Prof. Zhang Xiaohong (Institute of Chinese Historical Geography, Fudan University; HYI Associate)
Chair and Discussant: Prof. Peter Bol (Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)
Wu Cuncun (Associate Professor of Traditional Chinese Literature and Cultural History, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong; HYI Visiting Scholar)
Chair and discussant: Ellen Widmer (Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies; Professor of East Asian Studies, Wellesley College)
Apiwat Ratanawaraha (Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Urban Design and Development Center, Chulalongkorn University)
Discussant/chair: Michael Herzfeld (Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University)
Shi Lin (Professor, School of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China; HYI Visiting Scholar)
Chair and Discussant: John Comaroff (Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Harvard University)
Peng Chunling (Assistant Professor, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; HYI Visiting Scholar)
Chair and Discussant: David Wang (Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University)
Anami Yusuke (Professor, Department of Law, Tohoku University, Japan; HYI Visiting Scholar)
Chair and Discussant: Elizabeth Perry (Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute; Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University)
