Elites, Networks and Power in modern China Blog
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the practice of historical research is no longer a hypothetical prospect. It is unfolding with growing momentum, raising pressing methodological, epistemological, and ethical questions for scholars across...
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).”...
The ENP-China project is thrilled to announce the public release of HistText, a groundbreaking application designed to revolutionize how scholars engage with large-scale historical text databases. Developed as part of our successful ERC Proof...
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...
We’re thrilled to share some wonderful news from the ENP-China team—two of our talented visiting young scholars, Tian Le and Lu Yijun, have officially earned their doctorates. After years of dedicated research, and a...
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...
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...
We are pleased to announce the open-access publication of the collective volume Modern China in Flux: Networks, Mobility, and Transformation (De Gruyter). This book explores Chinese society through the notion of networks—as a concept,...
The Hamburg Buddhist Biographies Workshop, held on February 14–15, 2025, brought together scholars of pre-modern and modern Chinese Buddhism alongside experts in Digital Humanities for an intensive and stimulating roundtable discussion. Organized by Leo...
Since the time that Buddhist believers and practitioners began traveling and preaching in China, the stories of important proponents of the faith have been recounted and recorded. Bearing this in mind, the varieties of...
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...
The ENP-China Project organizes a two-day workshop with the Institute of Modern History (Academia Sinica) on “Innovating Historical Research: A.I., Digital Tools, and Beyond” on 9-10 January 2025. The event is sponsored by Prof....
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...
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...
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...
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...