Jacques Gernet#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 458 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.efeo.fr/biographies/notices/gernet.htm |
Jacques Gernet passed away March 3, 2018.
Positions Held
- 1975 - 1992 Chair in social and intellectual history of China, Collège de France
- 1968 - 1973 Founder and director of the Unit of teaching and research of languages and civilizations of East Asia
- 1957 Lecturer, then professor at the Faculty of Arts, Sorbonne
- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
- 1955 - 1976 Director of studies at the EPHE, VIe section
- 1956 Doctor of Letters
- Researcher at CNRS and Scholar of theYomiuri Shimbun, Japan
Fields of Scholarship
- Chinese history and civilization
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
