Xavier PAULES
Curriculum VITAE
Maître de conférences EHESS (CECMC)
Contact : Centre d’études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine, EHESS, 190-198 avenue de France, 75244 Paris cedex 13
Research Topics:
Contemporary China Urban History; Opium History; Gambling History;
Resaerch Fields:
Canton, Guangdong;
Education:
– JSPS Post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Oriental Culture,
University of Tokyo, Japan. October 2005- September 2007
– PhD in Modern Chinese History,
Lyon 2 University, Lyon, France. graduation date: March 2005
– Graduated 9th at the French national examination for
high-school history teachers (“Agrégation”). July 1997
– Master Degree in History Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. June 1996
– Bachelor’s degree in Economics, bachelor’s degree in History (ENS Cachan). June 1995
Awards:
– PhD Dissertation Award of the French Association of Chinese Studies (June 2006).
– Young Scholar Award of the Ville de Lyon (June 2006).
– CCKF Doctoral fellowship (2004-2005).
– Young Scholar Award of the European Association for Chinese Studies (August 2004).
Teaching and Professional Experience:
– Associate professor at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris)
Since March 2010
– Teaching assistant at Littoral Côte d’Opale University
Courses : Chinese (Beginner and Level 2), French culture, Chinese culture
September 2009-February 2010
– Teaching assistant at Paris 13 University
Courses : History of France (XIX-XXth Century), writing skills (French)
September 2008-June 2009
– Teaching assistant at Paris 7 University
Courses: History of opium, social and economic history of modern China
1850-1950 (Master). September 2007-June 2008
– Teaching assistant at Lyon 2 University
Courses: Computer basics, modern European history. September 2000-June 2004
– France National Civil Service: French language Teacher at Zhongshan University (Guangzhou), and at the same time, Assistant to the Cultural Attaché at the French Consulate in Guangzhou,
Coordinator a sino-french conference on French history (11/99). September 1998- July 2000
Language Proficiency:
– French (native language).
– English (fluent).
– Chinese (very good).
– Japanese Nihongo nôryoku shiken (Japanese language proficiency test), level 3.
– German (average).
– Portuguese (reading only).
Conferences
“Les guerres de l’opium et la question de l’opium (Opium wars and the opium question)”, Conference, University of Geneva, 27 September 2012. Available online: https://mediaserver.unige.ch/play/76163
“Unacceptable but indispensable: Opium and its regulations in Guangdong, 1912-1936”, Workshop “Law, politics and society in Republican China”, Berkeley University, 21-22 September 2012.
“Opium detoxification places in Canton in the long run (1839-1953)”, Conference “Drugs and drinks in Asia: New perspectives from history”, Shanghai University, 22-23 June 2012.
« The reasons of a success story: opium in China 1800-1906 », workshop “Leisure and money: The Dynamics of the Exchange of Goods. Lifestyles and Institutions across Asia”, Boston University, 15-16 June 2012.
« Propagande anti-opium chinoise et influences occidentales, 1895-1937 (Anti-opium propaganda and its western influence in China, 1895-1937) », Workshop « La propagande est-elle vouée à l’échec ? (Is propaganda bound to failure ? », Strasbourg University, 8 June 2012.
« Opium et colonisation en Asie », Seminar « Histoire des colonisations européennes XIXe-XXe siècles », (Sciences Po Paris), 25 April 2012.
« Le débat de 1836-1838 sur l’opportunité de légaliser l’opium (The 1836-1838 debate over the legalization of opium) », Workshop « Débats et combats d’idées en Chine », Association française d’études chinoises, Paris, 11 April 2012.
“New perspectives over the role of opium in the history of China”, conference, CEFC, Hong Kong, 16 December 2011. Available online: http://www.cefc.com.hk/rubrique.php?id=161
“Le XIXe siècle, siècle de l’opium ?” (Nineteenth Century, the opium century?), Conference, Confucius Institute/Liège University (Belgium), 26 October 2011.
“News items under scrutiny: Yuehuabao and Canton daily life (1927-1938)” in Berkeley summer research Institute “Urban Chinese living, 1600-present”, 5 August 2011.
« Les coolies », conference, in Cycle Histoire mondiale de la colonisation : les archétypes. [A World history of colonisation: clichés], Musée Branly (Paris), 27 January 2011. Available online: http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/l-universite-populaire-du-quai-branly/rechercher-une-conference-passee/fiche-conference.html?tx_gayamqbunivpop_pi1%5Bid_fiche%5D=132
“ 越华报于民国广州城市生活Yuehuabao and the city life of Guangzhou during the Republic ”, conference, History department, Sun Yat-sen University (Canton), 15 December 2010.
« 如何利用小報來再現中國民國時期的城市生活 – 廣州越華報的研究 (How to use a tabloid to capture a Chinese city everyday life during the Republic: Yuehuabao as a case study », workshop 小報文化與中國城市性 (Tabloid culture and Chinese urbanity), Academia Sinica, Taibei, 26 August 2010.
« Décrypter les sociabilités : l’anthropologue au secours de l’historien », workshop « Itinéraires méthodologiques et chemins de traverse entre histoire, sociologie et anthropologie », EHESS, 9 June 2010, Co-organiser with Isabelle Thireau.
« La consommation d’opium en Chine (1850-1950), miroir d’une société de consommation ? », Séminar La construction d’une société de consommation en Chine (The making of a consumption society in China), Paris 7 University, 17 February 2010.
« L’opium », conference, in Cycle Histoire mondiale de la colonisation : les matières premières. [A World history of colonisation: commodities. « Opium »], Musée Branly (Paris), 28 January 2010. Available online : http://www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/l-universite-populaire-du-quai-branly/rechercher-une-conference-passee/fiche-conference.html?S=thooqcqx&tx_gayamqbunivpop_pi1%5Bid_fiche%5D=110