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CUHK-EHESS Faculty Exchange Programme

(For CUHK & EHESS faculty members)

Deadline: 28 February 2025, Friday 

CUHK and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS) are committed to fostering research collaborations across a diverse array of disciplines related to the arts, humanities and social sciences. The Faculty Exchange Programme has been established to enable faculty members from both institutions to engage in research visits for exploration and development of collaborative research, thereby advancing scholarship and critical thinking to respond to the challenges of the contemporary world.

 

About EHESS

A graduate research institution, EHESS is one of the major research hubs dedicated to the humanities and the social sciences[1] in Europe. The research developed at the EHESS is the result of an intense and permanent dialogue established between all the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. They are conducted in partnership with the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) as well as other major national institutions. EHESS enjoys a unique global academic network and holds over 1,000 roundtable seminars every year where faculty and guest scholars present and discuss their research with students.

 

About the Programme

CUHK and EHESS will annually nominate one faculty member as a visiting scholar to the other institution for teaching, research, and development of collaborations. CUHK faculty members are encouraged to undertake visits to EHESS and/or host visitors from EHESS.

 

Eligibility

CUHK faculty members EHESS faculty members
Academic staff members holding full-time employment at all levels are welcome to apply. Each teacher-researcher at EHESS is eligible. Retired and emeritus host professors are not eligible for this programme.

 

Visit and Scope of Support

  CUHK faculty members EHESS faculty members
a. The visit should last for at least one month during the term time of the host institution in order to allow meaningful interaction with faculty members and students.
  Term Dates of EHESS
First term: Oct – Jan
Second term: Feb – Jun
Term Dates of CUHK
First term: Sep – Dec
Second term: Jan – May
b. During the exchange period, the visiting scholar will continue to receive salary from the home institution.
c. – CUHK will provide an economy class return air ticket for the selected faculty member.

– EEHESS will provide financial compensation to the selected faculty member in the form of a flat-rate mobility allowance. This is a one-time per diem proportional to the effective length of the stay at EHESS, up to a maximum of 28 days (between €133 and €143 per day, in compliance with the rates of the EHESS-Campus France agreement 2022-2025, subject to change starting from academic year 2025-26). This global payment is meant to compensate the visiting professor for the time spent preparing seminars and to cover the costs of transportation, housing and food.

– EHESS does not offer on-campus housing; however, it collaborates with a network of housing providers. Assistance can be provided. Please refer to the website for details.

– EHESS will provide an economy class return air ticket for the selected faculty member.

– CUHK will provide free on-campus accommodation and a stipend of HK$10,000 for up to one month for the selected faculty member.

 

Programme Guidelines and Forms

Applicants can access the programme guidelines, online application form and post-visit report form from the following links:

 

Further Information

For further information, please contact the programme coordinators:

EHESS
International Relations Office
Email: invites@ehess.fr
CUHK
Olivia Kwok
Programme Manager, Office of Academic Links
Email: oliviakwok@cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: +852 3943 1315

[1] These cover history, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, linguistics, psychology, demography, cognitive science, political science, philosophy and mathematics.

 

Last updated on 9 January 2025