Marianne Bastid-Bruguière (; born 13 November 1940) is a French

sinologist Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilizatio ...

. She is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

. From 1969, she worked for the

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...

. She has also taught at the

Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg (, abbreviated ''IEP Strasbourg'') also known as Sciences Po Strasbourg (), is a ''Grande école ''located in Strasbourg, France. It was founded on 9 October 1945'',Décret n° 45–2287 du 9 octobre 194 ...

, the

École des hautes études en sciences sociales The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (, EHESS) is a graduate ''grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. The school awards Master and PhD degrees alone and conj ...

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 1970. Paris Diderot merged with Pari ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Seikei University is a private university in the Kichijōji area of the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. Its name derives from a passage in the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Its campus is noted for its rows of zelkova trees, which is listed as ...

, the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

, and the

University of Kyoto , or , is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan. The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen graduate schools, and t ...

. She is a reader for ''

The China Quarterly ''The China Quarterly'' (CQ) is a British triple-anonymous peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1960 on contemporary China including Taiwan. It is considered one of the most important academic journals about China in the world and is p ...

''. She is a member of the

Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, the Society for Asian Studies, the

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ...

. From 1992 to 1996, she was President of the

Association Européenne d'Etudes Chinoises Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

. She has received honorary PhDs from the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

and the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

. In April 2010, she was named Grand Officer of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

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Bibliography

*''La Chine 1: Des Guerres de l'Opium à la Guerre Franco-Chinoise, 1840-1885'' (co-written with J. Chesneaux) (1965) *''Aspects de la Réforme de l'Enseignement en Chine au Début du XXe siècle'' (1971) *''La Chine 2: De la Guerre Franco-Chinoise à la Fondation du Parti Communiste Chinois, 1885-1921'' (co-written with J. Chesneau and M.-C. Bergère) (1972) *''L'Evolution de la Société Chinoise à la Fin de la Dynastie des Qing, 1873-1911'' (1979) *''The Cambridge History of China'' (co-author) (1980) *''The Scope of State Power in China'' (co-author) (1985) *''China's Education and the Industrialized world; Studies in Cultural Transfer'' (co-written with R. Hayhoe) (1987) *''Educational Reform in Early Twentieth-Century China'' (translated by P.J. Bailey) (1988)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bastid-Bruguiere, Marianne Writers from Paris 1940 births Living people Peking University alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris Academics of the University of London Harvard University faculty Historians of China Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques Academic staff of Sciences Po Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales alumni French sinologists French women scientists Members of Academia Europaea Women orientalists