EFEO - Blogs - Bangkok

Visit of the French Ambassador @ SAC and EFEO Bangkok

13 JANUARY 23

Visit of the French Ambassador to the office of Pror. Chetana Nagavajra

13 JANUARY 23

MOU between the Royal Institute of Thailand and the EFEO

15 DECEMBER 22

Meeting between EFEO Bangkok and Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University

13 DECEMBER 22

A meeting between the EFEO Bangkok and the faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University was held on December 13, 2022, for the preparation of the MOU between the two ...

Secretary of the EFEO Bangkok @ EFEO Chiang Mai

29 NOVEMBER 22

Mr. Surakarn THOESOMBOON (Sai), secretary at EFEO Center, Bangkok, is currently on a mission at the EFEO Center, Chiang Mai, from November 29th to December 1st, 2022.During the ...

Gregory Kourilsky and the President of France @ Wat Pho

18 NOVEMBER 22

Hommage to Professor Vinai Phongsripian

15 OCTOBER 22

Santi Phakdeekam (Deputy Secretary of the Royal Society) and Gregory Kourilsky (Head of the EFEO Bangkok)

Gregory Kourilsky @ Office of the Royal Society, Thailand

13 SEPTEMBER 22

On September 13th, 2022, a meeting between Mr. Gregory Kourilsky, Head of the EFEO Bangkok, and Mr. Santi Phakdeekam, Deputy Secretary of the Office of the Royal Society, ...

Tattoos: A Sacred Art Engraved in Body (EFEO-SAC photo exhibition & seminar)

07 SEPTEMBER 22

The EFEO Bangkok, in collaboration with the Local Museum Network project and the Community Archive database of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology ...

Visual Documentation For Epigraphy (Seminar-Workshop EFEO-SAC-ERC-DHARMA)

11 MAY 22

L'EFEO Bangkok, in collaboration with the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC) and the ERC-DHARMA Project, have organised the seminar-workshop ...

Surakarn THOESOMBOON, Gregory KOURILSKY, Komatra CHUENGSATIANSUP

Meeting with director of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre

15 FEBRUARY 22

On February 15th, 2022, the EFEO Bangkok centre had a meeting with Dr. Komatra Chuengsatiansup (นายแพทย์โกมาตร ...

Gregory Kourilsky @ Center of Khmer Studies (CKS), Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

02 NOVEMBER 21

On November 2nd, Gregory Kourilsky participated in the regional seminar on the epigraphical studies organised by Hunter Watson (National University of Singapore) at the ...

Gregory Kourilsky, new chief of the EFEO Bangkok centre (Sep 1st, 2021)

01 SEPTEMBER 21

Welcome Gregory Kourilsky, the new chief of the EFEO Bangkok.Research specialization area : Southeast Asian BuddhismPublications (recent & selected) ...

Renovation of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre

19 JULY 21

Since the beginning of this year, 2021, the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC), the host of the EFEO centre at Bangkok, have renovated its first floor, its ...

Lunch with the French Ambassador

09 JULY 21

On July 9th, 2021, the French Ambassador in Thailand, Mr. Thierry Mathou, have invited Mr. Jacques Leider, head of the EFEO Bangkok, to have a lunch together at the ...

Jacques Leider (EFEO), Komatra Chuengsatiansup (SAC)

Meeting with director of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre

01 JUNE 21

Jacques Leider have a meeting with Dr. Komatra Chuengsatiansup, director of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC) to discussion on the future collaborations ...

Yves GOUDINEAU, Thierry MATHOU, Jacques LEIDER

Visit of the Ambassador @ EFEO Chiang Mai

04 MARCH 21

On March 4th, 2021, the Ambassador of France in Thailand, Mr. Thierry Mathou, visited the EFEO centre at Chiang Mai. He is welcomed by the reception of Mr. Yves Goudineau, ...

CRISEA, Final Conference

22 FEBRUARY 21

Notice: Final Conference of the CRISEA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mz0oRCTZgw)February 22, 2021, 17.00-19.10 (Jakarta Time; GMT+7)Program:1. Project ...

Kantaphong Chitkla (Professor, Khonkaen University), Jacques Leider, Panuwat Chalermmoo, Surakarn Thoesomboon

Panuwat Chalermmoo, internship @ EFEO, Bangkok

21 DECEMBER 20

Mr. Panuwat Chalermmoo, student of Khoankaen University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, is in vocational training at the EFEO centre at Bangkok, from December ...

Condolence message on the former french ambassador to Thailand

08 SEPTEMBER 20

It is with deep sadness that the EFEO has learned of the death of former french ambassador to Thailand Mr. Jacques Lapouge. We extend our condolences to his family, the ...

Jacques Leider (right) with Kristian Stokke (left)

Jacques Leider and Kristian Stokke @ Oslo

28 SEPTEMBER 19

Jacques Leider took a photography with his colleague, Kristian Stokke, geographist of the University of Oslo, who invite him (Leider) to give a presentation there.

Jacques P. Leider @ University of Oslo

27 SEPTEMBER 19

On September 27th, 2019, Jacques P. Leider went to Oslo to give a presentation entitled "Myanmar: Living as Muslims in a Buddhist country," at the P. A. Munchs hus, the University ...

Jacques P. Leider @ University Malaya, Malaysia

10 JULY 19

On July 10th, 2019, Jacques Leider gave a presentation entitled "Origin of Conflict, Roots of Violence: Historical Dimensions of the Rakhine State Crisis," at the University ...

Jacques P. Leider @ Development & Transformation in SEA, CRISEA conference, Malaysia

09 JULY 19

On July 9th, 2019, Jacques Leider participated in the conference "Development & Transformation in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Equitable Growth," organised ...

Left to right: Surakarn Thoesomboon (secretary, EFEO Bangkok), Jacques Leider (Head of the EFEO Bangkok), Khun Pirapon Pisnupong (Director of the SAC), H. R. H. Princess Sirindhorn and Khunying Khaisri Sri-Aroon (General Secretary, Princess Maha Chakri

Visit of the H. R. H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn @ EFEO Bangkok

04 JULY 19

On the occasion of the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC)'s annual conference, July 4th, 2019, Khun-Ying Khaisri Sri-Aroon invited Her Royal Highness Princess ...

Jacques Leider @ GROWING MOBILITY Workshop, Yangon

08 JUNE 19

On June 8th and 15th, Jacques Leider will participate in round table workshops, organised by the IRASEC, on the theme of "Growing Mobility: Nations Cultures & Regionql ...

CRISEA 2nd Research Workshop @ Naples, Italy

25 MAY 19

Between May 25th and 26th, 2019, the 2nd research workshop of the CRISEA (Competing Regional Integrations in Southeast Asia) project was held at Procida, Italy.

Jacques P. Leider @ ItaSEAS, Naples

22 MAY 19

Between May 22 - 24, 2019, the ItaSEAS, the Italian Association of Southeast Asian Studies, 4th conference, "Economic and Political Processes; Social Transformations; ...

“Work in Progress” – Franco-Thai Workshop of the EFEO Bangkok

25 FEBRUARY 19

"Work in Progress" - An EFEO Bangkok Franco-Thai research workshop on archaeology, epigraphy and prehistory EFEO at Bangkok, in cooperation with our host ...

MOU between the EFEO and the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Thailand

03 DECEMBER 18

On December 3, 2018, a meeting between the director of the EFEO, Mr. Christophe Marquet, and the director of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Mr. Pirapon ...

Left to right: Christophe Pottier (scientific director of the EFEO), Christophe Marquet (director of the EFEO), Jacques Lapouge (ambassador)

EFEO @ French Embassy in Thailand

03 DECEMBER 18

The director of the EFEO, Mr. Christophe Marquet, went to the French Embassy in Thailand to meet the Ambassador, Mr. Jacques Lapouge, to discuss the missions of the EFEO in ...

Miroslav Nozina @ EFEO Bangkok

28 NOVEMBER 18

Mr. Miroslav Nozina, professor qnd anthropologist of the Department of Asian Studies of the Metropolitan University and a research fellow at the Institute of ...

From left to right: Rujaya Abhakorn (SPAFA), Jacques Leider (EFEO), Richard Engelhardt (former expert, UNESCO)

Jacques Leider @ Safeguarding and Increasing Access to the Documentary Heritage of Silk Route Conference, China

07 NOVEMBER 18

Jacques Leider participated in the International Conference "Safeguarding and Increasing Access to the Documentary Heritage of Silk Route," organised by the National ...

EFEO's Conference: "Manufacture, origin and dating of iron from the Phimai and Phnom Rung temples"

17 JULY 18

We would like to cordially invite you to attend our Archaeometallurgy Conference, entitled "Manufacture, origin and dating of iron from the Phimai and Phnom Rung temples: A ...

Jacques Leider @ University of Münster

26 JUNE 18

On the invitation of the Institute for Missiology and the Study of Theologies Beyond Europe, the University of Münster, Jacques Leider gave a presentation ...

Jacques Leider @ University of Münster

25 JUNE 18

On the invitation of the Institute for Missiology and the Study of Theologies Beyond Europe, University of Münster, Jacques Leider gave a ...

Chrisophe Pottier @ EFEO, Bangkok

12 JUNE 18

In the passage of return from Siem Reap to France, Christophe Pottier hqve visited the EFEO Bangkok centre to discuus with Jacques Leider about their ...

Cherdpong Suttiwong, internship @ EFEO, Bangkok

04 JUNE 18

On June 4th, 2018, Cherdpong Suttiwong begins his internship under the supervision of Dr. Jacques Leider, at the EFEO, Bangkok. Cherdpong is 3rd year sutdent at the faculty of ...

Image from Matichon-Online

Jacques P. Leider's New Publication @ the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History

01 JUNE 18

New publication of Jacques P. Leider: "Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar," in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian ...

Marine Chuberre, internship @ EFEO, Bangkok

15 MAY 18

On May 15th, 2018, Marine Chuberre begins her internship under the direction of Dr. Jacques Leider, at the EFEO, Bangkok. Chuberre is student at the SciencesPo Bordeaux ...

Jacques Leider @ Association for Asian Studies, Washington, D.C.

22 MARCH 18

Between March 22-25, Jacques Leider participated in the annual conference 2018 of the Association for Asian Studies, Washington, D.C. On Friday, March 23, he contributed to ...

Team's luncheon

21 DECEMBER 17

Researchers and staffs of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, and the Aséanie were reunited for a luncheon before Christmas.

P. Skilling @ Fudan University, Shanghai

08 SEPTEMBER 17

Between 8-11 September, Professor Peter Skilling will visit Fudan University, Shanghai, and give three lectures: "Palm-leaf manuscripts: precious repository of the ...

Jacques Leider @ ICAS, Chiang Mai

31 JULY 17

Jacques Leider participated and gave a presentation, July 20-23 , at the 10th International Conference of Asia Scholars held in Chiang Mai.

Jacques Leider @ Thai Studies, Chiang Mai

15 JULY 17

Jacques Leider participated and gave a presentation, July 15-18 , at the 13th international conference "Globalized Thailand?: Connectivity, Conflict, and ...

