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
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.
More information on the symposium READ MORE
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'AsieProgramme

New Publication
Pondicherry,
Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār's Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate
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Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār's Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate
Read more
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.Programme