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How to access the EFEO library and the loan-return service

The EFEO library is open by appointment from Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. It offers a document lending and return service every Wednesday.
To make an appointment for THE READING SPACE: CLICK HERE
To make an appointment for the LOAN-RETURN SERVICE: CLICK HERE 
Please check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates to the terms and conditions of the public reception modalities.

On October 19 a delegation from the Japanese Embassy, consisting of the Minister, M. Matsuda, the Counsellor, M. Kido, and the First Secretary, Mme Takarada, was received at EFEO headquarters by the Director, C. Marquet, the Director of Studies, C. Pottier, and the Curator, F.-X. André.
After a visit to the library and a collection of ancient Japanese works, discussions took place on the Franco-Japanese research carried out by the EFEO in Japan and Cambodia.

The directors of the 'réseau des Écoles françaises à l’étranger' [network of the French Schools Abroad] met with the directors of studies at the École française d’Athènes [French School of Athens] from 29 September to 2 October 2020, to work on the theme "Schools, their host countries and Europe: insertions, interactions, networks".This was an opportunity to exchange on the network's strategies, actions and joint projects, in connection with the IT, archives and publications departments.

Bertrand Chung (Chung Sŏng-bae, 1933-2020).

We were saddened to learn of the death of Bertrand Chung in Yongin on June 8 (Kyŏnggi-do). Political scientist, Japanologist, and Koreanologist, director of studies at the EHESS, in 1994 he laid the foundation stones of the EFEO in the Republic of Korea, at Korea University.