The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Symposium 25 Jun 2026 Anne Cheng Democracy or digital dictatorship: historical and comparative perspectives Next 7 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Seminar (2) Symposium (3) 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 2024 - 2025 2022 - 2023 2024 - 2025 Symposium Discourses on race between Europe and China Anne Cheng 02 Oct 2024 02 Oct 2024 Symposium Not recorded Édouard Chavannes and modern sinology in France Anne Cheng 14 Oct 2024 → 15 Oct 2024 14 Oct 2024 → 15 Oct 2024 Lecture " There cannot be two suns in the sky, nor two princes for one country " : despotism and monism in China Anne Cheng 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 Seminar Not recorded Readings from Ge Hong'sBaopuzi (continued) Anne Cheng 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 14 Nov 2024 → 23 Jan 2025 2022 - 2023 Lecture Is China (still) a civilization ? (continued) Anne Cheng 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023 17 Nov 2022 → 26 Jan 2023 Seminar Not recorded Zhuangzi readings (continued) Anne Cheng 17 Nov 2022 → 02 Feb 2023 17 Nov 2022 → 02 Feb 2023 Symposium Borges and China Anne Cheng 21 Jun 2023 21 Jun 2023