Jacques Leider @ Springfield, Missouri

01 JUNE 17

As a member of the Theravada Civilizations Project, Jacques P. Leider participated in the Springfield, Missouri research group meeting on June 1-3, presenting the ...

Jacques Leider @ Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

10 MAY 17

At the invitation of Professor Bayart, Chair Yves Oltramare at the Graduate Institute of International Studies and Development in Geneva, Jacques P. Leider, head of the EFEO ...

P. Skilling with Vasant Shinde, Vice-Chancellor, Deccan College @ Pune

02 MARCH 17

Peter Skilling presents the newly released Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schoyen Collection, Vol. IV (edited by Jens Braarvig and Jens-Uwe Hartmann, Oslo: Hermes Academic ...

Jacques Leider @ Alliance française, Bangkok

01 FEBRUARY 17

Jacques Leider has a conversation with Christian Merer at the AF on future exhibition projects involving the EFEO in Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

C. Pottier @ Bangkok

27 JANUARY 17

On January 27, Christophe Pottier will participate in a session of the interpretation of the Lidar's data with a team fro, the Fine Arts Department at the Princess Maha Chakri ...

J. Leider @ French Embassy, Bangkok

25 JANUARY 17

On Wednesday, January 25th, Jacques Leider participates in the meeting "les enjeux de la politique d'influence en Thaïlande," organized by the service de ...

Ann Blackburn @ EFEO, Bangkok

17 JANUARY 17

On Tuesday, January 18th, Professor Jacques Leider welcomes Professor Ann Blackburn from the Cornell University, at the office of the EFEO Bangkok.

New publication: Aséanie 33

11 JANUARY 17

New publication: Aséanie no. 33SummaryAséanie 33 (June 2014)ArticlesJacques Leider13 Alaungmintaya - King of Myanmar (1752-60)Representations in ...

From left to right: Jacques Leider, Surakarn Thoesomboon, Wisitthisak Sattaphan and Christophe Pottier

J. Leider takes over from C. Pottier as the Head of the EFEO Centre at Bangkok

04 JANUARY 17

Jacques Leider takes his new position as the head of the EFEO center in Bangkok, taking over from Christophe Pottier who went back to France.

Sincere condolences

31 DECEMBER 16

In this time of grief, the EFEO wishes to express its sincere condolences to the people of Thailand.En cette période de deuil, l'EFEO tient à exprimer ses ...

C. Pottier @ ICOMOS & Silpakorn

15 DECEMBER 16

Christophe Pottier will give a keynote speech "Conservation or reconstruction ?" on theDecember 15 at the International Conference "Conservation of the Built Environment: ...

C. Pottier @ Pondicherry

07 DECEMBER 16

Christophe Pottier will participate in the "Breakdowns and ruptures in temple life" workshop from 7 to 9 December at the centre of the EFEO at Pondicherry, 19 Dumas ...

Peter Skilling with Dr. Vasant Shinde, Vice-Chancellor, Deccan College

P. Skilling @ Deccan College (Deemed University), Pune, India

03 DECEMBER 16

Professor Skilling will give presentation at Valedictory Session of the "International Conference on Symbolism in Indian Art, Archaeology and ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

02 DECEMBER 16

Christophe Pottier will visit Siem Reap from 2 to 4 Decembre to continue his archaeological works in collaboration with Roland Fletcher.

P. Skilling @ Deccan College (Deemed University), Pune, India

30 NOVEMBER 16

Professor Peter Skilling who is now on his mission as the Visiting Khyentse Professor of Buddhist Studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University between November and December 2016 ...

Exhibition & Seminars

23 NOVEMBER 16

Your are invited to participate in the seminars and visit our new exhibition "People with/in Prasat" co-organized by the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ...

C. Pottier @ EFEO Paris

22 NOVEMBER 16

On November 22, Christophe Pottier will participate in the administration board meeting of the EFEO.

Phra-rishi reviving Sovatta Kumar. (Image from Sovat Klon Suad, Bangkok: FAD, 2005 [2548], p. 22.)

Peter Skilling @ Savitribai Phule Pune University

31 OCTOBER 16

Peter Skilling will be Visiting Khyentse Professor of Buddhist Studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University in November and December 2016. He will give two weekly classes. A ...

C. Pottier @ Bagan

23 OCTOBER 16

C. Pottier will got to Bagan from 23 to 27 October by the invitation of the UNESCO to participate in the Expert Consultation Meeting on the Emergency Response and Rehabilitation ...

C. Pottier @ Symposium Conservation of Brick Monuments

19 OCTOBER 16

At the invitation of UNESCO and the Fine Arts Department, Christophe Pottier will participate in the International Symposium on the Conservation of Brick Monuments at ...

Team's Luncheon

12 OCTOBER 16

The colleagues of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, were reunited for a luncheon.

Exhibition @ Chulalongkorn, Octobre 7-28, 2016

07 OCTOBER 16

The exhibition "Men and temples: historical photographies" will be inaugurated on Friday, October 7, 2016 at 9:00 am at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. ...

C. Pottier @ the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

06 OCTOBER 16

Christophe Pottier joined Elisabeth Chabanol on September 26 at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to work on the report of the excavations 2016 of the Archaeological ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ Bagan

15 SEPTEMBER 16

Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier conduct from 15 to 27 September an evaluation mission at Bagan for the UNESCO, following the earthquake that hits many monuments of this ...

P. Skilling & Santi Phakdeekham's Book Talk @ Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre

25 AUGUST 16

On Thursday, August 25th, Professor Peter Skilling of the EFEO, will give new presentation entitled "Precious Thai Heritage, Precious World Heritage: Manuscripts and the ...

P. Skilling @ the International Conference on Buddhist Manuscripts in Thailand

18 AUGUST 16

On 18 August 2016, Dr. Peter Skilling of the École française d'Extrême-Orient will give an inaugural lecture on "Palm-leaf ...

Left-Right: Christophe Pottier, Peter Skilling, Surakarn Thoesomboon, Wisitthisak Sattapan, Pierre Pichard

Team's luncheon

21 JULY 16

The colleagues of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, were reunited for a luncheon before the holidays, with the particapation of P. Pichard during his visit to Bangkok.

Map from front page of the Inventory of Monuments at Pagan by Pierre Pichard

P. Pichard @ Bangkok and Mandalay

20 JULY 16

On the occasion of a mission for the UNESCO on the Pagan archaeological sites, Pierre Pichard is visiting Bangkok between July 20th and August 3th.

C. Pottier @ Silpakorn University - Inauguration of the Exhibition Of Humans and Temples

30 JUNE 16

On June 30, 2016, Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "From Conservation to Reconstruction: Restoring Khmer Architecture in Thailand and Cambodia" at ...

C. Pottier @ 26th CIC-Angkor

22 JUNE 16

Christophe Pottier will participate in the 26th technical session of the CIC-Angkor, to be held on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd June 2016 in Siem Reap.

P. Skilling @ Second International Pali Studies Week

20 JUNE 16

Second International Pali Studies Week20 - 23 June 2016Sorbonne, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)Entry 17, rue de la Sorbonne or rue Cujas, 75005 ...

C. Pottier @ 2nd SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference

30 MAY 16

C. Pottier participates in the 2nd SPAFA SEAMEO International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology, 30 May - 2 June 2016, at Bangkok. He and his ...

5 Decades of Ban Chiang's Discovery

26 MAY 16

Christophe Pottier go to Udon Thani between 26 and 28 May to attend to the international conference: "The 5 Decades of Ban Chiang's Discovery." The conference is organised ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

16 MAY 16

Chistophe Pottier visits Angkor on 16 and 17 May to conduct, with Tom McClintock, a student at UCLA, several survey works as part of the Franco-Khmer mission on the ...

Meeting with the Director-General of the Fine Arts Department

03 MAY 16

On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016, Christophe Pottier went to the Fine Arts Department (FAD) for a meeting with the Director-General, Mr. Anan Chuchote. Present and future ...

P. Skilling @ Symposium & Missions in Shanghai

30 APRIL 16

Peter Skilling will participate in the symposium Moving Objects: Authorship, Ownership and Experience in Buddhist Material Culture organized by the Aurora Museum and the ...

Assembling the blocks of the lotus shape finial of the temple in Phimai, under the supervision of P. Pichard, 1967, Fine Arts Department © P. Pichard

Monument Conservation in Asia, Seminar Honouring Pierre Pichard @ Siam Society

31 MARCH 16

Monument Conservation in AsiaFestschrift Seminar Honouring Pierre PichardThursday, 31st March 2016, 7:00 p.m. at the Siam SocietySummary:Since his first contribution in ...

Publication in honor of Pierre Pichard by the Fine Arts Department

31 MARCH 16

The Fine Arts Department (FAD) published a special publication in honor of Pierre Pichard to be distributed in the occasion of the special event on Thursday 31, 2016 at the Siam ...

Inventory of Monuments at Pagan on DVD

31 MARCH 16

The eight volumes of the Inventory of Monuments at Pagan by Pierre Pichard, are now available in a single DVD, an electronic version made as an Open Access edition by UNESCO to be ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

29 MARCH 16

Chistophe Pottier goes to Angkor, 29 - 30 March, to continue the works of post-excavation 2016 of the "mission franco-khmère sur l'aménagement du territoire ...

Des Hommes et des Temples

25 MARCH 16

The EFEO and the Alliance française de Bangkok organise an exhibition "Des Hommes et des Temples" which will be held from 26 March to 29 May 2016. This photography ...

C. Pottier @ Sri Lanka

20 MARCH 16

Chistophe Pottier will go to Sri Lanka between 20 and 24 March for a mission for the AFD as oart of the "Patrimoine et développement durable" project on the site of ...

C. Pottier @ Ak Yum

16 MARCH 16

Chistophe Pottier will go to Angkor, 16-18 March, to finish the MAFKATA's 2016 excavations at Ak Yum.

P. Skilling @ Workshop on Christian Art in Southeast Asia

12 MARCH 16

Peter Skilling will join the Workshop on Christian Art in Southeast Asia organized by SEAMEO SPAFA (Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts, Southeast Asian Ministers of ...

New publication: Aséanie 32

03 MARCH 16

New publication: Aséanie 32.Summury:Aséanie 32 (December 2013)ArticlesJean-Baptiste Chevance11 Pœng Tbal et Pœng Eisei, ermitages ...

C. Pottier @ Angkor

28 FEBRUARY 16

Chistophe Pottier visit Angkor, from February 28th to March 2nd, to launch the excavation 2016 of the Mission franco-khmère sur l'aménagement du territoire ...

Pierre Pichard's Depart

18 FEBRUARY 16

In the Occassion of the depart of Pierre Pichard, a meeting organised by the Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre have been held at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ...

Seminar Recent advances in Khmer stonewares @ SAC

17 FEBRUARY 16

The EFEO, Bangkok Centren and the Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre organised on the Fabruary 17th, 13:30-16:30, Room 605 at the Sirindhorn Centre, a seminar: "Recent advances in ...

A. Desbat, V. Merle & C. Pottier @ Kiln sites of Buriram

16 FEBRUARY 16

A. Desbat, V. Merle (CNRS-MOM Lyon II) will come to stay in Thailand between February 16 and 24, as part of the missions of the CERANGKOR Project and will go on with C. Pottier ...

