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
The EFEO leaves X
Paris, France, 20 January 2025
The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) is ceasing its activity on X (formerly Twitter). This decision is due to the editorial evolution of the platform which, by breaking with the European code of good practice against online disinformation, has become incompatible with the values of a French public institution of higher education and research. The EFEO, like a number of universities and higher education establishments, has therefore decided to no longer have an active account on the X network, a decision put into practice on 20 January 2025.
In Memoriam
Paris, France, 06 January 2025
Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat (1936-2024)It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, which occurred in Paris on 28 December 2024.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends in Europe and India.
Read the In Memoriam (In French)
Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship
Chiang Mai,Thailand, 25 November 2024
The call for applications for the Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship to be held in Chiang Mai from February 24 to March 1st, 2025 is open until 25 November 2024.Poster
Details of the program
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New publication
Kyoto,
Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 33 (2024)
Approching the High Plateau from the Archipelago
Tibetan Studies in Japan
Approcher le Haut plateau depuis l'Archipel
Les études tibétaines au Japon
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Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 33 (2024)
Approching the High Plateau from the Archipelago
Tibetan Studies in Japan
Approcher le Haut plateau depuis l'Archipel
Les études tibétaines au Japon
Read more
Workshop
Pondicherry, India, 28 October 2024
The workshop "Alternative life projects in rural Southeast Asia: Reflecting on post-development through a study of diverse emplaced collectives" will be held from 28 to 30 October at the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry.