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
- The Maison de l'Asie library will be closed to the public on Monday 31 October 2022
- The Maison de l'Asie, and therefore the library, will be closed on Tuesday 1 and Friday 11 November 2022
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The call for applications for the EFEO Field Scholarships for the first semester of 2023 has been launched. The deadline for submitting applications for the field grant allowing Master II and doctoral students to study in Asia in one of the EFEO centres is October 13 until 6:00 p.m. (Paris time) for a stay to be planned between January 1 and June 30, 2023.
The 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).



