Verna Yu was invited to speak at SOAS and the Needham Research Institute, University of Cambridge

On 23 October 2023, Dr Yu gave a talk at SOAS on “Unfulfilled Dreams: China’s ‘Liberal’ Communist Party Intellectuals’ Struggle for Democracy from the 1930s to the 2000s”. More details here

On 16 October 2023, Dr Yu spoke at the Needham Research Institute, University of Cambridge, on “From ‘Professional Revolutionary’ to ‘Dissident Physicist’: Xu Liangying’s Intellectual Transformation from the 1930s to the 2000s”.