From July 8th to July 11th, 2025, the 46th International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE 46) was held in Lille, France. The two conference venues were located at the Pont-de-Bois campus of the University of Lille in Villeneuve d’Ascq and at Sciences Po Lille in the inner city. Established in 1978, the International Standing Conference for the History of Education is a professional academic organization dedicated to promoting research and enhancing academic exchanges and cooperation among scholars of global history of education. It is voluntarily joined by individual and institutional members from all over the world. The theme of this conference was Teachers and Teaching-History on the move, aiming to explore the diverse aspects of teachers and history of education from the earliest times to the beginning of the 21st century. The conference centered around topics such as Teacher’s Career Paths and Identities, Teachers’ Working and Living Conditions, Knowledge Practices, Relationships and Interactions with Other Actors, Teaching Tools and School Artefacts, Teaching and Teachers Outside the School, Non-human Actors and Teaching Practices, as well as Representations of Teachers and Teaching in Literature, Cinema and Mass Culture. It provided a platform for scholars from all over the world to engage in deep cross-cultural and interdisciplinary exchanges. Associate Professor Wang Pu and master student Shi Yu-ke from our institute were invited to participate in this conference and give presentation.
Associate Professor Wang Pu and master student Shi Yu-ke presented the history and current status of the development of the female teaching profession in modern China at the parallel forum on "Women in the Teaching Profession". They shared diverse images and characteristics of female teachers in modern Chinese education, sparking great interest among the participating scholars. Under further questioning, they added information about the Yude Girls' High School in Kulangsu, Xiamen, and its well-known female alumni. They also engaged in in-depth exchanges and discussions with scholars from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Université catholique de l'Ouest, France, and Universidad de Málaga, Spain, on topics such as women's universities in modern China, women's right to education, and the professional dilemmas faced by female teachers, enhancing understanding and consensus. At the same time, they had extensive exchanges with scholars of history of education from around the world at the conference, parallel forums, and other sessions, establishing academic connections with researchers in history of education and laying the foundation for future research sharing and collaboration.
