GIS Asie

The overarching aim of the French Academic Network for Asian Studies (GIS Asie) is to bring together, coordinate and support communities in the field of Asian studies that are connected with French institutions.

This network includes 90% of all Asian studies scholars and researchers in France and in Belgium, i.e. 1,250 scholars who are members of 33 research teams in France, in Belgium and in Asia. These teams belong to 25 universities and research institutions linked together by an agreement

Goals and activities

The GIS Asie aims at:

• Structuring and federating French Asian Studies
• Participating in the training of young scholars
• Providing support to the internationalization of the French Asian Studies community
• Carrying out scientific monitoring, disseminating and supporting Asian Studies research work

Activities:

• Organization of an Asian Studies congress every two year since 2015;
• Organization of a book prize and a PhD dissertation prize;
• Support to young scholars (international  conference grants) and to the activities organized by the young scholars’ committee (workshops);
• Support to scientific events on Asia organized by its member institutions;
• Monitoring the state-of-the-art in Asian Studies. It has published a white paper on Asian Studies in France, with a first qualitative volume published in 2013, then a second quantitative volume in 2016.
• Publication of award-winning manuscripts in its book series at CNRS Editions (“Etudes asiatiques”).