The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (1) Anne Cheng Lecture 12 Nov 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (2) Anne Cheng Lecture 19 Nov 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (3) Anne Cheng Lecture 26 Nov 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (4) Anne Cheng Lecture 3 Dec 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (5) Anne Cheng Lecture 10 Dec 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (6) Anne Cheng Lecture 17 Dec 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (7) Anne Cheng Lecture 7 Jan 2027 11:00 to 12:00 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (8) Anne Cheng Lecture 14 Jan 2027 14:30 to 15:30 Return to the Dao: Between Empire and Domination (9) Anne Cheng Lecture 21 Jan 2027 11:00 to 12:00 On Authenticity: Text Analyses (1) Anne Cheng Seminar 27 May 2027 14:00 to 17:00 On Authenticity: Text Analyses (2) Anne Cheng Seminar 3 Jun 2027 14:00 to 17:00 On Authenticity: Text Analyses (3) Anne Cheng Seminar 10 Jun 2027 14:00 to 17:00 China, United States: The Age of Techno-Futurism? Anne Cheng Symposium 18 Jun 2027 09:00 to 18:00 Next 6 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Seminar (2) Symposium (2) Academic year Academic year 2026 - 2027 (3) 2025 - 2026 (3) 2024 - 2025 (4) 2023 - 2024 (3) 2022 - 2023 (3) (-) 2021 - 2022 (3) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (3) 2016 - 2017 (3) 2015 - 2016 (2) (-) 2014 - 2015 (3) 2013 - 2014 (4) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) 2010 - 2011 (3) 2009 - 2010 (2) 2008 - 2009 (3) Active filters 2021 - 2022 2014 - 2015 2021 - 2022 Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Lecture 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Zhuangzi readings Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Not recorded Seminar 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 Symposium 23 Jun 2022 2014 - 2015 Humanism and ritualism in ancient and contemporary China Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Lecture 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Readings from the Treatise on Rites (Liji) (continued) Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Not recorded Seminar 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Intellectual encounters between India and France 17th-19th centuries Anne Cheng 25 Jun 2015 Symposium 25 Jun 2015
