On the morning of March 29, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter, brought his latest findings on area studies to more than 20 doctoral students of IIAS at Conference Room 205 of the Central Main Building of Tsinghua University. It was also the first s...

On April 4, 2019, before the Tomb Sweeping Day, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter brought the 2nd lecture of “Area Studies: Origins, Dilemmas, Key Concepts and Future Development” to doctoral students of IIAS. In this session, Prof. Niblock gave us a g...

On 10AM, April 12, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter brought the 3rd lecture of “Area Studies: Origins, Dilemmas, Key Concepts and Future Development”, under the topic of “Themes in Contemporary Scholarship in Area Studies” to more than 20 doct...

On the morning of April 19, 2019, the 4th session of the lecture series presented by Prof. Tim Niblock was held at Conference Room 205 of the Central Main Building of Tsinghua University. The topic was “The impact of colonialism and western hegemony in the shaping of contemporary societies, economies and state structures: the Middle East).At the beginning of the lecture, Prof. Niblock reviewed...

On the morning of April 26, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock brought the 5th lecture of his lecture series in Spring 2019 to doctoral students of the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University, with The topic of “Identity and Historical Heritage: the Impact on State Dynamics and Policies”.At the beginning of the session, Prof. Niblock emphasized the importance of Identit...

On June 21, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter brought the 6th lecture of “Area Studies: Origins, Dilemmas, Key Concepts and Future Development” to doctoral students of IIAS, under the topic of “Regimes, Societies and Economies: Comparing Regime-...

On June 28, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter, brought the 7th session of his lecture series “Area Studies: Origins, Dilemmas, Key Concepts and Future Development”, under the topic of “State Failure, Developmental Failures, and the Social/Politi...

On July 5, 2019, Prof. Tim Niblock, Member of Faculty Council at the Institute of International and Area Studies (IIAS) of Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus of the University of Exeter, brought the 8th and the last lecture of “Area Studies: Origins, Dilemmas, Key Concepts and Future Development”, under the topic of “New Horizons for Area Studies. An initial lecture followed by discu...