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)