C. Pottier @ National Museum of Bangkok

11 FEBRUARY 16

On the February 11th, at 10 am., Christophe Pottier will give the presentation "Notes on the King's place in the temple: Jayavarman VII from Phimai to Bayon" at the National ...

Reading Prakrit inscription from Bagh caves at ASI Bhopal Circle, Bhopal, MP.

P. Skilling @ India

09 FEBRUARY 16

Peter Skiling will visit India between February 9th and March 1st to survey of historical sites and museums (National Museum at New Delhi; Baroda Museum; Museum of ...

P. Pichard @ Silpakorn University

08 FEBRUARY 16

On Monday, February 8th, 15:45-18:00, Pierre Pichard will go to the faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, to give a presentation "Khmer Temples in Isan" in the ...

D. Evans @ Siam Society

04 FEBRUARY 16

On the February 4th, at 7:30 pm., Damian Evans, from the EFEO Centre at Siem Reap, will give a presention entitled: "Using Airborne Laser Scanning to Uncover, Map and ...

C. Pottier @ Rotary Club

04 FEBRUARY 16

On the February 4th, Christophe Pottier will give a presentation, at the Rotary Club of Bangkok, entitled: Seeing Angkor under the forest.

"Maha-Roruva-Narok" In Samud-phap Tri-bhumi cha-bab Aksorn-tham Lanna lae Aksorn-khom (2547)

Wisitthisak Sattapun @ EFEO Centre at Chiang Mai

28 JANUARY 16

M. Wisitthisak Sattapun, assistant rechercher, will participate in the workshop "Past and Present of the Future: Temporal Dynamics in Thai Buddhism" which will be held at the ...

P. Skilling @ Workshop of the EFEO Centre at Chiang Mai

28 JANUARY 16

Peter Skilling will be at Chiang Mai tol participate in the workshop "Past and Present of the Future: Temporal Dynamics in Thai Buddhism" which will be held at the EFEO Centre at ...

P. Pichard et C. Pottier @ Isan & Vat Phu

27 JANUARY 16

January 27-31, Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will go to Vat Phu, Laos. Also with the invitation of Mr Oudomsy Keosaksith, P. Pichard will participate in the 'Vat Phou 3rd ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

14 JANUARY 16

January 14-20, Christophe Pottier went to Siem Reap for the post-excavation works and the writing of the report of the MAFKATA Mission with his colleague Roland Fletcher (USYD).

Lea Kodeih, trainee @ EFEO, Bangkok

06 JANUARY 16

On January the 4th 2016, Lea Kodeih started her two months internship at the EFEO center in Bangkok. Lea is a third year student at SciencesPo Paris and currently an exchange ...

Left to right: Somnuek Hongprayool, Wisitthisak Sattapan, Surakarn Thoesomboon, Christophe Pottier, Pierre Pichard, Peter Skilling and Lea Kodeih

Team's luncheon

05 JANUARY 16

Researchers, staffs and trainee, Ms. Lea Kodeih, of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, were reunited for a New Year 2016's luncheon.

Left to right: Christophe Pottier, Pierre Pichard, Mme. Khaisri Sri-Aroon et Peter Skilling

Meeting with the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation's Secretary

05 JANUARY 16

On January 5th, the EFEO Bangkok presented their best wishes for the new year 2016 to the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation's Secretary, Khun-ying Khaisri Sri-Aroon. ...

Left to right: Pierre Pichard, Peter Skilling, Christophe Pottier and Dr. Somsuda Leyavanija

Meeting with the director of the SAC

05 JANUARY 16

On January 5th, the EFEO Bangkok presented their best wishes for the new year 2016 to the director of the Sirindhorn Anthropology Center, Mrs. Somsuda Leyavanija. The meeting ...

Happy New Year from EFEO, Bangkok

01 JANUARY 16

The Bangkok Centre of the French School of Asian Studies wishes you a happy New Year 2559.

Left to right: Somnuek Hongprayool, Wisitthisak Sattapan, Louise Pichard-Bertaux, Surakarn Thoesomboon, Peter Skilling, Christophe Pottier, Pierre Pichard

Team's luncheon

17 DECEMBER 15

Researchers and staffs of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, were reunited for a luncheon before Christmas.

New publications

11 DECEMBER 15

Roland Fletcher, Damian Evans, Christophe Pottier and Rachna Chhay"Angkor Wat: an introduction,"Antiquity / Volume 89 / Issue 348 / December 2015, pp 1388-1401.DOI: ...

P . Pichard @ Pagan

05 DECEMBER 15

Pierre Pichard will go to Pagan from December 5th to 8th, with the EFEO director, Yves Goudineau, to officially handover the digital versions of the 8 volumes of his Inventory of ...

Librarian of the Silpakorn University & secretary of the EFEO Bangkok

Donnation of the Aséanie to the library of Silpakorn University

02 DECEMBER 15

On Wednesday, December 2nd, The EFEO has made a donnation of 28 issues of the journal Aséanie to the library of Silpakorn University, Wang Thapra campus to complete its ...

C. Pottier @ APSARA, Siem Reap

30 NOVEMBER 15

Christophe Pottier will go to Siem Reap between November 29th to December 4th. He'll give a presentation entitled "Recent MAFKATA archaeological campaigns in the area of Baray ...

C. Pottier @ Korea Cultural Heritage Fondation

23 NOVEMBER 15

Mr. Christophe Pottier (EFEO Bangkok) and Ms. Myong Guk Chul (PhD Lyon II) wil travel to Seoul at the invitation of the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation. They will give, ...

Ceremony to honor France victims

17 NOVEMBER 15

On Monday, November 17th, the students of the College of Religious Studies of Mahidol University have organised a ceremony to honor victims of Paris attack, in the presence of ...

Epigraphic Workshop

07 NOVEMBER 15

On Saturday, November 7th, 2015, the EFEO Bangkok Centre, in collaboration with the Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC), will organise an exploratory workshop: ...

C. Pottier @ Silpakorn University

05 NOVEMBER 15

At the invitation of professor Rasmi Choosing Dej, Christophe Pottier intervenes in a seminar on the methodology of the research for the Silpakorn University on November 5th. He ...

Publication of the website of the EFEO photo library

03 NOVEMBER 15

A part of the collections (45 000 photographs) of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of Asian Studies) is now online on the website ...

B. Lavédrine @ Centre EFEO Bangkok

26 OCTOBER 15

On Monday, October 26th, Pierre Pichard welcomes Bertrand Lavédrine, director of the Sorbonne University's Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation, at the ...

P. Skilling @ 3rd Agama Seminar on MADHAYAMA-AGAMA, at Taiwan

23 OCTOBER 15

Between October 18 and 25, 2015, Peter Skilling will go to Taiwan, to participate in the International Workshop on the theme of « Comparative Studies of the Madhayamagama, ...

Rasmi Choosongdej & Fabrice Demeter @ Centre EFEO Bangkok

21 OCTOBER 15

On October 21st, The EFEO centre at bangkok welcome Rasmi Choosongdej, archaeologist and professor of the faculty of archaeology, Silpakorn university, and Fabrice Demeter, ...

Update and upgrade of computer equipments

19 OCTOBER 15

On Monday, October 19th, the computer equipments of the center was completed and updated thanks to Mr. Apichart Jittanurak, long-time collaborator of the center.

C. Pottier @ Siam Society

15 OCTOBER 15

On October 15th, 2015, Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "Ayutthaya at Angkor: an archaeological perspective" at the RENAISSANCE PRINCESS ...

Seoul, panorama view from Namhansanseong

P. Skilling @ Dongguk University and Samgha University, Seoul

01 OCTOBER 15

Between October 1st and 4th, 2015, Peter Skilling will go to Seoul, Korea, to give presentations at the conferences of the Dongguk Universty and the Samgha University.Image: ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

27 SEPTEMBER 15

Christophe Pottier will go to Siem Reap Septembre 27th to October 4th to continue the works of the MAFKATA project avec his colleague Roland Fletcher.

P. Skilling @ University of California (Berkeley)

22 SEPTEMBER 15

Between September 22nd and October 1st, 2015, Peter Skilling will go to the University of California (Berkeley), US, to participate, on September 24th-25th, in an ...

P. Skilling @ Dongguk University, Seoul

21 SEPTEMBER 15

Between 20th and 22nd September 2015, Peter Skilling will go to Seoul, Korea, to give a presentation, the Monday 21st September, on the theme: "Reading the Vatthu-gāthā of the ...

Left to right: Ranet Hong, Agnès Michel & Armand Desbat

A. Desbat & R. Hong @ EFEO Bangkok for the CERANGKOR

15 SEPTEMBER 15

The Bangkok centre welcomes, September 15th to 20th, Armand Desbat and Ranet Hong who, in the framework of the CERANGKOR Program, will carry on their study of shards ...

C. Pottier @ Democratic People's Republic of Korea

14 SEPTEMBER 15

Christophe Pottier meets Elisabeth Chabanol on September 14th at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to work on the report of the excavations 2015 of the ...

New publication: The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha (Foreword by P. Skilling)

14 SEPTEMBER 15

New publication (with foreword by Peter Skilling): Naomi Appleton and Sarah Shaw, The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha, The Mahanipata of the ...

Left to right: S Thoesomboon, S. Hongprayool, P Skilling, A. Michel & C Pottier

EFEO-Bangkok team's luncheon

11 SEPTEMBER 15

Researchers and staffs of the EFEO, Bangkok centre, were reunited for a luncheon after the holidays. P. Pichard, recently still in France, indisposed, and Mr. Wisittisak ...

Tomas Larsson @ Centre EFEO, Bangkok

11 SEPTEMBER 15

Tomas Larsson, Professor of the Department of Politics and International Studies, St. John's College, University of Cambridge, was welcomed at the EFEO Bangkok Centre the ...

P. Skilling @ The Significance of Manuscripts to Buddhist Studies Conference

28 AUGUST 15

On August 28, Peter Skilling will participate in the "Significance of Manuscripts to Buddhist Studies" Conference, at Phranakhon Rajabhat, Bangkok, and will give a lecture: ...

Agnès Michel & Christophe Pottier

Agnès Michel on vocational training @ EFEO, Bangkok

24 AUGUST 15

After a visit to the EFEO centre at Siem Reap, Agnès Michel, Graduate Student in Archotecture at the Paris-Val de Seine, is in vocational training at the EFEO Centre ...

Photothèque of the EFEO is now accessible on website.

20 JULY 15

Some collections (45,000 clichés) of the EFEO's Photothèque is now accessible on website www.collection.efeo.fr. This virtual photothèque will be ...

Vivahamongkol - Tempera on wood at Jivaprasert Temple's Sala, Petchaburi

P. Skilling @ Buddha's Biography-Buddhist Legends Conference

18 JULY 15

On 18-19 July, Peter Skilling will attend the international conference in honour of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn organized by Chulalongkorn University, "Buddha's ...

Buddha Shakyamuni and Prajnaparamita (Wikipedia's image)

P. Skilling & Saerji working on Tibetan manuscripts @ Bangkok

13 JULY 15

From 13 July to 13 August, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saerji from Peking University will visit Bangkok to work with Peter Skilling on their joint research on the history and contents of the ...

