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The Moral Economy of the Gaokao: How China’s Exam System Produces Symbolic Credit

This talk reinterprets the Gaokao as a system of symbolic credit production. Drawing on yearlong ethnographic fieldwork and 149 interviews, Siyu Li shows how mock…

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Express to empower LGBT+ people – Nuit des idées 2025

Express to empower LGBT+ people This event co-organised by the Consulate General of France and the European Union Office in Hong Kong and Macao, aims…

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Feminist Entanglements in Sino-French Relations: Writing Women and Diplomatic Circles in Interwar France

Abstract: How do feminist movements intersect with formal and informal diplomatic channels? And to what extent do they become transnational in the process? Zooming in…

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Atelier CEFC Nuit des Idées 2025/ Night of Ideas 2025

Organisée par CEFC , avec le soutien du Bureau Français de Taipei À l’occasion de la venue à Taiwan de Mirose Paia, vice-présidente « Cultures…

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Contextualising Taiwanese Language Cinema

【Registration Open|Contextualising Taiwanese Language Cinema】 Dr. Corrado Neri, Director of CEFC Taipei and Professor at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, will deliver a special lecture…

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From Silver Screen to Pauper’s Grave: Ruan Lingyu and the Contradictions of Stardom

Abstract: On March 14, 1935, the film actress Ruan Lingyu (阮玲玉), affiliated with the Lianhua (聯華) film studio and who had taken her own life…

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The challenges for Taiwan and East Asia arising from the major geopolitical uncertainties of the moment

Abstract: Donald Trump’s return to the White House on 20 January 2025 has profoundly reshuffled the geopolitical deck in East Asia. New questions have been…

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Ageing and Civic Participation: A Dialogue Between France and Hong Kong – Nuit des Idées 2025

The French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC), the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, and Hong Kong University of Science…

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Book Presentation by Gilles Guiheux and Justine Rochot: Quand la Chine parle (in FRENCH)

The French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) and Parenthèses Bookstore organise a book presentation by Gilles Guiheux and Justine Rochot: Gilles Guiheux (Université…

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Journée jeunes chercheurs CEFC-EFEO 2025

Programme 09:00- 09:15 ­– Ouverture de la journée Corrado Neri (CEFC) & Frank Muyard (EFEO) 09:15-10:45 ­– Session 1 : États, savoirs et souverainetés Les premiers banquiers communistes, …

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