CEFC https://www.cefc.com.hk French Centre for Research on Contemporary China Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:40:36 +0000 ENH hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Futures at the Edge : Technologies, Imaginaries, and Society https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/futures-at-the-edge-technologies-imaginaries-and-society/ Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:37:30 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091355 Programme: 14:00 – 14:15 | Welcome and introduction Corrado Neri, Director, CEFC Taipei 14:15 – 15:15 | Featured talk · Chen Qiufan How Can We...

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]]> Rencontre autour du monde science-fiction de Chen Qiufan 走進陳楸帆的科幻世界 https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/rencontre-autour-du-monde-science-fiction-de-chen-qiufan-%e8%b5%b0%e9%80%b2%e9%99%b3%e6%a5%b8%e5%b8%86%e7%9a%84%e7%a7%91%e5%b9%bb%e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:19:12 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091263   Venez découvrir l’univers de Chen Qiufan, figure majeure de la science-fiction chinoise. À travers ses récits mêlant réalisme et anticipation, l’écrivain explore les bouleversements...

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]]> Rethinking the Human in the Age of AI: Perspectives from Europe and the Sinophone World https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/rethinking-the-human-in-the-age-of-ai-perspectives-from-europe-and-the-sinophone-world/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:26:30 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091239 One of the defining features of modern societies is that humans themselves assume responsibility for deciding what counts as human. The possibility – whether real...

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]]> 【GIScience & Digital Humanities Lecture】Digital Cultural Heritage and the Venice Time Machine https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/%e3%80%90giscience-digital-humanities-lecture%e3%80%91digital-cultural-heritage-and-the-venice-time-machine/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:15:45 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091235   Programme 09:30–12:00 | Time Machine Workshop By invitation only | Language: English The workshop brings together scholars and specialists from different fields to exchange...

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]]> Governing the Memory Engine: A History of AI through its Governance https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/governing-the-memory-engine-a-history-of-ai-through-its-governance/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:51:14 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091197 Governing the Memory Engine: A History of AI through its Governance Most histories of artificial intelligence follow one of two paths. Internalist accounts narrate a...

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]]> Creative Opacity: Digital Artists in the Uyghur Diaspora https://www.cefc.com.hk/event/creative-opacity-digital-artists-in-the-uyghur-diaspora/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 05:36:15 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=event&p=100091223 Summary: This presentation explores digital art as a space where Uyghur diasporic individuals can publicly participate in and express various modes of engagement in a...

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]]> China Perspectives 146 https://www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-perspectives-146/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:02:20 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=issue&p=100090981 SPECIAL FEATURE 2026 Rethinking Southwest China Beyond Exoticism

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]]> Climbing and Reinforcing the Ladder: Educational Migration and Spatial Hierarchy in Southwest China https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/climbing-and-reinforcing-the-ladder-educational-migration-and-spatial-hierarchy-in-southwest-china/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:35:23 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100091073 Ji Shi is a PhD candidate at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London, United Kingdom (ji.shi@kcl.ac.uk). Growing up and receiving my education in a...

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]]> ZHOU, Mujun. 2026. The Death and Life of Chinese Civil Society. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/zhou-mujun-2026-the-death-and-life-of-chinese-civil-society-ann-arbor-university-of-michigan-press/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:22:14 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100091071 Clyde Yicheng Wang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Politics at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, United States (cwang2@wlu.edu). Zhou Mujun’s The Death...

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]]> UPTON, J. Christopher. 2026. Justice at the Boundaries: Mediating Reconciliation and Legal Recognition in Taiwan’s Indigenous Courts. Berkeley: University of California Press. https://www.cefc.com.hk/article/upton-j-christopher-2026-justice-at-the-boundaries-mediating-reconciliation-and-legal-recognition-in-taiwans-indigenous-courts-berkeley-university-of-california-press/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:09:38 +0000 https://www.cefc.com.hk/?post_type=theme&p=100091061 Scott E. Simon is Full Professor in the Sociology of Development and Globalisation at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of...

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