Peter Skilling's new article in Buddhist Dynamics in Premodern and Early Modern Southeast Asia

13 JULY 15

Peter Skilling's new article: "An Untraced Buddhist Verse Inscription from (Pen)insular Southeast Asia." In D. Christian Lammerts (ed.). Buddhist ...

C. Pottier @ EurASEAA15

06 JULY 15

Between July 6th and 10th, Christophe Pottier will attend to the 15th International Conference "European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists" (EurASEAA), which ...

C. Pottier @ Silpakorn University's Seminar on Cultural Tourism Management in ASEAN

01 JULY 15

Christophe Pottier will attend to the "Seminar and Workshop on Cultural Tourism Management in ASEAN", organized by Silpakorn University in the occasion of H.R.H. Princess Maha ...

Left to right: P. Skilling, J. Estève, S. Thoesomboon, W. Sattapan, S. Hongsakul, C. Pottier

Team's luncheon

29 JUNE 15

The EFEO Bangkok centre's team gathered for a noon-time luncheon before their summer season. Pierre Pichard, recently in France, was absent but Julia Estève, lecturer ...

Image: http://www.sac.or.th/databases/inscriptions/inscribe_image_detail.php?id=77

P. Skilling at a conference on the inscriptions of 6th-13th c. in Thailand @ NLT, Bangkok

25 JUNE 15

On June 25th, Peter Skilling will give a presentation (in English and Thai) entitled ...

C. Pottier @ EFEO Paris

20 JUNE 15

Christophe Pottier will go to Paris between June 20th-25th. He will participate in the meeting of the EFEO's board of directors and scientific council which will be held on June ...

P. Skilling @ International Workshop on Traditional Sciences in Asia 2015, Kyoto

17 JUNE 15

Peter Skilling will go to Kyoto to present a paper entitled "Cosmology at the Crossroads: the Harvard Traibhumi Manuscript" in the International Workshop on ...

C. Pottier participates in the RGJ-PhD Congress XVI @ Pattaya

11 JUNE 15

Christophe Pottier, head of the EFEO centre in Bangkok, is invited to participate in the Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. (RGJ-Ph.D.) Congress XVI "ASEAN: Emerging Research ...

C. Pottier @ 24th technical session of the ICC-Angkor

04 JUNE 15

Christophe Pottier will go to Siem Reap from June 4th to 9th to work with his colleague Roland Fletcher (USYD) and participate in the 24th technical session of the International ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ 10th journée du Monde Indien, Paris

28 MAY 15

On May 28th, 2015, Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "Le Roi dans le temple: Jayavarman VII à Phimai" at the ...

P. Skilling @ Siam Society

21 MAY 15

On May 21st, 2015, Peter Skilling will give a presentation entitled "Cosmology at the Crossroads: the Harvard Traibhumi Manuscript" at the RENAISSANCE PRINCESS ...

P. Pichard and C. Pottier @ Phimai

07 MAY 15

On May 7th and 8th, 2015, Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will go on an excursion at Phimai to conduct a series of complementary surveys and obseravations for their ongoing ...

C. Pottier at the SAA's 80th Annual Meeting at San Francisco

15 APRIL 15

Christophe Pottier will participate in the 80th edition of the annual conference of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), at San Francisco from 15 to 19 April 2015, and will ...

Happy New Year from EFEO, Bangkok

14 APRIL 15

The Bangkok Centre of the French School of Asian Studies wishes you a happy New Year 2558.

P. Pichard @ Seoul

02 APRIL 15

Between April 2nd and 5th, Pierre Pichard will go to Seoul to participate in a symposium on the conservation of the Hong Nang Sida, an archaeological site in Laos. IOn the friday, ...

New discovered lintel at Vat Phu Malong, Laos

P. Pichard @ Wat Phu, Phu Malong et Nang Sida (Laos)

15 MARCH 15

Pierre Pichard went to Vat Phu, Laos, from 15 to 19 March 2015, to particate in the restoration of the Wat Phu, Phu Malong et Nang Sida. On the Monday, March 16th, the big preangkorian ...

C. Pottier @ Angkor

06 MARCH 15

Chistophe Pottier will go to Angkor, between March 6th and April 10th, to lead the excavation campaign 2015 as part of the Franco-Khmer mission on the urbanisation of the ...

Exchange of publications - Donation of the faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University

21 FEBRUARY 15

On Saturday, February 21st, after the reading Sanskrit workshop and conference at Mahidol University, Peter Skilling have recieved 2 sets of publications for the EFEO's ...

P. Skilling give a keynote speech @ Mahidol Salaya

20 FEBRUARY 15

On February 20th, 13:00, Peter Skilling will give a keynote speech: "The many languages of Indian Buddhism: Is it Time for Equal Time?" at the International Conference on ...

NMV English Guiding Workshop

20 FEBRUARY 15

On February 20th, C. Pottier will give a presentation on Khmer art and the school of Lopburi, and then qill lead a initiative workshop in the galleries of the National Museum under ...

Julia Estève @ EFEO Centre Bangkok

10 FEBRUARY 15

Julia Estève, professor at the College of Religious Studies of the Mahidol University, Bangkok, and regular collaborator of the EFEO paid a visit to the EFEO Bangkok ...

P. Pichard, C. Pottier and A. Desbat in the region of Isan

04 FEBRUARY 15

Between February 4th and 7th, Pierre Pichard, Christophe Pottier and Armand Desbat (CNRS) conducted prospections on the productions of ceramics as m part of the program ...

C. Pottier @ Siam Society

03 FEBRUARY 15

On Thursday, January 19th, 2015, Christophe Pottier will present a paper, at a conference of the Siam Society, entitled: "Hide and seek in the jungle: recent developments in the ...

Relocation and rearrangement of the offices of EFEO and Aséanie on the 6th floor of Sirindhorn Anthropology Center

02 FEBRUARY 15

After 6 months in the temporary offices on the third floor, the offices of the EFEO and the Aséanie, now, joined together in one office, renovated, on the 6th floor. The ...

New publications of P. Skilling

26 JANUARY 15

Peter Skilling (with Santi Pakdeekham), "Documenting Chaiya History: Inscriptions from the Ayutthaya, Thonburi, and Ratanakosin periods. Part II. Two inscriptions from Wat ...

P. Pichard @ Pagan

25 JANUARY 15

By the invitation of the UNESCO, Pierre Pichard will go to Pagan, January 25th to 31st. He will have a meeting with his colleagues architects to discuss on a maintenance plan of the ...

C. Pottier @ Phnom Penh and Angkor

22 JANUARY 15

Christophe Pottier will go to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap from 22 to 29 January to continue the works of the Greater Angkor Project and to prepare the upcoming works of the MAFKATA ...

P. Skilling@ Palm-leaf manuscripts conference at the National Library, Bangkok

22 JANUARY 15

On January 22nd, 2015, from 12:45 to 16:00, Peter Skilling will discuss with Alexander Wynne, Santi Pakdeekham and Pathompong Bodhiprasiddhinand in a ...

Left to right: Pierre PICHARD, Khaisri Sri-Aroon, Christophe POTTIER

Meeting with the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation's Secretary

14 JANUARY 15

On January 14th, the EFEO Bangkok presented their best wishes for the new year 2015 to the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation's Secretary, Khun-ying Khaisri Sri-Aroon. ...

Meeting with the director of the SAC

12 JANUARY 15

On January 12th, the EFEO Bangkok presented their best wishes for the new year 2015 to the director of the Sirindhorn Anthropology Center, Mrs. Somsuda Leyavanija. ...

From left to right: Peter Skilling, Bill Mak, Christophe Pottier

Bill Mak @ EFEO Centres, Bangkok and Chiang Mai

08 JANUARY 15

Bill Mak, Associate Professor in Indological Studies and History of Science at Kyoto University, will visit EFEO Bangkok between 8-18 January 2015 to investigate Thai (as well ...

C. Pottier @ ANGIS & CRMA Bangkok meeting 2015

05 JANUARY 15

Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "Archaeology, scales and spaces: Recent developments in the cartography of Angkor" at the Conference 2015 of the Asian ...

Happy New Year from EFEO, Bangkok

01 JANUARY 15

The Bangkok Centre of the French School of Asian Studies wishes you a happy New Year 2558.Image: "เขากำแพงจักรวาล ...

New publication: Aséanie 31

31 DECEMBER 14

Aséanie 31 (juin 2013)Lagirarde (François), éd. Collection : AséanieNuméro de collections : 31Langue : Français et ...

New Year Eve of the EFEO Centres

27 DECEMBER 14

Due to the new year eve and new year holidays, the EFEO Centres, at Bangkok and Chiang Mai will be close from December 27th, 2014 to January 4th, 2015.We present our best wishes for ...

Seminar on Thai Architecture and Architecture of Neighboring Countries in Southeast Asia, 2014

20 DECEMBER 14

Pierre Pichard, Christophe Pottier et Peter Skilling will participate in the "Seminar on Thai Architecture and Architecture of Neighboring Countries in Southeast Asia, ...

C. Pottier @ COSTIKs

06 DECEMBER 14

Christophe Pottier will participate in the 5th International Annual Confernce COSTIKs (conference on special topics in khmer studies) "People, Pots and Places: New Research ...

P. Pichard et C. Pottier @ Angkor

02 DECEMBER 14

Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will go to Siem Reap from 2nd to 4th December in the occasion of the 21st plenary session of the Comité International de Coordination ...

A. DESBAT @ Bangkok

24 NOVEMBER 14

Within the framework of the mission CERANGKOR he leaded, Armand Desbat, Director of Researches at the CNRS, will be at Bangkok from 24 to 27 November 2014. In addition to the ...

C. Pottier @ National Museum of Bangkok: "Lopburi Art: beyond the name"

20 NOVEMBER 14

On Thursday, November 20th, 2014, at 10:30am, Christophe Pottier will give a presentation on "Lopburi Art: beyond the name" at the National Museum of Bangkok. Lopburi Art ...

P. Pichard @ Wat Phu, Laos

16 NOVEMBER 14

From 16th to 23th November 2014, Pierre Pichard will visit Laos to follow the progress of the restoration of the Wat Phu.

C. Pottier @ National Museum of Bangkok: "Ayutthaya à Angkor: quelle réalité archéologique?"

12 NOVEMBER 14

On Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, at 10:20am, Christophe Pottier will present a paper entitled "Ayutthaya à Angkor: quelle réalité ...

!! URGENT !! November 12th: Lecture moved to the NATIONAL GALLERY

12 NOVEMBER 14

Please be informed that due to unforeseen circumstances, the lecture in French of Wednesday, 12th of November:« Ayutthaya à Angkor: quelle ...

Reopening of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum of the Bangkok University

11 NOVEMBER 14

The Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum (SEACM) of the Bangkok University was devastated during the floods of 2011. It was fully renovated and is now reopened to the public since its ...

P Skilling @ Buddhist Art in Southeast Asia Workshop

06 NOVEMBER 14

Peter Skilling will participate in the "Buddhist Arts in Southeast Asia" organized by SPAFA, at the Royal Princess Larn Luang Hotel, between 12 and 15 November 2014. He will give ...

