Peking University
The course, Interfaith Relations in a Globalised World, is an interdisciplinary introduction to multi-faith relations in a globalised context.
The course considers past and present religious conflicts, dialogues and reconciliations.
Lectures are given by faculty members of the university’s Institute of Religious Culture, Foreign Languages College and Department of International Relations.
The course will develop relations with foreign teaching centres and invite international experts to deliver lectures.
Peking University, alongside the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, is taking the themes of the course beyond the university bringing together policy makers, academics and business leaders in the co-sponsored Beijing Forum to discuss the issues around multi-faith dialogue and religious harmony.
Peking University is a key national university. It is proud of its outstanding faculty. The faculty includes 53 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and 14 members of the Third World Academy of Sciences.
The university has effectively combined research on important scientific subjects with the training of personnel with a high level of specialised knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernisation. It strives not only for improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various disciplines.
It has become a centre for teaching and research and a university of a new type, embracing diverse branches of learning such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of medicine, management, and education. Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities in the future.
