Academic Council

President: Ms Cécile SAKAI

Statutory members

Representing the state:

  • Ms Claire GIRY, Director General for Research and Innovation at the MESR, represented by Ms Alexa PIQUEUX, Research and Innovation Strategy Department, SHS Project Manager - History and Digital Humanities
  • Mr Laurent TOULOUSE, Deputy Director of Higher Education and Research at the Directorate General for Globalisation at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, represented by Ms Francine D'ORGEVAL, Expert in the Human and Social Sciences, Archaeology and Heritage Department

 

Representing the directorate of the EFEO:

  • The director, Mr Nicolas FIÉVÉ
  • The director of studies, Ms Valérie GILLET

Representing the Institut de France:

  • Ms Marianne BASTID-BRUGUIERE, member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, representative of the Perpetual Secretary
  • Mr Henri-Paul FRANCFORT, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
  • Mr Jean-Noël ROBERT, member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
  • Mr Alain THOTE, member of the Académie des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, representative of the Perpetual Secretary

 

Representing the academic community:

  • Ms Claire BRISSET, ordinary professor at the University of Geneva
  • Mr Eric LEFEBVRE, Director of the Cernuschi Museum
  • Ms Cécile SAKAI, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Cité
  • Mr Ingo STRAUCH, Professor at the University of Lausanne

 

Representing partner institutions:

  • Ms Sophie MAKARIOU, curator, President of the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet
  • Ms Dana RAPPOPORT, research director at the CNRS, codirector of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE - UMR 8170)
  • Mr Olivier Venture, Director of Studies at the École pratique des Hautes Études

 

Qualified person (documentation, dissemination...)

  • Mr Jérôme PETIT, Head of Collections, Bibliothèque Nationale de France

 

Representing the EFEO faculty:

  • Ms Michela BUSSOTTI, professor/ substitute: Mr François LACHAUD, professor
  • Ms Elisabeth CHABANOL, lecturer / substitute: Ms Véronique DEGROOT, lecturer
  • Mr Guillaume DUTOURNIER, lecturer / substitute: Mr Vladyslav, contract researcher

 

Consultative membres

  • Ms Katia JUHEL, Curator of the Library
  • Ms Cécilia MENDES, Director general of administration
  • Mr Martin NOGUEIRA RAMOS, Head of Publications
  • Ms Isabelle POUJOL, Head of Communications and the EFEO Photo Library
EFEO News
Welcoming delegations to the EFEO 2026-2027
Paris, France, 14 October 2025
The recruitment campaign for delegates to the EFEO for the year 2026-2027 is now open. Applications must be submitted no later than 14 October 2025.

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Library
Paris, France, 26 June 2025
The EFEO library in Paris will be closed until 2 p.m. on Tuesday 1 July 20025.

It is open at its usual times, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.

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).

Consult the catalogs and digital tools:
Books and periodicals catalog
- Archives and manuscripts catalog
- Digital heritage library

Please check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates to the conditions of public access.
Direction of Resources
Paris, France, 26 June 2025

Reporting to the Director General of Administration, , you will be responsible for managing the Resources Department. You will manage the activity of the support functions and implement the public policies in your field, with a view to efficiency and innovation. You will also perform the duties of Prevention Adviser.

Application deadline: 20 July 2025: https://bit.ly/4epSXeT
Lecture
Paris, France, 18 June 2025
On the occasion of the exhibition Angkor Royal Bronzes: Art of the Divine presented at the Guimet - Musée national des arts asiatiques until September 8, of which he is co-curator, Brice Vincent will present "Bronzes royaux d'Angkor, un art du divin: nouveaux regards sur la métallurgie du cuivre dans le Cambodge angkorien". This lecture is organised jointly by the Association des Amis d'Angkor and the EFEO.

At 5.30 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie, subject to availability.
Conference
Paris, France, 12 June 2025
On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 June, Fabienne Jagou, in collaboration with Cameron Warner (University of Aarhus, Denmark) and Nicole Willock (Old Dominion University, USA), is organising a conference entitled ‘Succession in Times of Change in the Tibetan World’ at the Maison de l'Asie.