Speakers:Min Ye, Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityJorge Heine, Core Faculty in Diplomacy & Governance, Rising Powers Initiative, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future; Research Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston UniversityGrant Rhode, Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University Andrew Wilson, John A. van Beuren Chair

Speaker: Mark R. E. Meulenbeld, Associate Professor, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong The Presence of Peach Spring radically breaks with conventional interpretations of medieval luminary Tao Qian’s famous “Record of Peach Blossom Spring” by connecting the tale to its stated geographical location in northern Hunan Province (PRC) and focusing on the Daoist