P. Pichard C. Pottier and Armelle Ninnin @ Phitsanulok & Lopburi

03 NOVEMBER 14

Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier went to Phitsanulok and Lopburi with Mrs. Armelle Ninnin, from 3rd to 5th November 2014, to study the vestiges of the Lopburi Art.

Call For Candidates "Junior Research Fellowship Program 2015"

22 OCTOBER 14

We are delighted to inform you of the launch of the 2015 Junior Research Fellowship Programme funded by the French Embassy to Thailand. This program aims at jumpstarting ...

P. Pichard @ Pagan

11 OCTOBER 14

By the invitation of the UNESCO, Pierre Pichard went to Pagan, October 10th to 13th to participate in a workshop on the inventory of the site.

P. Skilling @ Kyoto: 'Building the Buddhist cosmopolis: Language, translation, writing and the universal message of the Buddha'nd the universal message of the Buddha'

01 OCTOBER 14

On Wednesday, October 1st, 2014, professor Peter Skilling will go to Kyoto, Japan, to present a paper, "Building the Buddhist cosmopolis: Language, translation, ...

Pierre Pichard @ Siem Reap

19 SEPTEMBER 14

Between 19 and 21 September, Pierre Pichard went to Siemreap to inspect the progress of the restauration of Western Mebon Temple.

C. Pottier @ Pyongyang

18 SEPTEMBER 14

Christophe Pottier went to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) between September 19th to 26th as part of the archaeological mission at Kaesông ...

P. Skilling @ AMARAVATI Conference, Courtauld Institute of Art & British Museum, London

06 SEPTEMBER 14

Between Friday 5th and Saturday 6th September 2014, Professor Peter Skilling will participate and give a presentation "Amaravati in the Age of Great Caityas" at the conference ...

C. Pottier et P. Skilling @ Biennial General Meeting of the EFEO, Paris

03 SEPTEMBER 14

Christophe Pottier, director of the Bangkok center of the EFEO, and his colleague Professor Peter Skilling will go to Paris for the general meeting of the EFEO which will take ...

P. Pichard @ Wat Phu, Laos

30 AUGUST 14

From 26th to 30th August 2014, Pierre Pichard will visit Laos to follow the progress of the restoration of the Wat Phu.

P. Skilling @ BAJAUR GANDHARI MANUSCRIPTS WORKSHOP at Lausanne

25 AUGUST 14

From Monday, 25th untill Wednesday, 27th, Peter Skilling will go to Lausanne to participate the second BAJAUR GANDHARI MANUSCRIPTS workshop.Second Gandhari Workshop at ...

P. Pichard @ l'atelier de l'UNESCO en Birmanie

22 AUGUST 14

Between 18th to 22th August 2014, Pierre Pichard will go to Myanmar to participate a workshop on the inventory of the Pagan site, organized by UNESCO.

Temporary relocation of the offices of EFEO and Aséanie to the 3rd floor floor @ the SAC

13 AUGUST 14

Due to ongoing renovations at the Sirindhorn Anthopology Center, the offices of EFEO and Aséanie moved temporarily to the S309 room on the 3rd floor.Phone contact ...

P. Skilling @ 2014 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum

09 JULY 14

Peter Skilling will participate and present a paper entitled "Miraculous Lotuses in Buddhist Literature and Art" at the 2014 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum: "FLOWER ...

P. Skilling @ European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art, Stockholm

30 JUNE 14

Between 30 June - 4 July, Peter Skilling will attend to the 22nd conference of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art, at Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities ...

Cartography, Teledetection and LiDAR: Presentation of C. Pottier @ EFEO, Paris

23 JUNE 14

On monday 23th June 2014, Christophe Pottier will go to Paris to give a presentation titled: "Cartographie, télédétection et Lidar: impacts des ...

P. Skilling @ Dordogne

21 JUNE 14

Peter Skilling will stay in Dordogne, 21-27 June, to work with colleagues from the Padmakara Translation Group on the translation into English from Tibetan of Mahayana sutras ...

P. Skilling and the First International Pali Studies Week @ la Sorbonne, Paris

20 JUNE 14

Between June 16th-20th, 2014, Peter Skilling and his colleages, Nalini Balbir, will conduct the "First International Pali Studies Week" at the Sorbonne, Paris. The First ...

A. Desbat and the study of ceramic shards from Burirum @ EFEO, Bangkok

19 JUNE 14

Dans le cadre de la mission CERANGKOR qu'il dirige, Armand Desbat, Directeur de Recherches au CNRS, est passé au centre de Bangkok étudier le matériel ...

C. Pottier's presentation "Nouvelles découvertes archéologiques à Angkor" @ The Alliance Française, Bangkok

12 JUNE 14

On Thurday 12th June 2014, Christophe Pottier will give a conference titled: "Nouvelles découvertes archéologiques à Angkor" (New Archaeological ...

P. Pichard @ UNESCO's workshop at Myanmar

06 JUNE 14

Between 8th to 12th June 2014, Pierre Pichard will go to Myanmar to participate a workshop on the inventory of the Pagan site, organized by UNESCO.

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ 23rd Technical Session of the CIC Angkor, Siem Reap

05 JUNE 14

Between Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th June 2014, Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will participate the 23rd Tecnical Session of the CIC-Angkor (Comité ...

Christophe Pottier @ Robert Christie Research Centre, Siem Reap

03 JUNE 14

From Monday 2nd to Tuesday 3rd June 2014, Christophe Pottier will participate a prospective seminar on the Greater Angkor Project - Phase IV, at the Robert Christie Research ...

Ayutthaya at Angkor: A Reappraisal

C. Pottier at Conference "Thai-Cambodian Relations", Mahidol University, Salaya

28 MAY 14

On May 27-28, 2014, Christophe Pottier will participate the 2nd Academic Conference on "Thai-Cambodian Relations: From Conflict to Cooperation" organized by and held ...

Buddha, Central Thailand, Second half of the 7th c., Sandstone, National Museum, Bangkok

Peter Skilling @ Symposium « Sculpture in Southeast Asia, 5tH to 8tH Century », MOMA

17 MAY 14

On Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 2:00 pm, Peter Skilling will give a lecture « Inscribing Buddhism: Art and Epigraphy in Early Southeast Asia » at the Internatioinal ...

New article by Christophe Pottier: Monsoon extremes and society

15 MAY 14

New article by Christophe Pottier and his colleagues, Buckley B., Fletcher R., Wang S., Zottoli B., is now available at Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume ...

Pierre Pichard @ Siem Reap

11 MAY 14

Pierre Pichard went to Siemreap between May 5th and 11th to inspect the progress of the restauration of Western Mebon Temple.

Christophe Pottier @ Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

05 MAY 14

On the occasion of the visit of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres organizes on May 9th a conference consecrated to ...

Visit of Juliette Augerot in Southeast Asian countries for her PhD thesis

25 APRIL 14

Juliette Augerot, doctoral student in geography from the University of Paul-Valéry (Montpellier III), studies the impacts of the classification of World Heritage by ...

Peter Skilling @ University of California, Berkeley

17 APRIL 14

Between 14th and 18th April 2014, Peter Skilling will participate in seminars on Buddhism, Theravada and Mahayana. On April 17th, he will give a lecture "Early Indian ...

Peter Skilling and Virginia Shih

Peter Skilling and Virginia Shih @ UC Berkeley

15 APRIL 14

In the occasion of a proseminar on Theravada and his lecture on Mahayanabetween April 15-17, 2014, at the University of California, Berkeley, Peter Skilling met ...

Happy New Year from EFEO, Bangkok

14 APRIL 14

The Bangkok Centre of the French School of Asian Studies wishes you a happy New Year 2557.

Peter Skilling @ Stanford, San Francisco

12 APRIL 14

From April 12th to 13th, 2014, Peter Skilling will participate in a workshop on "Descriptions of the Buddhist Path in the Majjhima-nikāya/Madhyamāgama" of the Ho ...

'Early Indian Buddhism': Lecture of Peter Skilling at Dongguk University, Seoul

08 APRIL 14

On April 8th, 2014, Peter Skilling will present his lecture "Early Indian Buddhism" at College of Buddhism, Dongguk University, Seoul.

In the photograph: Peter Skilling (2nd person from the left of 2nd row), Jens-Uwe Hartmann (6th person from the left of 2nd row) and Paul Harrison (2nd person from the left of 3rd row).

New publication of Peter Skilling: “Reflections on the Pali Literature of Siam”

28 MARCH 14

The paper by Peter Skilling, "Reflections on the Pali Literature of Siam", presented at the conference "Indic Buddhist Manuscripts: The State of the Field Stanford", June ...

New publication of Peter Skilling: “Precious Deposits: Buddhism Seen through Inscriptions in Early Southeast Asia”

28 MARCH 14

The LOST KINGDOMS: HINDU-BUDDHIST SCULPTURE OF EARLY SOUTHEAST ASIA is a new publication of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press. It will be ...

Christophe Pottier at Siem Reap

25 MARCH 14

Between March 25th and 29th, Christophe Pottier visits Siem Reap to follow the progression of post-excavation works which have been carried out by Hong Ranet and Nicolas ...

Pierre Pichard at Siem Reap and Phnom Penh

21 MARCH 14

From 21st to 24th March 2014, Pierre Pichard will visit Siem Reap and Phnom Penh to follow the progress of the restoration of the west Mebon,

Students from the École d’Architecture from La Réunion are welcomed at SAC

18 MARCH 14

On occassion of their field trip of 15th to 29th March 2014 in Thailand and Cambodia, thirty of 3rd year students from the École Nationale Supérieure ...

(From left to right) Mr. Pierre Pichard, Mr. Christophe Pottier, Khunying Khaisri Sri-Aroon, Mr. Thierry Viteau (the Ambassador), Mr. Jeremy Opritesco and Mr. Peter Skilling

Visit of the Ambassador of France at the office of the EFEO at SAC and meeting with Khunying Khaisri Sri-Aroon

11 MARCH 14

On the occasion of a meeting with Khunying Khaisri Sri-Aroon, Secretary General of the Princess Maha Cakri Sirindhorn Foundation, the Ambassador of France in Thailand, Mr. ...

Christophe Pottier at Siem Reap

04 MARCH 14

Last week and from March, 4th - 7th, Christophe Pottier has visited Siem Reap to follow the work of the after-excavation of the mission MAFKATA which had been carried out by Hong ...

Pierre Pichard at Siem Reap

04 MARCH 14

From March, 4th - 7th, Pierre Pichard will visit Siem Reap to follow the progress of the restoration of the west Mebon, located in the center of the West Baray, the largest reservoir ...

Jan Dressler

Jan Dressler, EFEO scholarship holder

03 MARCH 14

Jan R. Dressler, is a PhD student of Southeast Asian Studies at the Asia-Africa-Institute of Hamburg University. He has been granted a 4 months EFEO field research scholarship ...

Eiko Uehara (Otani University), Peter Skilling and Toshiya Unebe (Nagoya University) at the temple gate with the guardians.

P. Skilling @ Youtaku-ji Temple

03 MARCH 14

Peter Skilling took an excursion to Youtaku-ji Temple in Hyogo Prefecture to see the Gandhara art in the temple collection.

