The keynote lecture was delivered by Prof. Mark Elliott, Vice-Chancellor of Harvard University. 

Prof.  Elliott is an authority on the last four centuries of Chinese history, particularly the Qing period (1636–1911). An expert in Manchu studies, he is known as a pioneering figure in the ‘New Qing History’, which emphasises the imprint of Inner Asian traditions upon China’s last imperial state. Mark Elliott is the Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilisations and the Department of History at Harvard University, where he also serves as Vice Provost of International Affairs.

Conference programme