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EFEO library's restoration workshop
Paris, France, 21 January 2021
A student trainee in bookbinding and restoration training is working in the EFEO library's restoration workshop on a selection of books from the "Travel" category of the EFEO's collections on the theme of Japan.Learn more
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Exhibition
Pondicherry, India, 19 January 2021
The exhibition "The Five French Settlements in India as Recorded in Eighteenth-Century Plans (1673-1824)" will take place from 19th January 2021 to 28th January 2021 at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP).Jointly organised by IFP, the Alliance française de Pondichéry and the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry, this exhibition, conceived and realised by Jean Deloche, will be held as part of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival 2021.
This exhibition is an introduction to the history of the old French establishments in India and an inventory of their vanished monuments.
Mini Classical Tamil Winter Seminar (CTWS)
Pondicherry, India, 19 January 2021
From 1-5 March 2021 the team of the Tamil Cankam project at the EFEO centre in Pondicherry will conduct a miniature Classical Tamil Winter Seminar in order to read the Kalittokai, one of the Cankam anthologies that have been critically re-edited recently. The text represents the apex of the earlier type of sophisticated poetry, and matters are further complicated by the highly influential medieval commentary by Naccinārkkiṉiyar.The whole meeting will take place online, the number of places will be restricted to 25 participants. For participation and registration please contact Eva Wilden. READ MORE
Exhibition
Pondicherry, India, 19 January 2021
The exhibition on "The Five French Settlements in India as Recorded in Eighteenth-Century Plans (1673-1824)" is held from January 19 to January 28, 2021, at the Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP).Organized jointly by the IFP, the Alliance française de Pondichéry, and the EFEO Center in Pondicherry, this exhibition, conceived and directed by Jean Deloche, is held as part of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival 2021.This exhibition is an introduction to the history of the former French settlements in India and an inventory of their disappeared monuments.
Call for applications
Paris, France, 14 January 2021
📣 The 2021 calls for applications for the price and the aids of the Flora Blanchon Foundation of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres are open!
📅 Deadline for applications: May 17, 2021
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