positivization of Legal Norms in Islamicate Societies (19th-20th Centuries)
The 4^th Session of IIAS West Asia and North Africa Lecture Series | Migration and Refugee Issues in the Middle East and North Africa

Theme Lecture

IIAS Theme Lecture | Religious Studies in Four Decades of China’s Reform and Opening up