IRASEC

Postdoctoral research stay

Bertrand — 2026-10-06T10:29:15Z

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) and the Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC) are offering postdoctoral researchers residing in France who defended their PhD dissertation in 2021, a mobility grant to undertake a 2-, 3-, or 4-month research stay in the countries of Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam).

Grants will be given to research projects that are in line with IRASEC's scientific policy, in synergy with its researchers and partners. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome.

This call is part of the ATLAS Programme for short-term postdoctoral mobility launched by the FMSH and its partners. The Atlas grant may be combined with other research funding obtained from IRASEC or other institutions, in order to facilitate fieldwork and the implementation of the research project between June 2027 and January 2028.

Applicants must submit an online application form and a scientific dossier (research project + appendices) via an online platform. The online platform will remain open until 8 February 2027, 5:00 p.m. (Paris time).

The application form and scientific dossier must be submitted in French

Visit the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme website for more information.

Postdoctoral research stay

Bertrand — 2025-10-14T03:41:55Z

The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) and the Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC) are offering 2 to 3 month mobility grants for young researchers who have defended their thesis no earlier than 2020 to carry out a research project in a country in Southeast Asia.

Grants will be given to research projects that are in line with IRASEC's scientific policy, in synergy with its researchers and partners. Interdisciplinary projects are welcome.

This call is part of the Atlas short-term postdoctoral mobility programme launched by the FMSH and its partners.

Financial terms and conditions

Financial assistance of €1,700 per month (paid at the beginning of each month) is awarded to the laureates. It is intended to cover travel and accommodation costs.

Eligibility criteria

Nationality/residence : Be a national of a European Union country and reside in France.
Degree/status : Must have defended their thesis in 2020 or later. Be associated with a research centre/laboratory in France.
Discipline : Candidates must present an original research project in the humanities or social sciences involving fieldwork in one or several countries in Southeast Asia : Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste or Vietnam.
Particular attention will be paid to exploratory fieldwork.
Language : proficiency in the language of the fieldwork will be appreciated.

Obligations of researchers hosted at IRASEC

At the end of their stay, researchers must also submit a 10,000-character report (including spaces and notes) to the FMSH and IRASEC, presenting the activities carried out during their stay and their contribution to their research project.

Winners will be able to submit a publication proposal for IRASEC.

Certain preparations must be carried out prior to the stay, as this fellowship does not cover compulsory insurance, which is useful in the event of illness, hospitalisation and/or repatriation.

Application form

Applicants must submit an application form and a scientific dossier (research project + appendices) on an online platform. The online platform will be accessible until 6 February 2026, 17:00 (Paris time).

The form and scientific dossier must be submitted in French.

Visit the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme website for more information.

Séjour de recherche postdoctoral

Bertrand — 2025-01-23T05:16:22Z

La Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) et l'Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC) proposent à des postdoctorant.e.s résidant en France et ayant soutenu leur thèse à partir de 2019, une aide à la mobilité pour réaliser un séjour de recherche de 2 ou 3 mois dans les pays d'Asie du Sud-Est (Brunei, Cambodge, Indonésie, Laos, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Thaïlande, Timor-Leste, Vietnam).

Seront soutenus des projets de recherche qui s'inscrivent dans la politique scientifique de l'IRASEC, en synergie avec ses chercheurs et ses partenaires. Les projets interdisciplinaires sont bienvenus.

Cet appel s'inscrit dans le cadre du Programme Atlas de mobilité postdoctorale de courte durée lancé par la FMSH et ses partenaires.

Modalités financières

Une aide financière de 1 700€ par mois (versée au début de chaque mois de séjour) est attribuée aux lauréats. Elle est destinée à couvrir les frais de transport et de séjour.

Critères d'éligibilité

Nationalité/résidence : Être ressortissant d'un pays de l'Union européenne et résider en France.
Diplôme/statut : Avoir soutenu sa thèse au plus tôt en 2019. Être associé à un centre de recherche / laboratoire en France.
Discipline : Les candidat.e.s présenteront un projet de recherche original en Sciences humaines ou sociales impliquant un travail de terrain à réaliser Brunei, Cambodge, Indonésie, Laos, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Thaïlande, Timor-Leste, Viêtnam (ou sur plusieurs de ces pays). Une attention particulière sera portée aux au terrains exploratoire.
Langue : la maîtrise de la langue du terrain envisagé serait appreciée.

Obligations du chercheur

Le chercheur ou la chercheuse devra en outre remettre à la FMSH et à l'IRASEC, à l'issue de son séjour, un rapport de 10 000 signes (espaces et notes comprises) présentant les activités réalisées pendant son séjour et leur apport pour son projet de recherche.

Les lauréats pourront soumettre une proposition de publication pour l'IRASEC.

Des précautions sont nécessaires avant le séjour, puisque ces soutiens à la mobilité postdoctorale ne prennent pas en charge l'assurance obligatoire, utile en cas de maladie, hospitalisation et/ou rapatriement.

Consulter le site de la Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme pour plus d'informations.

IRASEC Discussion Papers Series

Bertrand — 2023-01-18T07:11:29Z

Les Notes de l'IRASEC sont des publications en ligne consacrée aux enjeux contemporains en Asie du Sud-Est. Les articles font l'objet d'un double processus d'évaluation : une évaluation interne par les rédacteurs en chef et une évaluation par les pairs en aveugle réalisée par un spécialiste du domaine. L'IRASEC garantit une publication rapide, la qualité du produit final et une large diffusion des travaux de recherche. Les articles sont acceptés en anglais et en français. Le format est flexible, avec une longueur comprise entre 6 000 et 15 000 mots.

Directeurs des Notes de l'IRASEC : Jérémy JAMMES and Maxime BOUTRY

Télécharger la charte éditoriale de l'IRASEC.

Pour toute soumission d'article ou demande de renseignements concernant cette collection, veuillez contacter les rédacteurs en chef à l'adresse suivante : maxime.boutry irasec.com.

Réseaux de recherche internationaux (IRN)

Bertrand — 2020-01-14T07:24:00Z

Candidatures pour les réseaux de recherche internationaux (International Research Networks (IRN)).
La campagne 2020 est ouverte !

La campagne 2020 des International Research Networks (IRN) et International Research Projects (IRP) de l'InSHS est ouverte.

Les détails de ces deux appels sont disponibles sur le site de l'InSHS : https://inshs.cnrs.fr/fr/appels-a-candidature.

La date limite pour y répondre est le 30 avril 2020.

Pour toutes questions sur cette campagne, contacter Isabelle DAUSSUN, chargée de la coopération européenne et internationale à l'InSHS : isabelle.daussun cnrs.fr

Chinese Global Engagement Abroad: Changing Social, Economic, and Political Configurations

Bertrand — 2019-02-13T17:00:00Z

An international conference
for PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers

5 - 6 July 2019

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences, HKUST, Hong Kong

ARGUMENT

There has been significant expansion and globalization of Chinese capital, people, and ideas since the early 2000s. The Chinese government's “going out” (zou chuqu) policy and more recent Belt and Road Initiative reflect a domestic context of capital over-accumulation, an attempt to ensure adequate supply of raw materials and energy, as well as interest in fostering the global competitiveness of its enterprises. In the process, China's foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased globally, particularly in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. This has resulted in China becoming the most important source of FDI in the world with 158.29 billion US$ annually in 2017. Flows of capital, people, and ideas from China have not only increased, but also greatly diversified over the last two decades to reach fields as diverse as energy, trade, transport, media, education, finance, and so on. If China's global imprint has been most prominent in the economic or geo-economic fields, the country's increasing presence also has important social, cultural and political aspects. Hence, this conference will discuss how Chinese global engagements shape new political, economic, and social configurations.

In addition to shedding light on the transformations of the Chinese state's expansion and globalization strategy, this conference will also explore how Chinese entrepreneurs, engineers, journalists, diplomats, NGO delegates, etc. interact with the general public, and with business and political elites in the hosting societies.

Moving beyond the assessment of the possible benefits and harms of the increasingly global reach of Chinese capital and aiming at avoiding the too often homogenized and ethnicized depiction of Chinese presence abroad (Nyiri 2012; Tan and Grillot 2016; Lee 2017), this conference aims at gathering contributions that will engage empirically and theoretically with the complexities of the entanglements between an increasingly diverse Chinese presence abroad (from petty entrepreneurs, state corporations managers, engineers, NGO practitioners, to unskilled laborers) and local actors. In this sense, the conference also seeks to expand our understanding of the evolving features of global capitalism in its quest for and in the production of “new frontiers”, and consider how they produce new assemblages of sovereignty, governmentality, and political economies (Mezzadra and Neilson 2013).

The main purpose of the 4th edition of this Conference is to provide a forum for PhD and postdoctoral researchers to engage with each other's work and foster a better understanding of economic and socio-political processes at work in contemporary China, as well as internationally, given China's increasing importance as a global actor.

The Conference will be an occasion to facilitate exchanges on common research subjects, compare perspectives and methodologies, and promote interdisciplinary dialogue. By providing a space for debate and reflection, the Conference intends to contribute to the emergence of more diverse theoretical approaches of global China and contemporary capitalism, both in their domestic and international dimensions.

The participants will present their research in thematic panels. Each speaker will deliver a paper in English, followed by a discussion with an invited discussant. The best contributors will be invited to submit their papers for a special issue of a peer-reviewed academic journal, as well as shorter versions of their articles aimed at a general audience for a special issue of the Made in China Journal to be published in 2020.

Contributions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following questions and topics:

The connection between the transformations of domestic economic development strategies and accumulation regimes on the one hand, and the expansion and globalization of China's reach, on the other. In particular, what are the economic and political goals of the expansion of Chinese capital beyond “accumulation for accumulation's sake”? (Lee 2017: 7);
How China's increasingly global reach and the expansion of Chinese capital has been received and represented at the levels of political and business elites, as well as ordinary citizens;
How various flows and networks of migrants articulate with and rework the local political economies and the relationship between formal and informal labor and migration regimes and how this can be related to networks of accumulation, as well as to contentious politics;
The changing politics and industry of migration: roles of brokers, migration infrastructures, trade unions, etc.;
How these flows alter the relationship between different generations of (im)migrants, the politics of ethnicity and identity, and the relationship with the Chinese state; what roles do the various Chinese associations and networks play in these economic, political, and cultural processes?
The transformation of the Chinese state's representation of international Chinese migrants and how this resonates with changing economic development paradigms and strategies in foreign policy.

Quoted references:

Lee Ching Kwan (2017). The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mezzadra, Sandro and Brett Neilson (2013). Border as Method, or the Multiplication of Labor, Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press.

Nyiri, Pal (2012). «Enclaves of improvement: Sovereignty and developmentalism in the special zones of the China-Lao borderlands». Comparative Studies in Society and History, 54(3), 533-562. DOI: 10.1017/S0010417512000229

Tan, Danielle et Caroline Grillot (2014). L'Asie du Sud-Est dans le « siècle chinois » : Cambodge, Laos et Viêt Nam. Nouvelle édition [online]. Bangkok : Institut de recherche sur l'Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine, https://books.openedition.org/irase...;. ISBN : 9782355960260. DOI : 10.4000/books.IRASEC.1169.

Who can apply ?

The Conference is designed for doctoral candidates and post-doctoral researchers in humanities and social sciences.

Practical arrangement

The conference organizers will sponsor accomodations in Hong Kong for selected participants (this will be confirmed to the participants once their proposals are accepred by the scientific committee); however, no funding is available for transporation costs.

Registration details and schedule

A paper title and abstract (500 - 600 words), and a briedf bio in English is to be sent by 15 March 2019 by applying through CEFC application website

The selected participants will be notified by 15 April 2019

The final paper (up to 8000 words) should be sent by 1st June 2019

The pdf version of this call for papers can be downloaded here

Information about this call for papers is also availble at CEFC website

Scientific Committee:

Alpermann Bjorn (University of Würzburg)

Judith Audin (CEFC)

Sébastien Billoud (CEFC)

Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Bu Maoliang (Nanjing University)

Sébastien Colin (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris)

Eric Florence (CEFC)

Ivan Franceschini (Australian National University)

Nicholas Loubere (Lund University)

Ching Kwan Lee (University of California, Los Angeles)

David O'brien (University of Nottingham)

Florence Padovani (CFC, CEFC)

David Palmer (The University of Hong Kong)

Judith Pernin (CEFC)

Céline Pierdet (CEFC)

Christoph Steinhardt (The University of Vienna)

Kellee Tsai (Hong Kong University of Science and Techonology)

June Wang (City University of Hong Kong)

Zhan Zhang (Università della Svizzera italiana)

Yu Zheng (University of London)

Organizer

French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) &

The School of Humanities and Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

With the support of:

National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO, Paris)

The French Research Institute on East Asia (IFRAE)

Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC)

For more information: Telephone: (852) 2879 6910 - Email : hwu cefc.com.hk

CEFC / 20/F Wanchai Central Building - 89 Lockhart Road, Wanchai Hong Kong - Tel.: +852 2876 6910 - Fax: +852 2815 3211 - Email: cefc cefc.com.hk

CEFC Taipei / Room B111 - Research Center For Humanities and Social Sciences - Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei - Taiwan 11529, R.O.C. - Tel: (886-2) 2789-0873 - Fax: (886-2) 2789-0874 - Email: cefc gate.sinica.edu.tw

CFC Beijing / Mingzhai Building, Room 324, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China - Email: contact beijing-cfc.org

Site and Space in Southeast Asia

Bertrand — 2017-12-18T17:00:00Z

The organisers of Site and Space in Southeast Asia seek applications for participation in a two-year funded research opportunity exploring the art, architecture, and landscape of Southeast Asia.

Site and Space in Southeast Asia explores the intersections of urban space, art and culture in three cities—Yangon, Penang, and Huế—through collaborative, site-based research. With major funding from the Getty Foundation and partners from within and beyond the region, Site and Space in Southeast Asiaseeks to support innovative research in the art and architectural histories of the region, foster professional networks among early career scholars, and expand engagement with an ever more global field.

