Iena Lectures in Asia

Taiwan, Taipei, 16 December 2010

On December 16 Christophe Marquet is talking on

Les peintures populaires japonaises d'Ôtsu: de la piété à la parodie

[Ôtsu's Japanese popular paintings: from piety to parody] at the National Palace Museum.

Taiwan, Taipei, 13 October 2009

October 13, Pierre-Yves Manguin has given a lecture on

The mountain in the city: Malay and Indochinese variations

as part of the Iéna Lectures (EFEO/Musée Guimet), organized jointly in Taipei by the National Palace Museum, the French Institute in Taipei, and the EFEO Center.

Taiwan, Taipei, June 2009

Christophe Pottier has given a lecture on

De la brique à la ville à Hariharâlaya : nouvelles considérations sur la première capitale angkorienne

as part of the Iéna Lectures (EFEO/Musée Guimet), organized jointly in Taipei by the National Palace Museum, the French Institute in Taipei, and the EFEO Center.

Taiwan, Taipei, 24 July 2008

July 24, Peter Skilling has given a lecture on

New Discoveries in the Buddhist Art of South India : The Life of the Buddha from Phanigiri, Andhra Pradesh

as part of the Iéna Lectures (EFEO/Musée Guimet), organized jointly in Taipei by the National Palace Museum, the French Institute in Taipei, and the EFEO Center.

Singapore, Museum of Asiatic Civilisations, March 2008

Communication earlier presented as one of the Iéna Lectures series by Peter Skilling on the topic

New discoveries in the Buddhist art of South India: The life of the Buddha from Phanigiri, Andhra Pradesh

at the Singapore Museum of Asiatic Civilisations in connection with the exhibition On the Nalanda Trail, Buddhism in India, China and Southeast Asia.

EFEO News
XLIVrd Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies
Seoul, South Korea, 08 September 2022

The XLIVrd Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies, organized by the EFEO Center in Seoul, in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society, is led by Manon Prud'homme, PhD student at EHESS on the topic: "Development of Leisure Parks in Pyongyang : Symbol of a Changing North Korean Society".

At 6:00 p.m. (Seoul time), online: register with the EFEO Center to receive the information needed to connect.

Illustration: View of Rungna amusement park from Moranbong Park, August 2019 © Emilie Nahas.

Debate on the book by Alain Arrault,
Paris, France, 30 June 2022
As part of the "Cycle de débats du Centre d'études de la Chine moderne et contemporaine (EHESS)," Alain Arrault's book A History of Cultic Images In China. The Domestic Statuary of Hunan (EFEO-CUHK, 2020) will be discussed, under the moderation of Marie-Paule Hille (CECMC-UMR CCJ, Ehess), by Pierre-Antoine Fabre (Ehess), Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité - LCAO, UMR CCJ), and John Lagerwey (Ricci Institute of Paris) on Thursday, June 30, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Condorcet Campus (Forum of the Espace associatif et culturel, ground floor).
EFEO/ASIES Paris seminar
Paris, France, 30 May 2022

Catherine Scheer (EFEO) speaks on "Indigéniser le protestantisme bunong: les habitants des hauts plateaux du Cambodge entre rupture et continuité".

This seminar is part of the sequence 6: La question religieuse : sécularisation et réinvention of the common core of the Master in Asian Studies.

From 10:30 to 12:00. The conference will take place online on prior registration.
Once registered, you will receive the elements to connect (seminar link and password).

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EFEO Paris seminar
Paris, France, 23 May 2022

Jean Michaud (University of Laval, Quebec, visiting professor at the EHESS) speaks on "Cherchez le messie. Enquête sur la naissance de la rébellion de Pa Chay Vue (Batchai) au Tonkin".

From 10:30 to 12:00. The conference will take place online on prior registration.
Once registered, you will receive the elements to connect (seminar link and password).

Illustration: The Méo revolt [in French Indochina (Laos)] 1920, @BNF/Gallica.

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Study day
Paris, France, 11 March 2022

The EFEO is organizing a study day on "New Research in Sanskrit Yoga Literature"!

Programme and abstracts
With prior registration
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Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 14 February 2022

As part of the Kyoto lecturesGiorgio Colombo (Nagoya University) presents: "Law, Justice, and International Relations in the Dawn of Meiji Restoration: the “María Luz” incident".

On February, 14, at 6pm (Japan time) on the Zoom platform. The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and the ISEAS website on the 14th.

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Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 26 January 2022

As part of the Kyoto lecturesMatthew Shores (Université of Sydney) presents: "Rakugo as Variety Entertainment ⇆ Rakugo as Literature".

26 January, 6pm (Japan time) on the Zoom platform. The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and the ISEAS website on the 14th.

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EFEO Paris seminar
Online, 17 January 2022
Michela Bussotti (EFEO) speaks on: "Images populaires chinoises : objets éphémères, objets de recherche". This seminar is part of the sequence 3 Images: objects and sources of the seminar ASIES of the master "Études Asiatiques".

From 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.Once registered you will receive the elements to log in (seminar link and password).
Conference
Lyon, France, 25 November 2021

Alain Arrault and Fabienne Jagou participate in the conference "Corps des dieux, Gestes des hommes", organised by Claire Vidal (Université Lumière Lyon 2), within the framework of the Impulsion project, IdexLyon (2019-2021) at the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, on 25 and 26 November 2021.

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Conference
Hanoi, Vietnam, 25 November 2021

On November, 25 the international conference "EFEO Photographic Archives in the Social Science Library of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences" is being held in Hanoi, with presentations for the EFEO by Christophe Marquet, Isabelle Poujol and Philippe Le Failler!