Pablo Blitstein

Presentation

I am an Associate Professor at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), Paris. I conduct research on both medieval and late imperial China, and on global networks of Chinese reformers in the late 19^th and early 20^th century. My interests are global and intellectual history, with a special focus on writing practices and political institutions. I obtained my PhD at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations in 2012. Before joining the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, I was research assistant the Collège de France, researcher the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” and lecturer at Heidelberg University.

Research thematics

• History of nationalism between East Asia, Europe and the Americas (19th- 20th centuries)
• History of knowledge and political institutions in 19th-early 20th century China
• History of early medieval China

CRCAO research programmes

• Commentary and the dissemination of knowledge

Teachings

• L'idée de « nation » et les formes de la cohésion politique sous la Chine impériale (XIX^{e-début du XXe siècles)}
• Les aires culturelles et sciences sociales
• Paradoxes de la modernité