立足哈佛，思索中国，连接世界
大学沙龙起步于2015年，注册地是剑桥市剑桥街1709 号，是在麻州政府登记的公益组织。首任主席是哈佛大学傅高义教授，现任主席是哈佛大学宋怡明教授。
大学沙龙致力于建设最好的以中文作为交流媒介的国际学术公益平台，立足哈佛，思考世界与中国。我们秉承超越世俗的纯真与虔诚，追求真理，止于至善。
学术无藩篱，思想无边界。有幸获得哈佛大学费正清中心的鼎力支持，我们每场学术活动都进入其全球网络，让我们的学术盛宴得以全世界共享。
Bridging Minds, Connecting Worlds
The University Forum was founded in 2015 and is duly registered with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a nonprofit organization. The official registered address is 1709 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA.
The inaugural chairperson was the late Professor Ezra Vogel from Harvard University, and the current chairperson is Professor Michael Szonyi from Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Former Director of Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
The University Forum is dedicated to establishing a charitable organization that provides a premier Chinese-language international academic platform.
Rooted at Harvard, we contemplate the big issues and intersection of the world and China.
大学沙龙董事会创始主席：傅高义（英语：Ezra Feivel Vogel，1930年7月11日—2020年12月20日)，美国哈佛大学社会科学院荣休教授（Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University），精通日文，能说汉语，著有多部关于中国、日本和亚洲研究的著作。曾在俄亥俄卫斯里昂大学和哈佛大学学习，并于1958年获得哈佛大学博士学位。他在1967年至2000年间于哈佛大学任教，曾担任哈佛大学费正清东亚研究中心主任，亦曾在 1992 年至 2015 年间出任香港中文大学中国研究服务中心的国际顾问委员会主席。
大学沙龙董事会现任主席：宋怡明教授 (Michael A. Szonyi)，现为哈佛大学东亚语言文明系中国历史学教授，前费正清研究中心主任，明清及中国近代社会史学家。擅于利用历史人类学和田野调查方法研究中国东南地区的社会史，目前正致力研究明朝军户的历史。宋怡明教授早年于加拿大多伦多大学获得学士学位，其後又在英国牛津大学攻读博士。期间他先後到台湾大学以及厦门大学访学。其著作包括Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China (实行家族：明清家族组织研究) (2002) 与 Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line (冷战岛：处于前线的金门) (2008)。
- Our mission is encapsulated in our motto “pursuing truth as vital as water”.
- Our guiding principles are “scholars’ autonomy, academic freedom, mind independence, and inclusivity of perspectives”.
- We operate to “spotlight scholars and help their thoughts radiate”.
致谢
感谢哈佛大学这座全球顶级学术殿堂，群贤毕至，四海贤集，滋养和激励我们追求学术自由、精神独立和立场包容。
感谢莅临沙龙的来自全球十几个国家和地区的成百上千的专家和学者，引领思想交锋，分享真知灼见。
感谢前后十几届的志愿者加入我们的执行团队，无私奉献，精益求精，保障沙龙高质运行。
感谢八年来参与讲座的近五十万的观众和支持者，您的认可、鼓励和鞭策是我们前行的动力。
感谢为沙龙贡献资源的企业家和有识之士，得益于您的慷慨赞助，沙龙才能潜心学术、践行公益。
Our Sincerest Gratitude
With deep gratitude, we acknowledge Harvard University for providing us with a nurturing environment and unwavering support, allowing us to flourish and grow freely in an academic environment. A special note of appreciation also goes to the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for its consistent and substantial support, which has been instrumental to our endeavors.
Our heartfelt thanks extend to the countless experts and scholars from over a dozen countries and regions worldwide who have generously contributed as guest speakers, sharing their knowledge and insights during our academic sessions.
We owe a profound debt of gratitude to the dedicated volunteers who have selflessly served on our executive team, ensuring our ongoing success through their tireless efforts.
We express our gratitude to the tens of thousands of attendees and the numerous supporters who have been a source of motivation, encouragement, and inspiration to us during each of our over two hundred sessions during the past nine years.
Special recognition goes to the visionary entrepreneurs whose generous sponsorship has been a driving force behind our endeavors. University Forum: Rooted in Harvard, contemplating China, and beyond. Join us as we carve out fresh narratives in this dynamic era.
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