Lecture Room
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Lecture Room is a popular TV program of China Central Television
, mostly featured on CCTV-10
, which invites scholars to provide lectures on various disciplines. In its early days, areas featured included biology
, physics
, economics
, history
and literature
, with lecturers from around the world. Its focus has gradually changed, and recent programs have focused on Chinese history and Chinese culture. It was first broadcast on 9 July 2001.
The show's title is literally translated as "The Hundred Schools of Thought Forum". Lecture Room is only an English adaptation of the name.
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
, mostly featured on CCTV-10
CCTV-10
CCTV-10 is the science and education focused channel of the CCTV Network in the People's Republic of China. Its schedule includes mostly local and imported documentaries, as well as educational studio productions.-External links:...
, which invites scholars to provide lectures on various disciplines. In its early days, areas featured included biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, with lecturers from around the world. Its focus has gradually changed, and recent programs have focused on Chinese history and Chinese culture. It was first broadcast on 9 July 2001.
The show's title is literally translated as "The Hundred Schools of Thought Forum". Lecture Room is only an English adaptation of the name.
Lecture series
- Yi ZhongtianYi ZhongtianYi Zhongtian is a Chinese writer, historian, scholar and television personality.-Biography:Yi spent his childhood in Changsha, Hunan, and spent his adolescent years in Wuhan, Hubei. In 1965, after graduating from high school, Yi was sent to Xinjiang as a member of the Xinjiang Production and...
, Influential Personalities of the Han DynastyHan DynastyThe Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...
; Savouring the Three KingdomsThree KingdomsThe Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...
(品三国) - Liu XinwuLiu XinwuLiu Xinwu is a Chinese author, and one of the earliest proponents of the post-Maoist wave of Chinese literature.-Biography:Born in the province of Sichuan, his family moved to Beijing, a city that figures prominently in his work, in 1950...
, Liu Xinwu Exposes the Secrets of Dream of Red Chamber I-IV (刘心武揭密红楼梦 1-4) - Yan ChongnianYan ChongnianYan Chongnian was born in Penglai City, Shandong, China in 1934. He established Beijing Manchu Institute, the first academic institute focussed on the Manchu history....
, Emperors of the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
, The Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing - Mao PeiqiMao PeiqiMao Peiqi is a Chinese historian, expert in the history of the Ming Dynasty, a professor at the School of History, Renmin University of China....
, Emperors of the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic... - Wang LiqunWang LiqunWang Liqun is a Chinese historian, a professor at Henan University.-Biography:Wang received his M.A degree from Henan University in 1982 and then joined the faculty of Henan University....
, People in Han DynastyHan DynastyThe Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang... - Meng XianshiMeng XianshiMeng Xianshi is a Chinese historian specialized in the history of Sui and Tang dynasties, an associate professor at Renmin University of China.-Biography:...
, Xuanwumen Incident (玄武门之变) - Yuan TengfeiYuan TengfeiYuan Tengfei , is a history teacher in the People's Republic of China. His fans gave him the nickname "the most awesome history teacher in history" for his entertaining and comedic lectures. He had been also a popular guest in Lecture Room of CCTV...
, Vicissitudes of the Two Song Dynasties, Sai Bei San Chao
Other notable lecturers and guest lecturers
- Bill GatesBill GatesWilliam Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
, entrepreneur (2003) - Stephen HawkingStephen HawkingStephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
, physicist (2002) - Tsung-Dao LeeTsung-Dao LeeTsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese born-American physicist, well known for his work on parity violation, the Lee Model, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion physics, nontopological solitons and soliton stars....
, physicist (2001,2002) - Robert MundellRobert MundellRobert Mundell, CC is a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian economist. Currently, Mundell is a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
, economist (2003) - Mary PooveyMary PooveyMary Poovey is an American cultural historian and literary critic whose work focuses on the Victorian Era. She is currently Samuel Rudin University Professor in the Humanities at New York University,and Director of the Institute for the History of the Production of Knowledge. Her PhD was from the...
, writer (2002) - Samuel C. C. TingSamuel C. C. TingSamuel Chao Chung Ting is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976, with Burton Richter, for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle...
, physicist (2001,2002) - Wang Meng, writer (2003)
- Wu GuanzhongWu GuanzhongWu Guanzhong was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as the father of modern Chinese painting. Wu had painted various aspects of China, including much of its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes in a style reminiscent of the...
, artist (2001) - Chen Ning Yang, physicist (2001,2002)
- Yu DanYu DanYu Dan is an associate professor at China's Beijing Normal University. She is also assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Arts & Media, as well as Head, Department of Film & Television Media. She receives a master degree in ancient Chinese literature and a doctoral degree in film & TV studies from...
, professor (2006, 2007) - Yu GuangzhongYu GuangzhongYu Guangzhong is a modern Taiwanese writer, poet, educator, and critic. He was born in Nanjing, China but forced to flee with his family owing to the Japanese Army's invasion during World War II. After returning to Nanjing many years later, he again was forced to flee on account of the Communist...
, writer (2002, 2003) - Yu Qiuyu, writer (2002,2003)