French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC)
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Created in 1991, the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China, based in Hong Kong and Taipei, is devoted to the study of contemporary China, in the field of social sciences and humanities. It publishes the scientific journal China Perspectives.
The issue 142 of China Perspectives, titled “Taiwanese Cinephilia,” published in September 2025, is now available for free to everyone. Guest edited by Corrado Neri, this special feature explores Taiwanese Cinephilia through multiple perspectives. 📖 journals.openedition.org/chinaperspec...
📣 The latest issue of China Perspectives “Rethinking Southwest China Beyond Exoticism” has just been published! 🔗 cefc.com.hk/issue/china-... #China #SocialSciences #Research #SouthwestChina #Sichuan #Guizhou #Yunnan #ChinaPerspectives
Florence Padovani, géographe et directrice du Centre d’études français sur la Chine contemporaine présentera son livre Géographie des déplacements contraints en Chine. 📅 21 Septembre 2026 ⏰ 18h-19h 📍 Librairie Parenthèses, Hong Kong 🔗 RSVP: info@parentheses-hk.com www.cefc.com.hk/fr/event/pre...
📢 Offre d’emploi Le CEFC recrute un Chargé de mission (Responsable d'antenne) (H/F) - Antenne de Taipei (Taïwan). 🔗 Pour consulter les détails de l’offre : emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/a... #Chine #Recrutement
The issue 141 of China Perspectives, titled “Medicine, Care, and Gender in Contemporary China,” published in June 2025, is now available for free to everyone. 📖 Read this issue: www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...
📣 The latest issue of China Perspectives “Taiwan at the Centre of Twenty-first-century Global Geopolitics” has just been published! 👉 The issue and table of contents are available on our website: www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-... #China #Research #InternationalRelations #Taiwan #Geopolitics
📕 Une après-midi à Shanghai: L'enfance et la question anthropologique de l'âge : Rencontre avec Camille Salgues Inscriptions : info@llp.com.tw 🔗 www.llp.com.tw/mainssl/modu... 📅 Jeudi 2 Juillet 2026 ⏰ 19h30 📍 Librairie Le Pigeonnier, No. 9, Lane 97, SongJiang Road, Taipei, Taiwan
🚨 Reminder: Don't miss our seminar “Towards a New Urban Regime? Reconfiguring Urban China through Internal Migration” with Dr. Cinzia Losavio 📅 Tomorrow (Thursday, 25 June) 🕟 4:30pm–6:00pm 📍 CUHK, Room 233, Wong Foo Yuan Building, Hong Kong 🔗 Details below: www.cefc.com.hk/event/toward...
French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC)@cefc-fr.bsky.social · 4mo agoSeminar: “Towards a New Urban Regime? Reconfiguring Urban China through Internal Migration” 🔗 Registration and details: www.cefc.com.hk/event/toward... 📅 25 June 2026 ⏰ 4:30pm–6:00pm 📍 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 233, Wong Foo Yuan Building
Seminar: “Towards a New Urban Regime? Reconfiguring Urban China through Internal Migration” 🔗 Registration and details: www.cefc.com.hk/event/toward... 📅 25 June 2026 ⏰ 4:30pm–6:00pm 📍 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 233, Wong Foo Yuan Building
📖 🎤 Presentation of the latest issue of China Perspectives: “Rematerialising Memories: Alternative Pathways to Public Knowledge of the Past in China” 🔗 RSVP: info@parentheses-hk.com 📅 12 June 2026 (Friday) ⏰ 6pm-7pm 📍 Librairie Parenthèses, Hong Kong www.cefc.com.hk/fr/event/pre...
Présentation de l’ouvrage Une après-midi à Shanghai : L’enfance et la question anthropologique de l’âge 🔗 RSVP : info@parentheses-hk.com 📅 1er Juin 2026 ⏰ 18h-19h 📍 Librairie Parenthèses, 2/F, Duke of Wellington House, 14-24 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong www.cefc.com.hk/fr/event/pre...
Seminar: “The Moral Economy of Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities,” followed by a collective discussion on the future of our disciplines in the age of AI 🔗 www.cefc.com.hk/event/the-mo...
Discover our new video: a conversation on the latest special feature of China Perspectives, “Rematerialising Memories: Alternative Pathways to Public Knowledge of the Past in China.” 🎥 Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_63... #ChinaPerspectives #China #ChinaStudies #Research
China Perspectives Special Feature (Issue 144): Rematerialising Memories
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📕 Perspectives on Chinese Development and Planning: A Dialogue Between Two Human Geographers 📅 8 May 2026 ⏰ 14:00–16:00 📍 Room 5508 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F, Academic Building, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong 🔗 cefc.com.hk/event/perspe...
