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The French School of Asian Studies conducts research on the classical civilizations of Asia through the humanities and the social sciences, spanning from India to China, Japan and includes all of Southeast Asia, thus encompassing most of the societies that have fallen under Indian or Chinese influence in the course of history. The EFEO's centres and branch offices in Asia are base for a nexus of leading (local and international) scholars in Asian Studies. Its multidisciplinary and comparative research brings together specialists in disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, history, philology and the study of religions. Since members of its academic staff are regularly in Asia for their fieldwork, the EFEO's activity obviously covers contemporary world issues.

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XXXVth Seoul Colloquium in Korean Studies
Online, 25 March 2021
The XXXVth Seoul Colloquium in Korean Studies is organized by the EFEO Center in Seoul in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society. It is led by Jérémie Eyssette, assistant at Chosun University, Kwangju, on the theme: "Instrumentalizing Cartographic Voids and Visions in Neo-Confucian Chosŏn and Renaissance France (15th-16th centuries)".

Thursday, March 25, at 6 pm. Register at the EFEO Center. The seminar will take place online.Learn more.

Legend: Recens et integra orbis descriptio (51 x 57 cm), Oronce Fine, 1536. Reproduced with the permission of the BNF, Cartes et Plans, Res. Ge DD 2987 (63).
Paris EFEO Seminar
Online, 08 March 2021
Damian Evans (EFEO) speaks on: "Le passé vu du ciel : Des complexes urbains révélés par télédétection en Asie du Sud-Est" [The past seen from the sky: Urban complexes revealed by remote sensing in South-East Asia]. This seminar is part of the sequence Ville et patrimoine of the seminar ASIES of the master "Études Asiatiques".

From 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.
Once registered you will receive the elements to log in (seminar link and password).

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Lecture
Online, 25 February 2021
The European Institute for Chinese Studies (EURICS) is organising the lecture "In the Eyes of Its European Beholders: China's Longmen and Cultural Heritage" on Thursday 25/02/2021 from 6pm to 8pm (Paris time) online.

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CRISEA Final Conference
19 February 2021
The "CRISEA Final Conference" will be held online on Monday, February 22 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. (Jakarta time). 👉 Programme

To attend the event:
👉 Zoom: https://event.crisea.eu/final-conference
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Mini Classical Tamil Winter Seminar (CTWS)
Pondicherry, India, 19 January 2021
From 1-5 March 2021 the team of the Tamil Cankam project at the EFEO centre in Pondicherry will conduct a miniature Classical Tamil Winter Seminar in order to read the Kalittokai, one of the Cankam anthologies that have been critically re-edited recently. The text represents the apex of the earlier type of sophisticated poetry, and matters are further complicated by the highly influential medieval commentary by Naccinārkkiṉiyar.
The whole meeting will take place online, the number of places will be restricted to 25 participants. For participation and registration please contact Eva Wilden. READ MORE