Deadline: 14 January 2018

The concept of site offers a rich and multivalent point of entry for constructing connected histories of art, architecture, and cultural production. Engaging with cities as sites that generate cultural narratives, Site and Space in Southeast Asia will explore spaces of memory, interaction, and production across national and regional boundaries. With a chronological span from the colonial period through independence and into the contemporary, a period of dynamic, often divergent political and social development, Site and Space in Southeast Asia seeks to enrich the study of art and architectural histories of Southeast Asia through engagement with site and space.

Over the course of the two-year research period commencing in June 2018, three small teams of researchers will be funded to conduct field and archival research exploring the physical and cultural histories of three project cities, with a particular interest in their artistic and built environments. Annual whole-of cohort workshops will allow comparative discussion of findings and mapping of future research directions. During the first year, collaborative research will allow a “coming to terms” with the city as site and its intersecting art historical themes. During the second year, researchers will pursue individual projects emerging from these themes. The project will culminate in one or more collective outputs to be determined through discussions with participants and institutional partners.

Applications are invited from early career researchers working in related areas (including art and architectural history, landscape studies, urban studies, film studies, anthropology, etc.), and are particularly welcomed from those connected to institutions in the region; with experience in modes of spatial analysis in the humanities; and with interest in exploring digital methods in site-based research. Although research will be conducted in all appropriate languages, participants must have strong spoken and written capacity in English.

Organized in partnership by researchers at the University of Sydney, Nanyang Technological University, National Gallery Singapore, the University of Malaya, the University of Toulouse, and Dumbarton Oaks, Site and Space in Southeast Asia is primarily funded by the Getty Foundation's Connecting Art Histories initiative.

Project leaders include:

Caroline Herbelin (Toulouse), Field Director, Huế

Yin Ker (NTU), Field Director, Yangon

Mark Ledbury (Sydney), Chief Investigator

Simon Soon (Malaya), Field Director, Penang

Adrian Vickers (Sydney), Chief Investigator

Stephen Whiteman (Sydney), Chief Investigator, Project Director

To apply, please complete this form including basic biographical information, two short essays and current CV.

For questions relating to the project or the application process, please contact the project director, Dr Stephen Whiteman at stephen.whiteman sydney.edu.au.

Deadline: 14 January 2018

Announcement for Ph.D. Students

Bertrand — 2016-10-30T07:24:00Z

As part of the relationship developed with the CNRS,
the AXA Research Fund, will be offering up to 25 Post-Doctoral Fellowships. The applicants can be awarded a grant for up to €130,000 for an 18 to 24-month period. This scholarship is open to all Ph.D. applicants without any condition of nationality. The applicants must have been awarded his/her first PhD (or equivalent doctoral degree) before the beginning of the Post-Doctoral grant and within the 3 years. The research project should preferably be related to Social science

">. (See their post-docs call).

In agreement with the Fund, CNRS has the role to consider the candidates by providing opportunities for the candidates in cooperation with CNRS by submitting their research proposals to the European Science Foundation (ESF). For more information, you can see at the thematic priorities and at the scope statement at the links indicated above.

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand are identified as being the priorities counties and Singapore is identified as "non-focus country", but still eligible.

Interested candidates are requested to contact the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia as well as the CNRS Office in Singapore before 3rd November.

- Download the thematic focus for 2016 – 2017.

- Download the application guideline.

IRASEC

Postdoctoral research stay

Postdoctoral research stay

Financial terms and conditions

Eligibility criteria

Obligations of researchers hosted at IRASEC

Application form

Séjour de recherche postdoctoral

Modalités financières

Critères d'éligibilité

Obligations du chercheur

IRASEC Discussion Papers Series

Réseaux de recherche internationaux (IRN)

Chinese Global Engagement Abroad: Changing Social, Economic, and Political Configurations

An international conference for PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers

ARGUMENT

Contributions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following questions and topics:

Quoted references:

Who can apply ?

Practical arrangement

Registration details and schedule

Scientific Committee:

Organizer

With the support of:

For more information: Telephone: (852) 2879 6910 - Email : hwu cefc.com.hk

CEFC / 20/F Wanchai Central Building - 89 Lockhart Road, Wanchai Hong Kong - Tel.: +852 2876 6910 - Fax: +852 2815 3211 - Email: cefc cefc.com.hk

CEFC Taipei / Room B111 - Research Center For Humanities and Social Sciences - Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei - Taiwan 11529, R.O.C. - Tel: (886-2) 2789-0873 - Fax: (886-2) 2789-0874 - Email: cefc gate.sinica.edu.tw

CFC Beijing / Mingzhai Building, Room 324, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China - Email: contact beijing-cfc.org

Site and Space in Southeast Asia

Announcement for Ph.D. Students

An international conference
for PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers