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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 20 Nov 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 27 Nov 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 4 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 11 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 18 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 8 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 15 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 22 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Lecture 29 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian… Seminar 12 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (1) Seminar 19 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (2) Seminar 26 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (3) Symposium 25 Jun 2026 09:00 - 18:00 Anne Cheng & Alain Supiot Democracy or digital dictatorship: historical and comparative perspectives Next 6 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Seminar (2) Symposium (2) Academic year Academic year 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 Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Seminar Not recorded Zhuangzi readings Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 Symposium Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022 2014 - 2015 Lecture Humanism and ritualism in ancient and contemporary China Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Seminar Not recorded Readings from the Treatise on Rites (Liji) (continued) Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 Symposium Intellectual encounters between India and France 17th-19th centuries Anne Cheng 25 Jun 2015 25 Jun 2015
Lecture 20 Nov 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 27 Nov 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 4 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 11 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 18 Dec 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 8 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 15 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 22 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Lecture 29 Jan 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Anne Cheng "Chinese citizens today can only endure autocracy, they don't know how to enjoy freedom" (Lian…
Seminar 12 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (1)
Seminar 19 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (2)
Seminar 26 Mar 2026 14:00 - 17:00 Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (3)
Symposium 25 Jun 2026 09:00 - 18:00 Anne Cheng & Alain Supiot Democracy or digital dictatorship: historical and comparative perspectives
Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022
Seminar Not recorded Zhuangzi readings Anne Cheng 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 27 Jan 2022
Symposium Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022
Lecture Humanism and ritualism in ancient and contemporary China Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015
Seminar Not recorded Readings from the Treatise on Rites (Liji) (continued) Anne Cheng 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015 04 Dec 2014 → 12 Feb 2015
Symposium Intellectual encounters between India and France 17th-19th centuries Anne Cheng 25 Jun 2015 25 Jun 2015