E. & H. Leisen visited centre of the EFEO, Bangkok

27 FEBRUARY 14

On thursday, February, 27th, the center had the pleasure to welcome Professors Esther and Hans Leisen from Cologne University of Applied sciences (Germany), in charge of a ...

(Left to right) P. Sampaongern, P. Pichard, T. Hutangura, C. Pottier, J. Opritesco, A. Sihamat, R. Abhakorn, P. Thumwimol, V. Poshyanandana

Meeting with the Director-General of Fine Arts Department

26 FEBRUARY 14

On Wednesday, February 26th, the director-general of the Fine Arts Department, Mr. Anek Sihamat has welcome Mr. Jeremy Opritesco, head of cultural service from the French ...

Peter Skilling @ the opening of new Kyoto EFEO centre

23 FEBRUARY 14

From 23 February
to 2 March, Peter Skilling will visit Kyoto, Japan, to attend the opening of
the new EFEO Centre (27–28 February) and to meet colleagues in Buddhist ...

Left to right: Natchapol Sirisawad, Sirin Yu (Head of Musuem), Peter Skilling, Minette Mangahas

Peter Skilling @ Pra Pathom Chedi National Museum

21 FEBRUARY 14

Peter Skilling, as part of his research on
images of the Goddess (Devi) in Thailand, visited the Phra Pathom Chedi
National Museum, Feb, 21st, 2014, with students from ...

Left to right: Peter Skilling, Somneuk Hongprayoon, Minette Mangahas

Peter Skilling in search of the "Goddess" @ Nakhon Pathom

21 FEBRUARY 14

Peter Skilling, as part of his research on
images of the Goddess (Devi) in Thailand, visited the Phra Pathom Chedi
National Museum, Feb, 21st, 2014. Here he examines a small ...

Architecture of the Thai monastery by Pierre Pichard @ NMV

20 FEBRUARY 14

Architecture of the Thai monastery By Pierre Pichard
Though legacies of external Hindu and Buddhist traditions, from India to Cambodia and Pagan, can be traced ...

Luncheon at the Résidence de France, Bangkok

20 FEBRUARY 14

Last Thursday, February, 20th, 2014, on the
occasion of the visit of Mr. Franciscus Verellen director of the EFEO,
Ambassador of France in Thailand Mr. Thierry Viteau, ...

Michael Willis in Thailand

18 FEBRUARY 14

Dr. Michael Willis, curator of the early south Asian and Himalayan collections at the British Museum, London, will visit Thailand from 18th February to visit museums and ...

C. Pottier @ Faculty of Architecture of Silpakorn: "Angkor Urbanism"

10 FEBRUARY 14

Christophe Pottier has been invited by Prof. Chotima Chaturawong to give a presentation entitled "Angkor Urbanism" on Monday, Feb. 10 at 10.00 am at ...

C. Pottier @ Siem Reap

30 JANUARY 14

Christophe Pottier will go on 30 and 31 January to Siem Reap for the visit of the excavations of the Greater Angkor Project, and discuss ongoing works of the Mafkata Archeological ...

From left to right: C. Pottier, S. Thoesomboon, P. Skilling, S. Wisitthisak, R. Salikarin and P. Pichard

EFEO's luncheon

29 JANUARY 14

The EFEO's team gathered to farewell to Mrs. Rampa Salikarin 'Noi' who moves to the EFEO centre in Chiangmai and to welcome her sucessor Mr. Surakarn Thoesomboon ...

Pierre Pichard @ Vientiane

22 JANUARY 14

Pierre Pichard will give a presentation entitled "Restoring Khmer monuments: a century of work" on January 22 at 19:00 at the French Institute in Vientiane on the occasion of ...

Mercato secretaries

20 JANUARY 14

After 12 years of excellent and dedicated service as secretary of the EFEO center in Bangkok, Ms. Rampa Salikarin "Noi" will move on January 31, 2014, to ...

Molding merit by Peter Skilling

17 JANUARY 14

New publication by Peter Skilling: "Molding merit, distillation of the Dharma Curiosity and curios in the age of collection", in Royal Porcelainfrom Siam.Unpacking the ...

CANCELLED: C. Pottier @ IPPA

12 JANUARY 14

The following talk is cancelled.C. Pottier will give a talk untitled "Out of the Boxes" in the panel "New perspectives on the Khmer Empire: Origins, Expansions and Collapse" at ...

C. Pottier & A. Desbat @ Buriram Kilns

07 JANUARY 14

C. Pottier and A. Desbat will visit the Buriram Kilns from 7 to 10 of January 2014.

New publication "Before Siam. Essays in Art and Archaeology" edited by N. Revire & S. Murphy

06 JANUARY 14

Publication of "Before Siam. Essays in Art and Archaeology" edited by Nicolas Revire & Stephen A. Murphy, published by River Books & The Siam ...

Season's Greetings from the EFEO in Bangkok

01 JANUARY 14

Prof. Saerji @ Bangkok

22 DECEMBER 13

Assoc. Prof. Saerji (Research Institute of Sanskrit Manuscripts and Buddhist Literature, Department of South Asian Studies, School of Foreign Languages, Peking ...

Thai Architecture and Architecture of Neighboring Countries in Southeast Asia

21 DECEMBER 13

P. Pichard and C. Pottier will attend the "Seminar on Thai Architecture and Architecture of Neighboring Countries in Southeast Asia"Venue: Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn ...

Two new papers of P. Skilling

11 DECEMBER 13

Peter Skilling “Prakrit Prajñāpāramitās: Northwest, South, and Center: Gleanings from Avalokitavrata and Haribhadra.” Bulletin of the Asia ...

Aséanie 30

07 DECEMBER 13

The latest issue of the journal Aséanie, edited, designed and published in Bangkok by the Bangkok EFEO center, is just off the press. It is available on request in Bangkok ...

Mémoires de Thaïlande by F. Lagirarde

07 DECEMBER 13

Mémoires de Thaïlande Textes et légendes de François Lagirarde Coédition EFEO – Magellan & Cie17 x ...

CANCELLATION OF THE CONFERENCE @ Alliance Française

28 NOVEMBER 13

CANCELLATION OF THE CONFERENCE: NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN ANGKORDue to technical improvements of the auditorium, we are forced to cancel the conference "New ...

C. Pottier @ Guimet

22 NOVEMBER 13

As part of the exhibition "Angkor : Naissance d'un mythe - Louis Delaporte et le Cambodge" (October 16, 2013 to January 13, 2014), the Guimet Museum organise on November 22, a ...

Stephen F. Teiser: Healing Rituals in Chinese Buddhism

19 NOVEMBER 13

Stephen F. Teiser will give a presentation on "Healing Rituals in Chinese Buddhism" as EFEO-Chulalongkorn lecture on 19 of November. Stephen F. Teiser is D.T. ...

C. Pottier @ Société Asiatique

15 NOVEMBER 13

C. Pottier will give a comunication at the Société Asiatique on 15th of November, entitled "A Buddha can hide another. New considerations on ...

C. Pottier @ Leiden

11 NOVEMBER 13

C. Pottier will participate at the Conference on Early Asian Urbanism, 11-13 November 2013, Leiden. He will speak about "Early Angkorian ...

C. Pottier @ Ho Chi Minh City

06 NOVEMBER 13

C. Pottier has been invited to participate to the final Greater Mekong Basin meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on November 6-7. He will give a presentation on Water ...

P. Pichard @ Pondicherry

30 OCTOBER 13

Pierre Pichard will visit Pondicherry from October 30 to November 5 to bring the last negatives of Pagan, retrieve digitized photos for treatment in Bangkok and to decide ...

P. Skilling nominated as Directeur d'études

30 OCTOBER 13

P. Skilling has ben nominated Directeur d'études by decree of the 6 august 2013.

P. Skilling in India and Nepal

19 OCTOBER 13

Peter Skilling will be on study trip in India and Nepal from October 19 to November 14 2013. He will visit various historical sites. In Bodh Gaya, 22-24 ...

C. Pottier in mission @ Kaesông for MAK

18 OCTOBER 13

Christophe Pottier will return with Elizabeth Chabanol to Kaesong (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) from 18 to 26 October to carry ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ Si Thep

03 OCTOBER 13

P. Pichard and C. Pottier will visit Si Thep on October 3, with a team from the office of Architecture and Archaeology at the Fine Arts Department in Bangkok. The visit ...

New SAC English website

23 SEPTEMBER 13

Please visit the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre new english website: http://www.sac.or.th/en/

From left to right: Prapassorn Posrithong, C. Pottier, Y. Goudineau, Somsuda Leyavanija, P. Skilling, P. Pichard and Rampa Salikarin

Meeting with Yves Goudineau @ SAC

19 SEPTEMBER 13

Yves Goudineau, head of the EFEO center in Chiang Mai, participated to a meeting on September 19 with the direction of SAC, to present to Ms. Somsuda Leyavanija the various ...

From left to right: Vasu Poshyanandana, Christophe Pottier, Phurnthum Thumwimol, Pierre Pichard et Kitcha Yupho during a meeting at the FAD 11/09/2013.

C. Pottier @ Fine Arts Department

16 SEPTEMBER 13

C. Pottier will give a presentation of recents archaeological works and researches in Angkor at the Fine Arts Department in Bangkok on Monday 16 at 10 am.

European Heritage Day

15 SEPTEMBER 13

On the occasion of the third edition of the European Heritage Day in Bangkok, Sunday, Sept. 15, the Residence de France will be open to the public from 10am to 17:00pm. C. Pottier ...

New publication: Essays on the Emergence of Mahayana

14 SEPTEMBER 13

New pulication: 'The Bodhisattva Ideal. Essays on the Emergence of Mahayana' with an article by P. Skilling.This book brings together six essays on the origin and history of ...

P. Skilling: "Women in the vanguard? Reflections on early Indian Buddhism"

10 SEPTEMBER 13

Peter Skilling will give a lecture entitled "Women in the vanguard? Reflections on early Indian Buddhism" at the "2013 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum: The Emergence and ...

The Buddhist Monastery

04 SEPTEMBER 13

New (re)publication of "The Buddhist Monastery, A Cross-Cultural Survey", Edited by Pierre Pichard and François Lagirarde, by EFEO and Silkworm ...

P. Skilling @ Hong Kong

02 SEPTEMBER 13

Peter Skilling will visit Hong Kong from September 2 to 7, to give a lecture entitled "Early Indian Mahayana: Thoughts and Questions", 4 Sept 2013 (Wed, 7-9 ...

"Vaidalya, Mahayana, and the Bodhisatva in India" by P. Skilling

02 SEPTEMBER 13

New publication by Peter Skilling, "Vaidalya, Mahayana, and the Bodhisatva in India," in Bhikkhu Nyanatusita (ed.), The Bodhisattva Ideal: Essays on the Emergence of ...

P. Pichard talk to AFP

02 SEPTEMBER 13

Pierre Pichard gave an interview on Pagan to AFP correspondent William Davies on September 2.

