Board of Administrators

President: Ms Blandine RIPERT

Statutory members

Representing the state:

  • Ms Anne-Sophie BARTHEZ, Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration, represented by Mr Pascal GOSSELIN, office DGSIP A1-3 or Ms Marina GOVOROFF
  • Mr Michel MIRAILLET, Director General for Globalisation, Culture, Education and International Development, represented by Ms Francine D'ORGEVAL, Expertd within the Human and Social Sciences, Archaeology and Heritage Department (Higher Education and Research Sub-Directorate)

 

Representing the Institut de France:

  • Ms Marianne BASTID-BRUGUIERE, member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, representative of the Perpetual Secretary
  • Mr Henri-Paul FRANCFORT, member of the Académie des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
  • Mr Jean-Noël ROBERT, member of the Académie des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
  • Mr Alain THOTE, member of the Académie des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, representative of the Perpetual Secretary

 

Representing the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS):

  • Mr Antoire PETIT, president of the CNRS, represented by Ms Sabine EFFOSSE, deputy scientific director "Europe and international" of the Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, or Mr Fabrice BOUDJAABA, Deputy Scientific Director of InSHS or Ms Solène MARIE, Head of International Cooperation of InSHS

 

A former head of a public higher education and research institution:

  • Mr Alain SCHNAPP, former Director of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art; archaeologist and historian

 

Professional members:

  • Mr Paolo CALVETTI, Professor of the University Ca' Foscari - Venise
  • Mr Jean-françois HUCHET, Professor and President of the Inalco
  • Ms Blandine RIPERT, CNRS Research Director
  • Ms Mercedes VOLAIT, CNRS Research Director

 

Representing the faculty of EFEO professors:

  • Mr François LACHAUD; sustitute: Ms Michela BUSSOTTI

 

Representing the faculty of EFEO lecturers:

  • Ms Fabienne JAGOU; substitute: Ms Catherine SCHEER
  • Mr Christophe POTTIER; substitute: Mr Dominique SOUTIF

 

Representing EFEO administrative staff:

  • Ms Lauriane LECAT-BACLE; substitute: Mr Dat-Wei LAU
  • Mr Didier MARIETTE; substitute: Ms Zohra SOLTANI

 

Consultative members (EFEO)

  • The director, Nicolas FIÉVÉ
  • The director of studies, Valérie GILLET
  • The director general of administration, Cécilia MENDES
  • The chief financial officer, Smail ZAGHMOURI
EFEO News
Welcoming delegations to the EFEO 2026-2027
Paris, France, 14 October 2025
The recruitment campaign for delegates to the EFEO for the year 2026-2027 is now open. Applications must be submitted no later than 14 October 2025.

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Library
Paris, France, 26 June 2025
The EFEO library in Paris will be closed until 2 p.m. on Tuesday 1 July 20025.

It is open at its usual times, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.

Please make your book reservation requests via the catalogue, and your archive consultation requests via the form on https://archives.efeo.fr/ (bottom left of the home page).

Consult the catalogs and digital tools:
Books and periodicals catalog
- Archives and manuscripts catalog
- Digital heritage library

Please check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates to the conditions of public access.
Direction of Resources
Paris, France, 26 June 2025

Reporting to the Director General of Administration, , you will be responsible for managing the Resources Department. You will manage the activity of the support functions and implement the public policies in your field, with a view to efficiency and innovation. You will also perform the duties of Prevention Adviser.

Application deadline: 20 July 2025: https://bit.ly/4epSXeT
Lecture
Paris, France, 18 June 2025
On the occasion of the exhibition Angkor Royal Bronzes: Art of the Divine presented at the Guimet - Musée national des arts asiatiques until September 8, of which he is co-curator, Brice Vincent will present "Bronzes royaux d'Angkor, un art du divin: nouveaux regards sur la métallurgie du cuivre dans le Cambodge angkorien". This lecture is organised jointly by the Association des Amis d'Angkor and the EFEO.

At 5.30 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie, subject to availability.
Conference
Paris, France, 12 June 2025
On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 June, Fabienne Jagou, in collaboration with Cameron Warner (University of Aarhus, Denmark) and Nicole Willock (Old Dominion University, USA), is organising a conference entitled ‘Succession in Times of Change in the Tibetan World’ at the Maison de l'Asie.