15 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Lecture The Xinmin shuo (Discourse on the new citizen) Anne Cheng " Today's Chinese citizens can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom " (Liang Qichao, 1903) 15 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url Audio-visual RSS
Thursday 15 January 2026 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot Open to all 11:00 - 12:00 Skip youtube video player Listen to audio Speaker(s) Anne Cheng Professor at the Collège de France Events Previous Lecture 20 Nov 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Despotism and monism in China Lecture 4 Dec 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Primacy of the people or the prince ? Lecture 11 Dec 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Primacy of the people (minben) and democracy (… Lecture 18 Dec 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Renewing the people(xinmin) Lecture 8 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng What's new about becoming a citizen ? Lecture 15 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng The Xinmin shuo (Discourse on the new citizen) Lecture 22 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Organic conception of the state and evolutionism Lecture 29 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Anne Cheng Freedom and political capacity Next See also Anne Cheng, chair Chinese Intellectual History " Today's Chinese citizens can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom " (Liang Qichao, 1903)