C. Pottier @ Sophia University

01 SEPTEMBER 13

Christophe Pottier will give a lecture on the history of Angkor to a group of students in archeology and architecture from the Royal University of Fine Arts at the Research Center ...

P. Skilling in Sri Lanka

05 AUGUST 13

From August 5 to 19, Peter Skilling will visit Sri Lanka to attend the colloquium "Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchanges in the Indian Ocean" convened at Sigiriya, August 9-11, by ...

Assoc. Prof. Saerji in Bangkok

27 JULY 13

Assoc. Prof. Saerji (Department of South Asian Studies, School of Foreign Languages, Peking University) will visit Bangkok to work with Peter Skilling on a collaborative study ...

New co-publication of C. Pottier on the Lidar

12 JULY 13

The first results of the lidar survey of Angkor performed in April 2012 by the International Consortium KALC have just been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

C. Pottier @ Angkor

24 JUNE 13

Christophe Pottier will join the excavation campaign of the Greater Angkor Project in Angkor from June 24 to 30 with his colleague Roland Fletcher (USYD).

The Geography of Pali

18 JUNE 13

Peter Skilling will give a presentation "The Geography of Pali" at the seminar of Philologie moyen-indienne of Nalini Balbir (EPHE Section des sciences historiques et ...

C. Pottier @ National Museum Bangkok: From Greater Angkor to Angkor

14 JUNE 13

On June 14th, C. Pottier will give a public presentation entitled "From Greater Angkor to Angkor" at the National Museum Bangkok for the National Museum Volunteers ...

Alexandre Barthel, new EFEO scholarship holder

13 JUNE 13

A new EFEO scholarship holder, Alexander Barthel visited the EFEO centre in Bangkok on June 13. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Caen, studying "The ...

SAC @ Chansen Museum

12 JUNE 13

On 12 June 2012, the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre organized a visit to the Chansen Museum for the Board members of the Centre and a delegation ...

P. Skilling in Dordogne

02 JUNE 13

Peter Skilling will stay in Dordogne, 2-15 June, to work with colleagues from the Padmakara Translation Group on the translation into English from Tibetan of Mahayana sutras ...

C. Pottier @ Kaesông

02 JUNE 13

C. Pottier participates from June 3 to 10 to the launching of the excavation campaign of the Mission Archéologique à Kaesông directed by É. ...

The history of the consecration of images and the eye-opening ceremony

01 JUNE 13

Peter Skilling and Santi Pakdeekham contributed a chapter on 'The history of the consecration of images and the eye-opening ceremony' (Tamnan phithi-phutthaphisek lae phithi ...

Ancient Water Management System of Southeast Asia

27 MAY 13

Monday 27th May 2013, SAC Bangkok: “Ancient Water Management System of Southeast Asia: case studies from Angkor in Cambodia to ancient states in ...

B. Porte @ the Siam Society: Conservation at the workshop of the National Museum of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

23 MAY 13

23 May 2013 (Thursday) 7.30 p.m.Conservation at the workshop of the National Museum of Phnom Penh (Cambodia). A talk by Bertrand Porte. Mr. Bertrand Porte, Sculpture ...

Opening of the Phra phut siri man wichai Hall, Sukhothai Historical Park

16 MAY 13

Peter Skilling attended the opening of the Phra phut siri man wichai Hall, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai, on 16 May, 2013. With Santi Pakdeekham, he contributed a chapter ...

SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology

09 MAY 13

C. Pottier will attend to the SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology to be held on 7-10 May 2013 in Chonburi. http://www.seameo ...

P. Pichard receiving a bouquet from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

P. Pichard hospitalized in Bangkok

25 APRIL 13

Pierre Pichard has been hospitalized in Bangkok after a fall in Sukhothai on the 24th. We wish him a smooth and speedy recovery.

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ Sukhothai

24 APRIL 13

P. Pichard & C. Pottier will visit various monuments in Sukhothai & Si Satchanalai between 24 and 26 of April.

C. Pottier @ SAA’s 78th Annual Meeting in Hawaii

04 APRIL 13

Christophe Pottier will participate in the 78th annual conference of the Society of American Archaeologists (SAA) in Hawaii from 3 to 7 April 2013. He will give a ...

Pierre Pichard @ My-Son

25 MARCH 13

Pierre Pichard will stay from 25 to 30 of March at My Son (Vietnam) to participate to the Steering Committee meeting for the conservation of the G group by UNESCO and ...

C. Pottier @ Angkor

25 MARCH 13

Christophe Pottier will stay in Angkor from March 25 to 30 to continue with his colleague Roland Fletcher (USYD) the completion of their forthcoming book at ...

Buddhist Narrative in Asia and beyond, 2 volumes edited by Peter Skilling & Justin McDaniel

08 MARCH 13

New publication: Proceedings of the International Congress 'Buddhist Narrative in Asia and Beyond", Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 8 to 11 August 2010, ...

Pagan Revisited: Pierre Pichard at the Siam Society

07 MARCH 13

A SIAM SOCIETY LECTURE Pagan Revisited A talk by Dr. Pierre Pichard Date: Thursday, 7 March 2013Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: The Siam ...

Aséanie 29

06 MARCH 13

The latest issue of the journal Aséanie (No 28 December 2011), edited, designed and published between in Bangkok by the Bangkok EFEO center, is just off the press. It is ...

Seventh century temple unearthed at West Baray

01 MARCH 13

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030161673/Siem-Reap-Insider/seventh-century-temple-unearthed-at-west-baray.html

C. Pottier @ Angkor for MAFKATA

02 FEBRUARY 13

C. Pottier will be in Angkor during the month of February to direct the 2013 excavations campaign of the french cambodian archaeological mission on the ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ Thammasat

01 FEBRUARY 13

P. Pichard & C. Pottier give a presentation at Thammasat University on "Archaeology and Heritage Conservation: French contributions to Indo-China and Siam" on 1 February ...

P. Skilling in Singapore: Aesthetics of Devotion: The Buddha in Thai Art

21 JANUARY 13

Peter Skilling will give a talk entitled "Aesthetics of Devotion: The Buddha in Thai Art" on Monday 21 Jan 2013 (7 to 8.30pm) @ Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM ...

C. Pottier @ Angkor

20 JANUARY 13

Christophe Pottier will be in Siem Reap from 20 to 27 January to prepare the 2013 campaign of the French-Khmer archaeological mission on the territory ...

P. Skilling "The Wat Maheyong Inscription: What can it tell us?"

13 JANUARY 13

Peter Skilling is talking on "The Wat Maheyong Inscription: What can it tell us?" on January 13 (at 9:00 a.m.) at the international Conference on The Origin of ...

Ms. Somsuda Leyavanija new director of the SAC

07 JANUARY 13

. Somsuda Leyavanija, archaeologist and former director of the Fine Arts Department is the new director of Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre since the 1st do January, ...

The Buddhas of the Fortunate Aeon by Peter Skilling

13 DECEMBER 12

Peter Skilling will give a presentation on « The Buddhas of the Fortunate Aeon » at the meeting organised for the launching of the new book of Virginia McKeen Di Crocco ...

Archaeology in Asia: Past Heritages in contemporaneous issues @ EFEO_SAC

04 DECEMBER 12

Archaeology in Asia: Past Heritages in contemporaneous issuesA seminar organized by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC) and the French School of Asian ...

HRH Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck and Kunzang Choden presented the publications of Riyang Books

Book Launch "Ogyen Choling, a provincial manor in Bhutan"

30 NOVEMBER 12

H.R.H. Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck and Kunzang Choden presented the new publications of Riyang Books in Thimphu on November 30, 2012. Pierre Pichard participated in the ...

C. Pottier @ Siam Society: Reviewing Angkor: starting with the beginnings

29 NOVEMBER 12

Reviewing Angkor: starting with the beginningsa talk by Dr. Christophe PottierDate: Thursday 29 November 2012Time: 7:30 p.m.Place: The Siam ...

P. Pichard in Bouthan

26 NOVEMBER 12

Pierre Pichard will be in Bhutan from 26 November to 3 December 2012 for the launch of the book in which he participated: "Ogyen Choling, a provincial manor in ...

Peter Skilling in Seoul

23 NOVEMBER 12

Peter Skilling will visit Korea from 23 November to 3 December. He will give a keynote speech, entitled « Buddhist Meditation: Who holds the monopoly? » at the ...

C. Pottier in mission @ Kaesông for MAK

08 NOVEMBER 12

Christophe Pottier will return with Elizabeth Chabanol to Kaesong (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) from 8 to 18 November in the framework of the Archaeological Mission ...

Photos courtesy Huang Jing Rui, Khyenste Foundation

Recent research on early stupas in India

03 NOVEMBER 12

Peter Skilling gave a lecture on his recent research on early stupas in India at the Bihar Heritage Development Society, Patna, 3 November.

C. Pottier @ STIC Regional Seminar- Asia 2012 in Bangkok

29 OCTOBER 12

Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "Geoinformatics and Heritage: Recent advances in remote sensing in the archeology of Angkor" at the STIC ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier @ Wat Phu

22 OCTOBER 12

Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier will go from the 22nd to the 28th in Laos at Wat Phu. Invitated by JC. Castel, P. Pichard will assess the completion of the reconstruction of ...

Barabar

Peter Skilling in India

16 OCTOBER 12

Peter Skilling will do field research in northern India from 16 October to 19 November. He will visit ancient sites in Bihar, UP, MP, and Rajasthan. He will start at Bodh Gaya, the ...

C. Pottier in mission at Kaesông for MAK

09 OCTOBER 12

Christophe Pottier will return in DPRK from October 9 to 18 for a new campaign of the Archaeological Mission in Kaesong (MAK) directed by Elizabeth Chabanol ...

P. Pichard & C. Pottier in Ayutthaya

05 OCTOBER 12

P. Pichard & C. Pottier spent the day in Ayutthaya with Professors Esther and Hans Leisen from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (Gernamy), visiting in particular ...

Excavations @ Wat Thamma Sala

03 OCTOBER 12

P. Pichard & C. Pottier went to Nakon Pathom to visit with Mrs. Sirin Yuanyaidee, curator of the Museum of the City, the excavations conducted at Wat ...

Franco-Thai Scholarship 2013 for Master or PhD.

26 SEPTEMBER 12

Call for applications to the 2013 Franco-Thai Scholarship Program. This Scholarship Program is open to Thai students who would like to study in France at Master or PhD level. ...

C. Pottier @ EurASEA in Dublin

18 SEPTEMBER 12

C. Pottier will participate to the 14th EurASEA International Conference in Dublin from Septembre 18 to 21. He will give a presentation entitled ...

Call for candidates Junior Research Fellowship Program

18 SEPTEMBER 12

SUBMISSION BEFORE: December 18th, 20121. Program Overview & Eligibility RequirementsThe Junior Research Fellowship Program supports Thai post doctorants graduated in ...

How Theravada is Theravada?

06 SEPTEMBER 12

Book Launch and Lecture: How Theravada is Theravada?: 6 Sept. 2012: 7:30 p.m."How Theravada is Theravada? New perspectives on an ancient tradition" with Prapod ...

P. Pichard @ Pagan

02 SEPTEMBER 12

Pierre Pichard will be in Pagan for UNESCO from 2 to 22 of September.

