Lecture Room
Lecture Room (Chinese: 百家讲坛; Pinyin: Bǎijiā Jiǎngtán) is a popular TV program of China Central Television, mostly features 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 focussed on Chinese history and Chinese culture. It was first broadcast on 9 July 2001.
The show's title is literally translated as "Lecture Forum from A Hundred Schools of Thought". Lecture Room is but an English adaptation of the name.
Current and recent lecture series
- Yi Zhongtian, Influential Personalities of the Han Dynasty; Savouring the Three Kingdoms (品三国)
- Liu Xinwu, The Mystery of Qin Keqing
- Yan Chongnian, Emperors of the Qing Dynasty, The Fall of Ming and Rise of Qing
- Mao Peiqi, Emperors of the Ming Dynasty
- Wang Liqun, People in Han Dynasty
- Meng Xianshi, Xuanwumen Incident (玄武门之变)
Other notable lecturers and guest lecturers
- Bill Gates, entrepreneur (2003)
- Stephen Hawking, physicist (2002)
- Tsung-Dao Lee, physcist (2001,2002)
- Robert Mundell, economist (2003)
- Mary Poovey, writer (2002)
- Samuel C. C. Ting, physicist (2001,2002)
- Wang Meng, writer (2003)
- Wu Guanzhong, artist (2001)
- Chen Ning Yang, physicist (2001,2002)
- Yu Dan, professor (2006, 2007)
- Yu Guangzhong, writer (2002, 2003)
- Yu Qiuyu, writer (2002,2003)