Lecture Series Fall 2017-18
Redefining Fieldwork in Contemporary China:
Migrant Workers’ Cultural Practices in Post-Mao China: Exploring Struggles around the Politics of Recognition and “Regimes of Appearance”
Professor Eric Florence
CEFC (French Centre for Research on Contemporary China), University of Liege
Society of Fellows in the Humanities Lecture Series Fall 2017-18
The inaugural series of lectures “Redefining Fieldwork in Contemporary China”, organised by the Society of Fellows in the Humanities, will present new field research on material culture in contemporary China. The lectures share a focus on grassroots production and the consumption of popular culture in mainland China. In a context of political tension about the use of culture, the speakers will explore the creative mechanism of non-official culture, using multi-disciplinary approaches and demonstrating the significance of new types of fieldwork.
Date | 23 November 2017 (Thursday) |
Time | 5-6:30 PM |
Venue | Seminar Room 1101, 11/F Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus |

Eric Florence is the Director and Researcher of the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC), and also Associate Professor of the University of Liege, Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies. His research fields include cultural politics and representation of labour in contemporary China, identity politics and state formation in post-Mao China and migration studies (politics of illegalisation and informalisation).
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