EFEO

A Century of Field Studies in Asia

The French School of Asian Studies was founded in 1900 in Saigon. The mission of the EFEO is interdisciplinary research on the civilizations of Asia,extending from India to Japan. A network of eighteen research centers in twelve Asian countries allows its 42 research scholars (anthropologists, archaeologists, linguists, historians and others) to carry out their fieldwork while maintaining a network of local specialists and Asianists from around the world.

EFEO News

Photographic exhibition

Paris, France, 28 June 2024

The EFEO is displaying an exhibition as part of the symposium "Le Prince Damrong Rajanubhab et George Cœdès. Collaboration et regards croisés sur l'histoire du royaume de Siam" organized on May 15 by the Inalco - Langues O', the Inalco Foundation, and the EFEO.

Free admission, from 15 April to 30 June 2024, 9am to 6pm, EFEO, 1st floor landing.

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Reopening of the library

Paris, France, 26 June 2024

The Paris Library has reopened, with normal opening hours from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m..

We would like to thank you for your patience during these long months of closure due to water damage in our shops.

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).

Please note that the EFEO Paris - and therefore the library - will close on the evening of Thursday 25 July and will reopen on Monday 19 August, due to the Olympic Games.

Study Days

Paris, France, 24 June 2024

Attend the study days "An Intellectual History of Late Vedānta" on the reception of classical and medieval Vedāntic sources in late Sanskrit works (18th-20th century), on 24 and 25 June 2024, at the Maison de l'Asie

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New Publication

Pondicherry,

Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār's Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place

Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate

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Study Day

Paris, France, 21 June 2024

Charlotte Schmid is organising a study day entitled "Depuis l'Inde, les Passeurs d'art", at the EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, Friday, June 21, from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m.

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