On 8 May, a delegation from Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS), Tsinghua University, visited the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in Kigali, Rwanda. Delphine Uwase, Head of Strategy and Competitiveness Department at RDB, received the delegation and organised a symposium with experts from Strategy and Competitiveness Department. Scene of the symposiumThe discussion was moderated b...

On May 7th, the inauguration ceremony of the Sharjah Field Station of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University and the seminar on "Social Development and Sustainability in the Global South from the Perspective of New Developmentalism" were held at the University of Sharjah in the UAE. The Sharjah Field Station, co-established by the IIAS at Tsinghua Univers...

From March 2nd to March 6th, with the support of the Stone Project of Beijing Chenxing Education Foundation, 10 faculty and students from the Institute for International and Area Studies(IIAS) of Tsinghua University went to Jiayi Village, Jihua Township, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miaodong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province to carry out support activities, focusing on the activity of " ...

On January 25, the Institute for International and Area Studies of Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as the "IIAS") held an academic dialogue on "New Developmentalism from a Multidisciplinary Perspective: Experience and Theory of Southeast Asia and China" at the Rangsit Campus of Thammasat University. More than a dozen experts and scholars in Southeast Asian studies and development t...

On January 23, 2024, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) and Kathmandu University (KU) of Nepal was held online. The two sides agreed to establish a long-term and comprehensive partnership, strengthen academic communication and exchange, enhance talent exchange and cooperation and resource sharing, and cooperate ...

On January 13-14, 2024, the “Rethinking the Middle East as West Asia” Workshop, co-hosted by the Center for West Asian and North African Studies of the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University and the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, was successfully held at Tsinghua University. The event brought together more than 30 scholars...

On 24 November 2023, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Sub-Saharan African Studies Research Group of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University hosted the second lecture of the Fall Semester 20223-2024 on "An Explorative Study of Primary Health Care Interventions in East Africa". The lecture was delivered by Dr. Kun Tang, Associate Professor, Vanguard School o...

On the afternoon of October 22, 2023, the Center for West Asia and North Africa Studies of the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University, in collaboration with Rixin College’s Undergraduate CPC Branch, hosted a seminar on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The event took place in classroom B208 of the Humanities Building at Tsinghua University and was attended b...

On October 18, 2023, a delegation of the Chilean Parliament to China, including Javiera Ignacia Morales Alvarado and Karol Aida Cariola Oliva, visited the IIAS and held a seminar with our faculty members and students.The two sides had in-depth exchanges and warm discussions on topics such as Chilean President Gabriel Boric's first visit to China, China-Chile relations and economic and trade coo...