Networks and partnerships

The EFEO maintains links with a large number of French and foreign institutions, on the basis of bilateral agreements and in the framework of multilateral organizations such as:

Partnerships

In France

Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer (ASOM)

Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur (ABES)

Agence française du Développement (AFD)

Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)

Association française des Amis de l'Orient (AFAO)

Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC)

CAMPUS France

Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE) UMR CNRS/EHESS 8170

Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS) UMR CNRS/EHESS 8564

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l’Asie orientale (CRCAO)

Commission des fouilles du Ministère français de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères

École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB)

École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)

École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)

European Institute for Chinses Studies (EURICS)

Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)

Laboratoire HISOMA (Histoire et Sources des Mondes Antiques) UMR 5189

Institut Français de Recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est (IFRAE / FRE 2025)

Institut de recherches asiatiques (IrAsia) UMR 7306

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)

Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)

Institut national de recherche archéologique préventive (INRAP)

Ministère de la Culture

Musée National des arts asiatiques - Guimet

Université Aix-Marseille

UMR Chine, Corée, Japon (CCJ) UMR 8173

Université Paris Nanterre

Université de Nantes

Université Sorbonne Université

 

In Europe

British Library

Direction de l'archéologie du Service Public de Wallonie (Belgique)

European Research Council (ERC)

Max Weber foundation

ISEAS (Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia orientale (Centre Kyoto)

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London

Hambourg University

Heidelberg University, South Asia Institute

Leiden University

 

Abroad

Archaeology and Development Foundation (ADF - Siem Reap)

Asiatic Research Institute (ARI) de l'Université de Corée

Autorité pour la protection du site et l'aménagement de la région d'Angkor (APSARA)

Bureau français de coopération en RPD de Corée (Corée du Nord)

Bureau français de Taipei (CCAC)

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCK)

Chiang Mai University (Thaïlande)

Chinese Academy of Heritage (CACH)

Embassy of France in Malaysia

French Embassy in Cambodia

French Embassy in Vietnam

French Embassy in Indonesia

General Directorate of Heritage of the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR

Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Institute of Social Sciences and Information of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Institute of History of Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHS)

Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan)

Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP) UMIFRE 21 CNRS-MEAE

Institut Français du Vietnam

IRD (Tam Dao)

Konishi Foundation

Mahidol University (Thaïlande)

Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia

Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR

National Archaeological Research Centre of Indonesia

National Museum of Vietnamese History

National Museum of Cambodia

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

National Cheng Kung University, Tainan (Taiwan)

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Bangkok, Thaïlande)

Robert H.N. HO Family Foundation

Sarawak Government Museums Department

Tōyō bunko, Japon

University of Malaya, Malaisie

University of Sydney

University of Toronto (Archaeology Center)

Universitas Surabaya (UBAYA) (Indonésie)

University of California - UCLA

WHSO Laos

EFEO News
Welcoming delegations to the EFEO 2026-2027
Paris, France, 14 October 2025
The recruitment campaign for delegates to the EFEO for the year 2026-2027 is now open. Applications must be submitted no later than 14 October 2025.

Learn more (in French)
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.
Conference
Paris, France, 12 June 2025
On Thursday 12 and Friday 13 June, Fabienne Jagou, in collaboration with Cameron Warner (University of Aarhus, Denmark) and Nicole Willock (Old Dominion University, USA), is organising a conference entitled ‘Succession in Times of Change in the Tibetan World’ at the Maison de l'Asie.
Library
Paris, France, 04 June 2025
The Paris library 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.
Announcement
Indonesia, 29 May 2025
On the occasion of the French President's State visit to Indonesia on 28 and 29 May 2025, the Director of the EFEO, Nicolas Fiévé, has signed a partnership agreement with the Indonesian Heritage Agency (IHA) in the presence of Madame Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture.