Twin Cities in Chinese History

International Cooperation in BJ&SH's

Universities

外国语学院 毛文
茜
经济学院 王芮琦
Outline
1.A two-way interaction in U.S.-China

cultural relations

2.Other similar institutions in Beijing and

Shanghai

3.Conclusion
 Harvard-
A B rief
In t roduction
Yenching
• Established on 4 January 1928

Institute
• An independent educational corporation
• Headquarter: Harvard
• Promote the teaching, research, and
publication of Asian, especially Chinese
culture
Collabo rati
on
1.Academic Research
Oriental studies under the stimulus of
American interest and critical methods

2.Personal Training
It trained Chinese and other students to
assist in the dissemination （传播）
and preservation of Chinese culture
 （ Those courses ）“ will deliberately encourage a number of
these young people to look back into China’s past and to
rediscover and conserve those permanent values in her cultural
heritage that are not incompatible with her modern requirements”
-- Hung Yeh

（这些课程）有意要鼓励一些年轻人去回望中国历史，重新发现和保
护其文化遗产中的永恒价值，那是与其当代价值完全不同的东西。
—— 洪业

Source : Philip West, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916–1952, Harvard University
Press,2013,p.192.
3.Material Construction
Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies
（《燕京学报》） &
Harvard-Yenching Sinological Index
Series （《哈佛燕京学社引得》）》
 John King
Fairbank
费正清

Department of East Asian Harvard-Yenching Library Harvard Journal of Asiatic

Languages and Studies （《哈佛亚洲学
Civilizations 报》）

Knight
Influences on Harvard Biggerstaff
毕乃德
 In 1952, when all of the private universities were
closed in China, including Yenching University itself, of
course, the Harvard-Yenching Institute had to change…

A model
An ongoing institutional framework
An example of the internationalist spirit
China’s first Sino-US research university.
Founded in 2012 by New York University and
East China Normal University.

Brief
Introduc
Core
Curriculu
m
First two years: study core courses
The third and fourth years: select an
academic specialization
Students may pursue 19 different majors.
The Schwarzman Scholars Program began in
April 2013.
A one-year master's program.

Brief
Introduc
SCHOLARS FROM WORLDWIDE
U.S. CHINA
OTHER COUNTRIES AND REGIONS

35%
44%
September 10, 2016,
110 scholars from 31
countries around the
world.
21%
 Curric ulum
Global Affairs
Introducing Scholars to current and future
challenges in global affairs.

China
Forty years of China’s political, economic,

Core
and social reform.

Leadership
Leadership in business, public organizations,
pubic crises and emergencies.
 Sino-Foreign
Cooperative
Universities
2014, Department of international exchange &
cooperation of the Ministry of Education （教育部国际合
作与交流司）

Cultivate globally-minded graduates through innovative

teaching, world-class research, and a commitment to
public service.

Help students reach their full potential.

Develop future global leaders
A part of China-U.S. educational cooperation
The list of outcomes of the China-U.S. High-level Consultation on People-to-people
Exchange （中美人文交流高层磋商成果清单）
 congratul
atory
letters
Facilitate cultural exchange
Advance the values China and U.S. hold in
common
Cultivate a generation of leaders
 The Harvard-Yenching Institute was a
pioneer of international cooperation in
Chinese universties.

Conclusio It promotes academic and cultural

n exchanges among the world, countries

and regions.

It cultivates international talents and

contributes to the development of the
world.
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[2] Philip West, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916–1952, Harvard

University Press,2013,pp.173-194.

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Elite University,” The Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Vol. 14, (2007), 61-77. References
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