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
Research project support manager
Paris, France, 20 September 2025
The research project support manager will support the EFEO's teacher-researchers in preparing responses to calls for proposals in the field of research in the humanities and social sciences, at the national (ANR, etc.), European (ERC, etc.) and international levels.Application deadline: September, 20, 2025.
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New Publication
Pondicherry,
A Manual on the Practice of Haṭhayoga
An Edition and Translation of the Pune Manuscript of the Haṭhābhyās
By Jason BIRCH, Mark SINGLETON and James MALLINSON
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A Manual on the Practice of Haṭhayoga
An Edition and Translation of the Pune Manuscript of the Haṭhābhyās
By Jason BIRCH, Mark SINGLETON and James MALLINSON
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Library
Paris, France, 01 August 2025
The EFEO library in Paris will be closed on Friday, August 15, 2025.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.
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.