Director

Nicolas Fiévé

Nicolas FIÉVÉ

directeur@efeo.net

Assistant to the Director
Loane Dimet
loane.dimet@efeo.net

22, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
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Nicolas Fiévé

Architectural historian - Medieval and premodern Japan

After studying architecture in France and Japan, and obtaining a doctorate in classical Japanese, Nicolas Fiévé was a researcher at the CNRS from 1993 to 2007, when he became professor at the Historical and Philological Sciences Section of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, where he teaches the history of Japanese architecture and gardens. 

His research is based on the study of ancient documents (literary and administrative texts, technical manuals, plans and maps) relating to architecture, urbanism, landscape and gardens in 14th-17th century Japan. In addition to the study of texts, Nicolas Fiévé also conducts in situ studies of ancient buildings or urban districts in Japan. These two complementary approaches are the fruit of the two schools of thought that trained him: Japanese studies and architecture.

As a medievalist working on the Muromachi period (1336-1573), Nicolas Fiévé has studied the history of the city of Kyoto, the architecture of the tea pavilions and the Ashikaga palaces. Recently, he has broadened his field of study to include 17th-century Japan and has focused his research on the secondary villas of the court nobility and the domain lords. 

Member of the EFEO, from 2009 to 2010

Director of the EFEO, since April 2022

CV of Nicolas Fiévé

EFEO News
Visit of the French ambassador to Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 09 March 2021
On March 4, 2021, the French Ambassador to Thailand, Thierry Mathou, was welcomed at the EFEO Center in Chiang Mai by its director, Yves Goudineau, and by Jacques Leider, director of the EFEO Center in Bangkok.

After a presentation of the EFEO's activities in Thailand and the European projects it is piloting in the region, the ambassador took part in a round-table discussion on the human and social sciences that brought together some twenty people: academics, publishers, and journalists. 
In Memoriam
19 February 2021
Kristofer Schipper (1934-2021)

We are sad to announce the passing of Pr Kristofer Schipper, which occurred on February 18th, 2021 in Amsterdam.

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Visit of the Japanese ambassador
Paris, France, 17 February 2021
H.E. Mr. IHARA Junichi, Ambassador of Japan, and his wife, accompanied by Mrs. TAKARADA Izumi and Mr. HATANAKA Yuki, First Secretaries for Cultural Affairs, were welcomed by the Director, Christophe MARQUET, and his wife, at the EFEO headquarters on February 16. On this occasion photographs of Japanese inscriptions and objects discovered by the EFEO at Angkor Wat at the beginning of the 20th century, photographs of Japanese works of art from the former Finot Museum in Hanoi, xylographic books from the Edo period, and 16th and 17th century works on Christian missions in Japan were exhibited in the library. The director then presented the EFEO's recent research and publications on Japan during a convivial exchange in the Salons.
Communiqué du Réseau des Écoles françaises à l’étranger en hommage à Samuel Paty
Paris, France, 20 October 2020
Le Réseau des Écoles françaises à l’étranger (École française d’Athènes, École française de Rome, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, École française d’Extrême-Orient, et Casa de Velázquez) condamne avec force l’insoutenable acte de barbarie perpétré contre le professeur d’histoire-géographie du collège du Bois-d’Aulne, à Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), survenu vendredi 16 octobre.

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Delegation of the Embassy of Japan
Paris, France, 19 October 2020
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.