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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.
The XLIVrd Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies, organized by the EFEO Center in Seoul, in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society, is led by Manon Prud'homme, PhD student at EHESS on the topic: "Development of Leisure Parks in Pyongyang : Symbol of a Changing North Korean Society".
At 6:00 p.m. (Seoul time), online: register with the EFEO Center to receive the information needed to connect.
Illustration: View of Rungna amusement park from Moranbong Park, August 2019 © Emilie Nahas.
Mélanges à la mémoire de Pandit N.R. Bhatt. Studies in Memory of Pandit N.R. Bhatt, under the direction of Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, Dominic Goodall, Peter Pasedach, Collection Indologie 152, Pondichéry : EFEO / IFP, 521 pages.
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The “Émile Sénart” prize for Indological research of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres has been awarded this year to Hugo David for his book Une philosophie de la parole : l’Enquête sur la Connaissance Verbale (Śābdanirṇaya) de Prakāśātman, maître Advaitin du xe siècle, published in 2020 by the EFEO
