Board of Administrators
President: Ms Blandine RIPERT
Statutory members
Representing the state:
- Ms Anne-Sophie BARTHEZ, Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration, represented by Mr Pascal GOSSELIN, office DGSIP A1-3 or Ms Marina GOVOROFF
- Mr Michel MIRAILLET, Director General for Globalisation, Culture, Education and International Development, represented by Ms Francine D'ORGEVAL, Expertd within the Human and Social Sciences, Archaeology and Heritage Department (Higher Education and Research Sub-Directorate)
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 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS):
- Mr Antoire PETIT, president of the CNRS, represented by Ms Sabine EFFOSSE, deputy scientific director "Europe and international" of the Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, or Mr Fabrice BOUDJAABA, Deputy Scientific Director of InSHS or Ms Solène MARIE, Head of International Cooperation of InSHS
A former head of a public higher education and research institution:
- Mr Alain SCHNAPP, former Director of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art; archaeologist and historian
Professional members:
- Mr Paolo CALVETTI, Professor of the University Ca' Foscari - Venise
- Mr Jean-françois HUCHET, Professor and President of the Inalco
- Ms Blandine RIPERT, CNRS Research Director
- Ms Mercedes VOLAIT, CNRS Research Director
Representing the faculty of EFEO professors:
- Mr François LACHAUD; sustitute: Ms Michela BUSSOTTI
Representing the faculty of EFEO lecturers:
- Ms Fabienne JAGOU; substitute: Ms Catherine SCHEER
- Mr Christophe POTTIER; substitute: Mr Dominique SOUTIF
Representing EFEO administrative staff:
- Ms Lauriane LECAT-BACLE; substitute: Mr Dat-Wei LAU
- Mr Didier MARIETTE; substitute: Ms Zohra SOLTANI
Consultative members (EFEO)
- The director, Nicolas FIÉVÉ
- The director of studies, Valérie GILLET
- The director general of administration, Cécilia MENDES
- The chief financial officer, Smail ZAGHMOURI
EFEO News
Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship
Chiang Mai,Thailand, 25 November 2024
The call for applications for the Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship to be held in Chiang Mai from February 24 to March 1st, 2025 is open until 25 November 2024.Poster
Details of the program
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New publication
Kyoto,
Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 33 (2024)
Approching the High Plateau from the Archipelago
Tibetan Studies in Japan
Approcher le Haut plateau depuis l'Archipel
Les études tibétaines au Japon
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Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 33 (2024)
Approching the High Plateau from the Archipelago
Tibetan Studies in Japan
Approcher le Haut plateau depuis l'Archipel
Les études tibétaines au Japon
Read more
Workshop
Pondicherry, India, 28 October 2024
The workshop "Alternative life projects in rural Southeast Asia: Reflecting on post-development through a study of diverse emplaced collectives" will be held from 28 to 30 October at the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry.

New Publication
Paris, France,
Sultans-bâtisseurs et innovations architecturales à Java au début de la période coloniale (XVIe - début XIXe siècle)
Hélène Njoto
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Sultans-bâtisseurs et innovations architecturales à Java au début de la période coloniale (XVIe - début XIXe siècle)
Hélène Njoto
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Study days
Paris, France, 17 October 2024
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October, together with Stéphane Gros (CESAH), Pascale-Marie Milan is organising two study days entitled Family Resemblances: Kinship Practices along the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands.
They will be held at the Maison de l'Asie and the Condorcet campus. They will bring together specialists in kinship issues in different communities along the Sino-Tibetan borderlands.