Visit of a delegation of the National Palace Museum

31 AUGUST 12

On August 31st, the center has had the pleasure to welcome a delegation of the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum of Taiwan, on the last day of their study tour of ...

Aséanie 28

29 AUGUST 12

The latest issue of the journal Aséanie (No 28 December 2011), edited, designed and published between in Bangkok by the Bangkok EFEO center, is just off the press. It is ...

Orientalismes. De l’archéologie au musée. Mélanges offerts à Jean-François Jarrige

28 AUGUST 12

New publication of Pottier, C., Desbat, A., Dupoizat, M.-F., Bolle, A., 2012. « Le matériel céramique à Prei Monti (Angkor) » in ...

Old Myths, New Approaches:Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia

28 AUGUST 12

New publication of C. Pottier "Beyond the temples: Angkor and its territory" in Haendel, A. (ed.) Old Myths, New Approaches:Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in ...

Dr. Saerji @ Bangkok

25 JULY 12

Fron 25 July to 15 August, Dr. Saerji from the Research Institute of Sanskrit Manuscripts and Buddhist Literature, Department of South Asian Studies,School of Foreign ...

François Lagirarde in Thailand

16 JULY 12

François Lagirarde will be in mission in Thailand form July 16 to August 24, in the EFEO Centres in Bangkok and Chiang Mai

Peter Skilling @ Cardiff

07 JULY 12

Peter Skilling will visit Cardiff, Wales, to attend the international conference on Early Mahayana organized by the UK Association of Buddhist Studies at St Michael’s ...

Caracol LiDAR in Chase et al. 2010 JAS

Tropical Forest Urbanism

07 JULY 12

C. Pottier will participate to the seminar on "Tropical Forest Urbanism: comparing Angkor and the Maya urban settlements of Mesoamerica" organised in Siem Reap by the ...

Vaisya Tekri stupa, Ujjain

P. Skilling @ European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art

03 JULY 12

PETER SKILLING will present paper on « Stupas and the spread of Buddhism in India: the early period » at the 21st conference of the European Association for South ...

Peter Skilling @ Vienna

27 JUNE 12

Peter Skilling will give a presentation entitled:"Stupa Networks of Central India:Reflections on the Early Spread of Buddhism".Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2012, ...

Sandstone of Ayutthaya

25 JUNE 12

C. Pottier will be on a field trip to Ayutthaya from June 25 to 28 to initiate a study on the traceability of sandstone used in Ayutthaya, in collaboration with Tidakarn Bhakchan ...

Unearthing an Atlantean myth

08 JUNE 12

New publication: Unearthing an Atlantean myth in Angkor: geoarchaeological investigation of the ‘underwater road’ crossing the Tonle Sap Lake, ...

C. Pottier in Siem Reap

06 JUNE 12

C. Pottier will participate to the next Technical Session of the International Coordinating Committee for Angkor, which will take place on 6 and 7 June 2012. He will give a ...

stupas at Muel Khurd (Bhojpur) near Sanchi

Peter Skilling in Oslo

05 JUNE 12

Peter Skilling will participate to the Oslo Buddhist Studies Forum and will give a presentation the 5th of June on STUPA NETWORKS OF CENTRAL INDIA: REFLECTIONS ON THE EARLY ...

Peter Skilling in Prague

27 MAY 12

Peter Skilling will fly to Prague for the Conference dedicated to his father's life and work: H. Gordon Skilling: Life and WorkAn international academic conference in ...

Doctoral thesis on the chronicles of Lan Na

25 MAY 12

Angela Chiu, defended her doctoral thesis in March 2012 at the Department of Art and Archaelogy at SOAS University of London (The Social and Religious World of ...

P. Pichard and C. Pottier to Wat Phu and in Isan

06 MAY 12

From 7 to 11 May, Pierre Pichard and Christophe Pottier go to Wat Phu and in Isan to visit various monuments and archaeological sites.

Peter Skilling in UK

26 APRIL 12

Peter Skilling will visit the United Kingdom from April 6 to 17 and will participate to the Buddhist Art Forum in London from 11 to 14. He will give a presentation: "Rhetoric of ...

Pierre Pichard at Vat Phu

01 MARCH 12

Pierre
Pichard pursues its mission as technical consultant for the French-Lao field
school for the reconstruction of the porch of the south quadrangle of the Khmer
temple ...

International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism in Asia (17th -19th february, 2012) held at National Museum, New Delhi

Peter Skilling in India

17 FEBRUARY 12

Peter Skilling is in India from February 10 to March 4. He continued his research in New Delhi, and in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Peter Skilling ...

Aséanie 27

14 FEBRUARY 12

The latest issue of the journal Aséanie (No 25 June 2011), edited, designed and published between in Bangkok by the Bangkok EFEO center, is just off the ...

Visit of David Smyth, ASEASUK-ECAF fellow

01 FEBRUARY 12

David Smyth, Senior Lecturer in Thai, SOAS, University of London, received a a grant under the umbrella of the ASEASUK-ECAF Fellowship Scheme to expand his research on the ...

Christophe Pottier at Angkor

01 FEBRUARY 12

From February 1 to April 11, the 2012 excavations campaign of the MAFKATA archaeological mission will take place at Angkor. The team led by Christophe Pottier ...

Arunee Sae-Lout (Prachinburi Museum), Peter Skilling (EFEO), Khun Anat (Silpakorn region 5, Prachinburi), Delphine Desoutter, Somneuk Hongprayoon (Fragile Palm Leaves/Lumbini Insitute)

Delphine Desoutter, searching for molded seals

19 JANUARY 12

The EFEO center welcomes Miss Delphine Desoutter, beneficiary of an EFEO grant. Delphine is preparing a doctoral thesis on "molded seals in South-East Asia." During her stay, ...

SAC and EFEO closed from January 17 to 22.

17 JANUARY 12

The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre and the EFEO office will be closed from Tuesday 17 to Sunday 22 of January, due to electrical renovation works.

Digitizing manuscripts in Wat Cho Lae

09 JANUARY 12

From January 9 to 16, François Lagirarde, Wisitthisak Sattaphan and Phongsathorn Buakhampan are on a mission in Chiang Mai province, especially in ...

2012 Chulalongkorn-EFEO International Conference on Buddhist Studies Imagination, Narrative, and Localization

06 JANUARY 12

2012 Chulalongkorn-EFEO International Conference on Buddhist Studies Imagination, Narrative, and Localization 6-7 January 2012Room 304, Maha Chakri ...

SAC and EFEO closed on December 5 and 12

05 DECEMBER 11

The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre and the EFEO office will be closed on Monday December 5 (Birthday of H.M. The King) and on Monday December 12 ...

Discovery at Wat Cho Lae in Mae Taeng

30 NOVEMBER 11

After the general meeting of the EFEO in Chiang Mai, François Lagirarde and Phongsathorn Buakhampan went to Wat Cho Lae in Mae Taeng (Chiang Mai province) to examine a ...

Reopening of the EFEO Centre

23 NOVEMBER 11

With the improvement of the flood situation in the district of Taling Chan, the EFEO centre will reopen Wednesday, November 23. Last week, the ...

Flood. SAC and EFEO Centre exceptionally closed.

25 OCTOBER 11

Flood. The Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre and the EFEO Centre have been closed since Oct. 25. They will reopen according to the situation in the Taling Chan district.

2011 Annual Conference of the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium, October 19-21

19 OCTOBER 11

C. Pottier will give a talk on "Angkor and its
development: a case study of sustainability at Roluos" at the 2011
Annual Conference of the Pacific Neighborhood ...

Call for applications for the 2012 Franco-Thai Scholarship Program

12 OCTOBER 11

The 2012 Franco-Thai Scholarship Program is open to Thai students to study in France at Master and Phd level. The deadline for submission is fixed to the 19th February ...

C. Pottier in Paris for Khmer Art and culture workshop

20 SEPTEMBER 11

Christophe Pottier will be in Paris from September 20 to 30 to take part in the workshop "Khmer Art and Culture", a joint program of EFEO, Guimet Museum and National Palace Museum in ...

Call for candidates Junior Research Fellowship Program

19 SEPTEMBER 11

The Junior Research
Fellowship Program supports Thai post doctorants graduated in 2007 or
after,·who intend to spend two (2) to six (6) months scientific stay in ...

Christophe Pottier takes over from François Lagirarde as the Head of the EFEO Centre

01 SEPTEMBER 11

Christophe Pottier takes his new position as the head of the EFEO center in Bangkok, taking over from François Lagirarde who went back to France. C. Pottier ...

2nd International Conference on

29 AUGUST 11

The International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies of Mahidol University will organize the 2nd International Conference on "Buddhism in South-East Asia"At the S.D. ...

Aséanie on line

30 JUNE 11

The journal Aseanie is freely available on line from issue N°1 (1998) to N°16 (2005). http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/revue/asean

Conference EFEO and Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre

01 JUNE 11

The Buddhist Study group of the EFEO and the Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre welcomes Dr. Claudio Cicuzza (Webster University in Cha am, Thailand) who will lecture on the ...

Aséanie 26

25 MARCH 11

The latest issue of the journal Aséanie (No 26 December 2010), edited, designed and published between Bangkok and Dresden by the Bangkok EFEO center, is just off the ...

THE THIRD CHULALONGKORN-EFEO GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

28 FEBRUARY 11

NEW RESEARCH ON BUDDHISM AND THAI STUDIES Organized by: Thai Studies Center, Faculty of Arts and The Empowering Network of International Thai Studies ...

Visit of the Ambassador of France at the Siam Society

14 FEBRUARY 11

The Ambassador of France to Thailand, Mr. Gildas Le Lidec, visited the Siam Society on the 12th of February 2011 at the invitation of its president and its board of directors ...

Digitization of Northern Thai manuscripts January 30-February 4, 2011

05 FEBRUARY 11

The goal of this mission was to find some rare texts mentioned in catalogs and lists of the University of Chiang Mai, about twenty years ago, and left in situ in the ...

A Buddha Image with Inscription (Wat Mueang Mo)

Lanna Inscriptions

21 DECEMBER 10

The Mueang Mo monastery (that we visited on the 16 December for its manuscripts collection, see the article before) also contains a remarkable collection of Buddha images in ...

Manuscript Cabinet (Wat Sung Men, 1835 AD)

Digitization of Lanna Manuscripts (2) – Trip to Phrae 12-18 December 2010

20 DECEMBER 10

This mission was organized by François Lagirarde assisted by Wisitthisak Sattaphan (Ta) and Phongsathorn Buakhampan (Puen).It was completed around Phrae where the ...

Manuscripts Coffer (Wat Si Koet)

Digitization of Lanna Manuscripts (1) – Trip to Northern Thailand, 25-30 October 2010

11 NOVEMBER 10

This mission was conducted by Francois Lagirarde with the scientific assistance of Wisitthisak Sattaphan (Ta) and Phongsathorn Buakhampan (Puen) and technical assistance ...

Digitizing Campaign

25 OCTOBER 10

François
Lagirarde, Phongsathon Buakhampan, and Wisitthisak Sattaphan are visiting Chiang
Mai province from October 25 to 31. They will be digitizing ...