Peking University will host a two-day workshop titled, Historical and Cultural Interactions between China and India, to mark the 100th birth anniversary of the renowned Indologist, professor Ji Xianlin (1911-2009).

Professor Ji founded the department of Eastern languages at Peking University, becoming dean of the department and pioneering the field of Eastern studies in China. The workshop is organized by Peking University, India's Nalanda University, and Singapore's Nalanda-Sriwijaya Center.

The keynote speakers are Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics, and George Yeo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.

While Sen will talk on Higher Education in History: Asia and Europe, Yeo will focus on Nalanda and the Asian Renaissance.

10:30 am, Oct 15, 16. Multifunctional Hall, Peking University Hall, inside Peking University, Haidian district.