📕 Perspectives on Chinese Development and Planning: A Dialogue Between Two Human Geographers 📅 8 May 2026 ⏰ 14:00–16:00 📍 Room 5508 (Lifts 25-26), 5/F, Academic Building, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong 🔗 cefc.com.hk/event/perspe...
The issue 140 of China Perspectives, titled “Movement, Mobility, and Mediation in a Bipolar World: Hong Kong during the 1950s–1970s,” published in March 2025, is now available for free to everyone. 📖 www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...
📣 The latest issue of China Perspectives “Rematerialising Memories: Alternative Pathways to Public Knowledge of the Past in China” has just been published! 👉 The issue and table of contents are available on our website: www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-... #China #Research #SocialSciences
Table ronde – Enseigner le français aujourd’hui dans les mondes chinois : Pratiques et institutions en recomposition à l’ère de l’IA 📅 16 avril 2026 ⏰ 18h30–20h00 📍 Alliance française de Hong Kong, Centre de Jordan 🔗 Inscriptions: www.afhongkong.org/event-rsvp/t...
Roundtable: Where Do We Stand with AI in the Humanities and Social Science? The CEFC is delighted to launch a new dialogue series on AI and the Future of Knowledge entitled “The Humanities and Social Science Meet AI” 📅 24 March 2026 - 10am–12pm 📍 HKUST (Hong Kong) 🔗 www.cefc.com.hk/event/where-...
📣 La campagne de bourses doctorales du CEFC 2026 pour les doctorants qui souhaitent mener des terrains de recherche en Chine, à Hong Kong ou à Taïwan, est ouverte ! Postulez avant le 31 Mars 2026. www.cefc.com.hk/fr/bourse-do... #Bourses #Chine #HongKong #Taiwan #Recherche #SciencesSociales
Le CEFC a le plaisir d’annoncer l’arrivée de sa nouvelle directrice, Florence Padovani, à Hong Kong. Découvrez son profil sur ce lien : www.cefc.com.hk/fr/staff/flo... #Chine #SciencesSociales #Recherche
📖 Issue 139 “China’s Borderlands: From Getaway to Gateway” of China Perspectives is now fully in open-access! 🔗 Read Issue 139 here: www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-... #China #OpenAccess #ChinaPerspectives #Research
📣 🇫🇷 Les résumés en français des articles du n°143 de China Perspectives « Repenser la Chine globale au prisme des migrants marginalisés : précarité, agentivité et mobilités multidirectionnelles » sont disponibles ! 👉 www.cefc.com.hk/fr/issue/chi... #Chine #Migrations #SciencesSociales
Last December, the CEFC hosted a seminar on the gaokao, the famous exam for all aspiring university students in China.
Le CEFC a appris avec tristesse la disparition de Jean-Luc Domenach. Sinologue reconnu, auteur d'ouvrages de référence, ses travaux ont contribué à une meilleure compréhension de la Chine contemporaine. Le CEFC adresse ses pensées les plus sincères à sa famille, ses collègues et ses proches.
📢 Offre d’emploi Le CEFC recrute un·e chercheur·se/rédacteur·ice en chef adjoint·e. La date limite de candidature est fixée au 19 janvier 2026. La prise de poste est prévue au 1er avril 2026. 🔗 emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/1... #Recrutement #Chine #ChinaPerspectives
📣 The latest issue of China Perspectives “Rethinking Global China through Migrants in the Margins: Precarity, Agency, and Multi-directional Mobility” has just been published! 👉 www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-... #China #Migrations #MarginalMigrations #ChinaStudies #ChinaPerspectives
Seminar – The Moral Economy of the Gaokao: How China’s Exam System Produces Symbolic Credit Speaker: Siyu Li 📅 16 December 2025 ⏰ 15:00–16:30 📍 Room 3360, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong 🔗 www.cefc.com.hk/event/the-mo...
📖 Prix du mémoire sur la Chine contemporaine Le ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères organise la première édition du prix du mémoire sur la Chine contemporaine. 📅 Date limite de candidature : 15 janvier 2026 🔗 Plus d’infos : www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/le-minist...
Join us on November 29, to share a movie, a panel discussion and a free expression moment on the theme : “Express to Empower LGBT+ People” for the final event of Night of Ideas 2025. 🔗 www.cefc.com.hk/event/expres... 📍 Soho House, Sheung Wan 📆 29 November 2025 ⏳ 15:00–20:00
