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

The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO - French School of Asian Studies) wishes you a Happy New year 2024
Follow this link to watch the EFEO New Year card.

EFEO Paris closes for the festive season.
We look forward to seeing you in 2024, from 2 January
Poster
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As part of the "Destins d'objets: la circulation des traces matérielles du passé de l'Antiquité à nos jours" program run by the École française d'Athènes and accredited by the Réseau des Écoles françaises à l'étranger, the EFEO is hosting the study days "Dispersions: partage de fouilles et commerce des vestiges en Asie, au Moyen-Orient et en Europe aux XIXe et XXe siècles".
Thursday, November 23, from 9:45 am to 6 pm and Friday, November 24, from 9:45 am to 1:15 pm, in the Grand Salon of the EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75016 Paris.

Mastering Languages, Taming the World,
The Production and Circulation of European Dictionaries and Lexicons of Asian Languages (16th-19th Centuries)
École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2023, 504 pages.
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