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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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Paris EFEO Seminar
Paris, France, 11 January 2021
Christophe Marquet (EFEO) speaks on: "Interroger les images populaires japonaises : Leroi-Gourhan versus Yanagi" [Questioning popular Japanese images: Leroi-Gourhan versus Yanagi]. This seminar is part of the sequence Images: objects and sources of the seminar ASIES of the master "Études Asiatiques".

From 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.
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Online video
26 December 2020
Watch the video of Grégory Kourilsky's speech entitled "L’orientalisme a-t-il (ré-) inventé le bouddhisme ? Réflexion à partir des sociétés bouddhiques de l’Asie du Sud-Est continentale" [Did orientalism (re)invent Buddhism? Reflection from the Buddhist societies of continental Southeast Asia] recorded during the #seminar of the EFEO Paris, November 2, 2020 on the EFEO's YouTube channel.
Paris EFEO Seminar
Paris, France, 14 December 2020
Daniel Perret (EFEO) speaks on: "Réflexions sur le patrimoine archéologique du nord de Sumatra, IXe - XVIe siècle" [Reflections on the Archaeological Heritage of North Sumatra, 9th - 16th Century].

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).

Legend: Ancient Muslim tomb of Barus, North Sumatra.


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Paris EFEO Seminar
Paris, France, 30 November 2020
On Monday 30 November, Catherine Scheer speaks on: "Soldats subalternes : le combat méconnu de montagnards bunongs sous la République Khmère (1970-75)".

From 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.

Drawing: Lucie Labbé

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Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 20 November 2020
As part of the Kyoto lectures, Marco Tinello (University of Kanagawa) presents: "The Annexation of Ryukyu to Japan seen from a global perspective".

At 6 p.m. (Japan time). The conference will be broadcasted online via Zoom.

The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and ISEAS websites the day before.