The missions of the EFEO
Transversal Projects and New Technology
The EFEO's innovative research project is not only based on its scholars' fields of expertise but also on their skill to conduct transversal projects, such as The Development of Buddhism from India to Japan and The epigraphy of the Khmer World (CIK). Both of these bring together experts from EFEO centres in Asia and Southeast Asia
The use of recent new technologies in the service of Asian studies is also a key concern for the EFEO and its Asian partners. The School's electronic resources, including online journals, a digital network for all its libraries' catalogues are now available for the most part. Also Geographical Information Systems and other new tools developed in the physical and biological sciences are leading to the improvement in methods of analysis and dating, especially in archaeology.
The Spread of Knowledge
Scholarly research is the key aim of the School, yet the EFEO's academic staff are also committed to training scholars in Asian studies. This demands a high degree of specialisation and often requires unique expertise gained in field studies. The supervision and training of scholars is coordinated in France, under the guidance of various doctoral programmes and in cooperation with universities and schools (EPHE and EHESS), and in the EFEO's Asian centres, thanks to internships and scholarships awarded to doctoral candidates. The EFEO headquarters are located at the Maison de l'Asie (Asia House) in Paris, which houses its central library, and is also a dynamic platform for scholarly activity (research, courses, lectures, colloquia, books launches, etc.).
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).
Alain Arrault will give a presentation of "Mémoires de Chine - La collection Louis Finot". He will present archival photographs from the Louis Finot collection taken in the early 20th century during expeditions to the Chinese province of Yunnan, which borders Vietnam.
On September 24 at 6 pm, at the Phénix bookshop in Paris
Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 107 (2021), École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2022, 429 pages
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