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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.
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...
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
📖 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...
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
📝 Inscriptions : [email protected]
📆 21 novembre 2025
⏳ 18h00-19h00
📍 Parenthèses French Bookshop, 2/F, Duke of Wellington House, 14-24 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong

🔗 Plus d’informations : www.parentheses-hk.com/soiree-excep...
Soirée exceptionnelle avec Yan Lianke | Parenthèses
Vendredi 21 novembre, de 18h00 à 19h00 à Parenthèses, soirée exceptionnelle avec Yan Lianke, l’un des écrivains les plus reconnus de la littérature chinoise contemporaine.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Le 21 novembre à 18h, la librairie Parenthèses reçoit l’écrivain Yan Lianke, romancier majeur de la scène littéraire chinoise.

L’échange sera modéré par Justine Rochot, chercheuse au CEFC, et Nathanel Amar, chercheur et enseignant à Hong Kong University.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
📣 🇫🇷 Les résumés en français des articles du n° 142 de China Perspectives “La cinéphilie taiwanaise“ sont disponibles sur le site du CEFC !

👉 www.cefc.com.hk/fr/issue/chi...

L’éditorial et les comptes-rendus de lectures sont également en accès libre !

#Taiwan
#Cinephilie
#TaiwanCinema
#Cinema
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We would like to give a special thanks to all guests and panelists, from both Hong Kong and France!

We look forward to seeing a lot of you at the next Night of Ideas event in November 29, which will focus on LGBT+ rights.
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Last week on October 23, we were proud to co-organize the second "Night of Ideas" event, with the HKUST Center for Aging Science and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau on "Ageing and civic participation: a dialogue between France and Hong Kong".
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Les candidatures pour une affectation à l'étranger en 2026 sont ouvertes !

Vous êtes chercheurs/es CNRS et vous souhaitez faire une demande d’affectation dans une unité de recherche de l’Institut à l’étranger ?

Déposez votre dossier complet par courriel !

Plus d'infos : [email protected]
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Only 3 days left to register! Don't miss the one-day conference on "Ageing and Civic Participation: A Dialogue Between France and Hong Kong."

📌 Learn more : www.cefc.com.hk/event/ageing...

👉 Register here by October 17: ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📆 October 23, 2025
📍 HKUST, Hong Kong
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔑 Apart from the special feature, the issue 142 also includes:
➡ An editorial (in open-access)
➡ 1 other article
➡ 5 book reviews (in open-access)
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
📢 The latest issue of China Perspectives “Taiwanese Cinephilia” has just been published!

Guest edited by Corrado Neri, this special feature explores Taiwanese Cinephilia through multiple perspectives.

👉 www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...

#Taiwan #Cinephilia #TaiwanCinema #Cinema
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🚨 Join us in Hong Kong on October 23rd for this event on ageing that the CEFC is pleased to co-organize with HKUST Center for Aging Science and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau !

More infos: www.cefc.com.hk/event/ageing...
To register: ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Les résumés en français des articles du n° 141 de China Perspectives "Médecine, care et genre dans la Chine contemporaine" sont disponibles sur le site du CEFC !

👉 www.cefc.com.hk/fr/issue/chi...

#medicine #care #gender
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Issue 137 of China Perspectives "Hong Kong in the 2020s: Reset amidst Challenges" is now fully in open-access.

👉 cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...

#hongkong #housing #education #branding #employment #BeltandRoadInitiative
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
L’équipe de Parenthèses et 3 des auteurs de « Quand la Chine parle », venus présenter l’ouvrage au public vendredi dernier pour un moment d’échange passionnant.
July 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Discover the latest issue of China Perspectives on Medicine, Care, and Gender in Contemporary China.

👉 cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...

#medicine #China #IVF #autismawareness
July 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Présentation de l'ouvrage "Quand la #Chine parle".

👉 Librairie Parenthèses : le 4 juillet à 18h (parentheses-hk.com/soiree-chine...)
👉 Alliance Française de Jordan : le 5 juillet à 15h (afhongkong.org/community/ev...)
June 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS China Perspectives - deadline for abstracts: 10/07/2025
"Catching Up with China’s Hip Hop History"

Guest editor: Liew Kai Khiun, Sun Meicheng

For more infos 👉 www.cefc.com.hk/redcall-for-...

#CallForPapers #hiphop #history
June 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The current M+ exhibition “Picasso for Asia—A Conversation” in Hong Kong is the occasion to rediscover portraits by #WuMing group, displayed in the opening rooms, on which Aihe Wang has written an article in China Perspectives 2014.

👉 cefc.com.hk/article/apol...
May 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS China Perspectives - deadline for abstracts: 15/09/2025

👉https://cefc.com.hk/redcall-for-papers-negotiating-gender-and-kinship-lgbt-family-practices-in-twenty-first-century-china-red/

#CallForPapers #sociology #gender #lgbtqia
May 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Les résumés en français du n°140 de China Perspectives "Mouvement, mobilité et médiation dans un monde bipolaire : Hong Kong dans les années 1950-1970" sont disponibles sur le site du CEFC.

👉 cefc.com.hk/fr/issue/chi...

#HongKong #ColdWar
April 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Varia Issue 136 "Digital platforms and e-hongbao; Migrant worker literature; Expansion of higher education" is now fully in open-access.

👉 Visit our website to discover more: cefc.com.hk/fr/issue/chi...

#bilibili #hongbao #literature #Frontier #education #religion
April 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The latest issue of China Perspectives is out !

With a special feature on #ColdWar #HongKong, guest-edited by Heidi Yu Huang and Tze-Ki Hon, and titled “Movement, Mobility, and Mediation in a Bipolar World: Hong Kong during the 1950s–1970s."

👉 www.cefc.com.hk/issue/china-...
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🤝 Join us for the launching event of the #NuitdesIdées2025, that the CEFC is pleased to co-organize this year with the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau and @asiasociety.org HK.

More infos: cefc.com.hk/event/night-...
To register: asiasocietyhk.glueup.com/event/night-...
March 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM