The Chiang Mai Library
Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient
131 Charoen Prathet Road
Chiang Mai 50100 , THAILAND
Tel : 00 66 53 272 421
Head: Mrs Raquel SELOSSE
Librarian: Mrs Naphat SUTTHICHAIDET
Cataloguer : Mr. Sumet PONJORN
Photographic archives : Mrs Duansiri SRICHAIWIT
In 2009-2010, the French School of Asian Studies built a new library on the grounds of its Chiang Mai Centre. The new buildings are open to the public since 2011. The EFEO library in Chiang Mai now holds a considerably enlarged collection of approximately 50 000 books in English, French, Thai and some other languages, focus on Asia, especially Southeast Asia and Thailand, Buddhism and other religions, philosophy, anthropology, archeology, history, art and literature.
In addition to its monograph holdings, the library also comprises a major collection of almost 53 000 issues of about 1 370 titles of periodicals in the fields of Thai and Southeast Asian Studies.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.
- Closed on Thai public holidays and during the Songkrant festival, or Thai New Year, in mid-April.
- Borrowing privileges are restricted to EFEO staff
École française d'Extrême-Orient
131 Charoen Prathet Road, A. Muang
Chiang Mai 50100, Thailand
Tel +66 53 28 05 80
christophe.pottier@efeo.net
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Visit the Chiang Mai blogThe recruitment campaign for post-doctoral contracts (from 3 to 12 months) for the year 2023 has just been launched. It will close on 13 October at 6 pm (Paris time).
A position is open to competition: Lecturer at the EFEO in "Archaeology and History of insular Asia"
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday 9 May 2022 at 18:00 (Paris time)
For more information please see the announcement READ MORE
This exhibition includes photos of Angkor, but also of Phimai, Phanom Rung and Phanom Wan, highlighting the long-standing cooperation between the EFEO and Thai archaeologists, first and foremost Prince Damrong, whose full-length photo welcomes visitors to the main hall.
