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Colloquia, visits, and meetings
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Franciscus Verellen, Director, is chairing the 9th Steering Committee meeting for IDEAS (Integrating and Developing European Asian Studies), a PCRD7 program coordinated by the EFEO, that is being held in Budapest on June 1. He is accompanied by Élisabeth Lacroix, administrator of the IDEAS program.
As part of this project, the University of Hamburg is organizing a round table on the topic "Religion en action: Islam et politique en Asie du Sud-Est à la lumière du Printemps arabe [Religion in action: Islam and politics in Southeast Asia in the light of the Arab Spring]" on June 12 in Brussels.
From June 8 to 13, at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Thierry Mathou, French Ambassador to Myanmar, Franciscus Verellen is taking part in a multidisciplinary visit to Myanmar, proposed jointly by the Ministries of Foreign and European Affairs, of Culture and Communication (General Directorate of National Heritages), and of Higher Education and Research (represented by the EFEO), with a view to studying prospects for cooperation in matters of conservation, restoration, development, and training in heritage-related fields. The Director is to be accompanied by Pascal Royère, Director of Studies, and Jacques Leider, specialist of the history of Myanmar and head of the EFEO Centres of Chiang May (Thailand) and Yangon (Myanmar).
direction@efeo.net
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From May 30 to June 15 to Éric Bourdonneau is to be in Cambodia. On June 7, in Siem Reap, he will present a paper entitled "Mission archéologique à Koh Ker. La fouille du Prasat Kraham et l'étude du groupe sculpté de la danse de Siva [Archaeological project at Koh Ker. The excavation of the Prasat Kraham and the study of the sculpture group showing the dance of Siva]" at the 21st technical section of the CIC. Various workshops are also planned at Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Koh Ker, with partners working in the archaeological team: APSARA, the IWR (Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, University of Heidelberg), the GACP (Hans and Esther Leisen, University of Cologne), the restoration workshop of the National Museum (Sok Soda and Bertrand Porte), and Olivier Cunin (architect and specialist in construction archaeology).
eric.boudonneau@efeo.net
From June 4 to 6, at the colloquium on Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Śaivism: The Religious Landscape at the Time of the Composition and Spread of the Skandapurana being organized by the University of Groningen, Dominic Goodall is presenting a talk on "Evidence for the Development of Śaivism from Cambodian Epigraphy."
From June 6 to 11 Dominic Goodall will be in the University of Hamburg to work with Harunaga Isaacson and Alexis Sanderson, and then at Pondicherry from June 14 to September 15 to work at the EFEO center to work on various Shaiva projects with S.A.S. Sarma, R. Sathyanarayanan, and Manjunath Bhat.
Dominic.goodall@efeo.net
As part of the research program on Dunhuang being carried out by the UMR 8155 (CRACO: Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale [Center for Research on the Civilizations of East Asia]) and by the EFEO (researchers of the group "Transmission et inculturation du bouddhisme en Asie" [Transmission and acculturation of Buddhism in Asia), Mrs. Chen Juxia and Mr. Zhao Shengliang, researchers at the Dunhuang Institute (China) are giving four lectures at the Maison de l'Asie, 22 avenue de Président-Wilson, 75016 Paris (Audiovisual Room on the ground floor).
June 11, 3:00-5:00 p.m.:
- Zhao Shengliang: "Grottes de méditation à Dunhuang" [Meditation caves at Dunhuang]
- Chen Juxia: "Zhai Farong, un chef du clergé de Dunhuang et la grotte 85 de Mogao" [Zhai Farong, a clergy leader at Dunhuang and Cave 85 at Mogao]
June 25, 2:00-5:00 p.m.:
- Chen Juxia: "La grotte 98 de Mogao: une aire rituelle de confession" [Cave 98 at Mogao: a ritual confession area]
- Zhao Shengliang: "Recherche sur la forme et la couleur originales des peintures des grottes de Dunhuang" [Research on the original form and color of the Dunhuang Cave paintings].
On June 21 and 22 Kuo Liying is taking part in the colloquium On the Exchange of Beliefs and Practices between Esoteric Buddhism and Daosim in China, organized by Henrik Sørensen (Visiting Research Fellow, Ruhr-University Bochum), as part of the International Research Consortium: Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe, at Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany). Her talk is on "Buddhist Sūtra-pillars and Daoist scriptures."
liying.kuo@efeo.net
Pierre-Yves Manguin wrote a report on the doctoral thesis of Phaedra Bouvet, which was written under the supervision of Valentine Roux (University of Paris-West Nanterre), and he takes part in the doctoral viva on June 11. The thesis is entitled "Interactions culturelles entre l'Asie du Sud-Est et l'Inde aux IVe-IIe s. av. J.C.: Étude technologique des céramiques de Khao Sam Kaeo" [Cultural interactions between Southeast Asia and India in the 4th to 2nd centuries B.C.E.: Technological studies of Khao Sam Kaeo ceramics].
