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Elites, Networks and Power in modern China Blog

Unveiling the Transpacific Origins of Modern China

On June 6, 2025, the Center for Urban Culture at Shanghai Normal University hosted Dr. Cécile Armand, for a presentation titled “The Transpacific Origins of Modern China: A Social History of American-Educated Chinese (1850–1950).”...

Modern China Text Base (MCTB)

The Modern China TextBase (MCTB) is a large-scale, multilingual digital infrastructure designed to support advanced research on the history of modern China. Spanning from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century (ca. 1850–1950), the MCTB...

AI in Science project: Stakeholder Event

On 15 May 2025, the European Commission organized an online meeting with stakeholders, including representatives from different areas of science that are using (or could use) AI in their research projects. Other ERC grantees...

Book Talk: Modern China in Flux

Join authors Cécile Armand, Christian Henriot, and Nora Van den Bosch in a lively discussion about their latest edited volume, “Modern China in Flux: Networks, Mobility, and Transformation.” This recorded book talk highlights innovative...

Job Offer: Postdoc on Modern/Contemporary China

Postdoctoral Fellowship on Modern & Contemporary China (Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies, France – 2 years) We invite applications for a 2-year postdoctoral research position at the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies...

Talk at EFEO Taipei

EFEO (Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient) and the Institute oif Modern History are jointly hosting Christian Henriot, for a talk organized by Frank Muyard, head of the EFEO Taipei Center on 15 January 2025 on “A...

HistText Master Class

The HistText application is gaining momentum with a series of demonstrations in China and Taiwan. Shanghai Normal University will host a master class for students in history to be mentored by Baptiste Blouin and...

Congratulations, Dr. Hu!

On December 17, 2024, Hu Yi-fan successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at Aix-Marseille University (AMU). Her dissertation, titled “The Making of China’s Monuments and Sino-Foreign Interactions (1872-1936),” explores the Western influence on the construction...

Digital humanities, AI, and Asian studies

Lundi 2 décembre 2024, 14h-17h | Campus Condorcet, cours des Humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers [Salle 327] Humanités numériques, IA et études asiatiques Demi journée d’études organisée par des membres du CCJ : Marie-Paule Hille (EHESS), Alain...