Welcome Remarks
By Professor Robert Hymes

H. Walpole Carpentier Professor of Chinese History Chairman
East Asian Languages and Cultures


Delivered by
Professor Wei Shang 商伟
Du Family Professor of Chinese Culture
East Asian Languages and Cultures

 "Nearly forty-two years ago, in September of 1970, very nervously, I began the study of the Chinese language.
I was a nineteen-year-old junior at Columbia College..." [read more ...]