On June 18 and 19, Pierre-Yves Manguin takes part in the international conference on New Research in Historical Campā Studies, co-organized by the EFEO and the Nalanda-Srivijaya Centre of the ISEAS in Singapore. The conference will take place in the salon on the first floor of the EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 75116 (see the program).
Pierre-Yves Manguin gives a presentation entitled "Proto-historic exchange in the Eastern Indian Ocean: a re-evaluation of current paradigms" at the international conference on Crossroads between Empires and Peripheries - Knowledge Transfer, Product Exchange and Human Movement in the Indian Ocean World, which is held from June 21 to 23 at the University of Ghent.
pierre-yves.manguin@efeo.net
On June 30 Frédéric Girard will participate in the conference on L'état du bouddhisme à l'époque Meiji [The state of Buddhism during the Meiji period] being organized at Colmar by the University of Strasbourg and Tōyō University.
frederic.girard@efeo.net
On June 18 and 19, international conference on New Research in Historical Campā Studies, co-organized by the EFEO and the Nalanda-Srivijaya Centre of the ISEAS in Singapore. (salon on the first floor of the EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, Paris 75116 ). Presentations by EFEO researchers:
18 June, Andrew Hardy and Nguyen Tien Dong : " Evidence for a Hypothesis about the Champa Territory of Quang Ngai ",
19 June, Arlo Griffiths : " Virabhadravarmadeva - Inscriptions and sculptures produced under the last king of independent Campa, XVe century CE " (see program).
arlo.griffiths@efeo.net
Lecture by François Lachaud on: « Jizō : regards étrangers sur le bouddhisme japonais » le 22 juin à 19h, galerie Talmart (22 rue du Cloître Saint-Merri,75004 Paris).
francois.lachaud@efeo.net
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Meetings of the Board of Administrators and of the Academic Council of the EFEO are being held on June 25 and 26 respectively.
valerie.liger-belair@efeo.net
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On June 1 Rachel Guidoni, a specialist in the Tibetan world, is returning to the EFEO as director of the Library, from her term at the Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisation (BULAC) [University Library of Languages and Civilization].
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Hélène Bouvier and Gérard Toffin (ed.), Théâtres d'Asie à l'oeuvre. Circulation, expression, politique, EFEO (Etudes thématiques 26), 2012, 256 pages.
Peter Skilling (with SAERJI), « "O, Son of the Conqueror": A note on jinaputra as a term of address in the Buddhāvataṃsaka and in Mahāyāna sūtras », Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2011. Vol. XV, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, pp. 127-130.
Peter Skilling « "Notes on the Bhadrakalpika-sūtra (III): Beyond the Fortunate Aeon », Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University for the Academic Year 2011. Vol. XV, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, pp. 117-126.
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On June 25 (11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), Jean-François Klein (INALCO) is talking on the topic "Le général de Beylié et la mise en tourisme d'Angkor" [General De Beylié and the establishment of tourism at Angkor], at the Maison de l'Asie (salon on the 1st floor, 22, avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris).
vincent.paillusson@efeo.net
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Among its 2012 prizes and awards, the Académie d'architecture has given the Prix d'archéologie [Archaeology Prize] to Pascal Royère for all his work in Cambodia..
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As part of UMR Iranian and Indian Worlds Seminar 7528 Archéologie de l'est de l'Océan Indien: échanges préhistoriques et du début de la période historique depuis les confins iraniens jusqu'à la Mer de Chine Méridionale [Archaeology of the eastern Indian Ocean: trade from the prehistoric and the beginning of the historical period from Iranian controlled areas to the South China Sea], organized by Bérénice Bellina (CNRS - UMR "Mondes iranien et indien [Iranian and Indian Worlds]"): on May 29, Roberta Tomber (British Museum, London) is talking on "The East coast of India in contrast to the West," Maison de l'Asie, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
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From June 1 to 22, Arlo Griffiths is visiting Europe. On June 4 and 5, he is taking part in the colloquium on Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Śaivism: The Religious Landscape at the time of the Composition and Spread of the Skandapurāna at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is talking on the topic "Śaivism in Early Historical Southeast Asia: the case of Campā."
He is then be working with Emmanuel Francis (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg) on the projected publication of the earliest historical inscriptions from Indonesia. On June 18 and 19 he is taking part in the colloquium on New Research in Historical Campā Studies, where he is talking on "Vīrabhadravarmadeva: inscriptions and sculptures from the last king of independent Campā (15th century CE)" at the EFEO (see above).
arlo.griffiths@efeo.net
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On June 5, (2:00-4:00 p.m.) Peter Skilling is giving a lecture at the Oslo Buddhist Studies Forum, IKOS (University of Oslo) on the topic "Stupa Networks of Central India: Reflections on the Early Spread of Buddhism."
peter.skilling@efeo.net
On June 6 and 7 Christophe Pottier is in Siem Reap for the upcoming Technical Session of the International Coordination Committee for Angkor. He will there give a presentation on "Recherches récentes de la Mafkata" [Recent research on the Mafkata]. From June 9 to 11, he is taking part in the Siem Reap Conference on Special Topics in Khmer Studies, whose topic this year is "Religious Studies in Cambodia: Understand the Old and Trace the New." There he will talk on "From Bones to Ashes: Archaeological evidences of religious shifts in the Angkor region."
christophe.pottier@efeo.net
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Jacques Leider is taking part in a multidisciplinary visit to Myanmar, with a view to studying prospects for cooperation in matters of conservation, restoration, development, and training in heritage-related fields (see above).
Jacques.leider@efeo.net
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From June 20 to 28, Po Dharma is visiting China to give a series of lectures at the Asia Institute of Nanning University.
po-dharma.quang@efeo.net
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The 21st technical session of the International Coordination Committee for Angkor is taking place June 6 and 7 in the facilities of the APSARA Authority in Siem Reap.
Presentations by EFEO students and researchers:
- Éric Bourdonneau: "Mission archéologique à Koh Ker. La fouille du Prasat Kraham et l'étude du groupe sculpté de la danse de Shiva" [Archaeological project at Koh Ker. The excavation of the Prasat Kraham and the study of the sculpture group showing the dance of Siva];
- Jacques Gaucher: "Vers un modèle explicatif de la formation d'Angkor Thom: nouvelles données sur la capitale khmère (campagne archéologique 2012)" [Towards an explanatory model of the development of Angkor Thom: new data on the Khmer capital (2012 archaeological season)];
- Christophe Pottier: "Recherches récentes de la Mafkata (Mission archéologique francokhmère pour l'aménagement du territoire angkorien)" [Recent research of the Mafkata (Franco-Cambodian Archaeological Mission for the management of the Angkor site];
- Pascal Royère and Hang Peou: "Restauration du Mebon occidental" [Restoration of the Western Mebon];
- Dominique Soutif and Julia Estève: "Résultats de la campagne de fouilles archéologiques à Prasat Kamnap Sud et Prasat Ong Mong en 2011-2012" [Results of the 2011-2012 archaeological excavation season at South Prasat Kannap and Prasat Ong Mong].
dominique.soutif@efeo.net
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From June 18 to 22, Luca Gabbiani is in Taipei to take part in the the Fourth International Conference on Sinology organized by Academia Sinica. He is giving a presentation entitled "The title-deed tax in Qing China: a reappraisal."On
June 28 at 10 a.m., as part of the series of Franco-Chinese academic lectures Histoire, archéologie et société [History, archaeology, and society], Li Dianrong (Associate Professor at Zhengfa University, Peking) is giving a lecture on the evolution of the "call to the capital" system (jingkong) during the Qing dynasty at the Institute for the Study of Law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.On Tuesday,
June 5, at 9:30 a.m., as part of the series of Franco-Chinese academic lectures Histoire, archéologie et société [History, archaeology, and society], Pierre-Étienne Will, Professor at the Collège de France, is giving a lecture on "Règlement des conflits et éducation du peuple dans la Chine des Qing: quelques exemples tirés de recueils de jugement au XIXe siècle" [Conflict resolution and popular education in Qing China: some examples drawn from the records of judgments during the 19th century] at the Modern History Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
luca.gabbiani@efeo.net
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From June 25 to 28, at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Lü Pengzhi is taking part in the international colloquium Modern Chinese Religion: Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan organized by the Centre for East Asian Studies (CUHK) and the EPHE (École pratique des hautes études). He is to comment on the lecture on "Pensée taoïste des Song aux Yuan [Daoist thought from the Song to the Yuan]" to be given by Professor Zhan Shichuang.
pengzhi.lu@efeo.net
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The Buddhism seminar at the EFEO Center in Tokyo will take place on Mondays, June 11 and 25, and will cover an introduction to the Buddhist Kanbun: reading the Xianyu-jing/Kengu-kyo, 19 and 20 (6:00-8:00 p.m., lecture hall, Tôyô bunko).
nobumi.iyanaga@efeo.net
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On June 6 (at 6 p.m.), Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Research Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison) is giving a presentation in the Kyoto Lectures series on the topic "Many Meanings of Cherry Blossoms: Communicative Opacity in Political Spaces," at the Humane Sciences Research Institute of Kyoto University.
On June 27 (at 6 p.m.), Bret Davis (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University, Maryland) is giving a lecture in the Kyoto Lectures series on the topic "Encounter in Emptiness: The I-Thou Relation in Nishitani Keiji's Philosophy of Zen," at the Humane Sciences Research Institute of Kyoto University.
On June 28 (11 a.m.) the monthly seminar on Buddhism, conducted by Iyanaga Nobumi, is to take place at the Kansai Franco-Japanese Institute.
On June 29 and 30, Benoît Jacquet is giving a series of eight lectures in the Architecture Department at Hiroshima University as part of an intensive course on "L'histoire croisée de l'architecture moderne au Japon" [The mixed history of modern architecture in Japan].
efeo.kyoto@gmail.com
benoit.jacquet@efeo.net
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