The "World Social Science Advanced Lecture" (No. 78), organized by the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences (Fudan IAS) and Contemporary China Research Center at Fudan University, was held on Sep 09, 2024, at Fudan University. John Dunn, emeritus professor of Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) in Cambridge University， life fellow of King's College，fellow of the British Academy and foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, gave a lecture entitled A Life in the History of Political Thought and the Lessons it Teaches. The lecture was hosted by Prof. Sujian Guo, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Fudan IAS.