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
International Conference
Hong Kong, Chine, 03 December 2025
The EFEO, the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Library co-organized the International Conference on "The Territorial Management and its Mapping Process in East Asia".

On site and online, upon registration.


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Les Écoles françaises à l’étranger : formation et recherche à l’international
Paris, France, 01 December 2025

The Écoles françaises à l’étranger (EFE), five public institutions under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space organised as a network, offer students and researchers multiple opportunities to develop international field research in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.

Join the réseux des EFE on Monday 1 December from 5.30pm at the ENS in Paris, Dussane Room.

International Conference
Hong Kong, Chine, 01 December 2025
Michela Bussotti is co-organising the International Conference "New Perspectives on the Early Printing History: Commemorating the Centennial of Carter's Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward" with Han Qi (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on 1 and 2 December at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Chinese History and Culture (HHB 502b).
Library
Paris, France, 19 November 2025
The EFEO library in Paris 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.
inauguration of the ''Fudan-EFEO Centre for Humanities''
Shanghai, Chine, 17 November 2025
The inauguration of the new EFEO Centre, the "Fudan-EFEO Centre for Humanities", on the campus of Fudan University took place on 17 November 2025 in the presence of Nicolas Fiévé, Director of the EFEO, Guillaume Dutournier, Head of the new centre, representatives of the French Embassy in China and several colleagues from the School. They were welcomed by Mr. Chen Zhimin, Vice-President of Fudan, Mr. Ge Zhaoguang, Director of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan, and Ms. Lu Li'an.