Ji Zhe

Ji Zhe is a Professor at Inalco, specializing in the Department of Chinese Studies. His research and teaching focus on Chinese society and religion, Buddhism and modernity, and the sociology of religious facts.

• Chair: Sociology of Religions in Modern and Contemporary China
• Holder of the Inalco-Sheng Yen Professorial Chair for Studies on Buddhism in the Modern and Contemporary Chinese World
• Honorary member, University Institute of France (IUF)

Administrative and educational roles include:

• Director, Department of Chinese Studies (2022–2025)
• Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Buddhism (CEIB) / Inalco-EPHE-Collège de France
• Co-responsible for Axis 3 'History and Sociology of Religion in East Asia' of IFRAE
• Member of the Postal Commission at Inalco

His research themes span modern and contemporary Chinese Buddhism, religion and politics in China, and French Sinology. He is affiliated with the IFRAE research team.