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
24e Rendez-vous de l'histoire de Blois
Blois, France, 06 October 2021

Meet the Réseau des Écoles françaises à l'Étranger - ResEFE - at the 24th Rendez-vous de l'histoire in Blois during the Carte blanche for the ResEFE: "Les chercheurs sur leur terrain de travail : questions sociales et environnementales". October 8, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Chocolaterie site of the IUT - Amphi 1, Blois.
Christophe Pottier, for the EFEO, will present "Vivre et travailler dans les temples d'Angkor au XXe siècle".
The ResEFE will also be present at the Salon du livre, on the stand of the Librairie Jean de Léry (Stand N and N')
Annual Seminar of the EFE
Online, 28 September 2021
The Réseau des Écoles françaises à l'étranger - ResEFE - opens its online seminar "Les Écoles françaises à l’étranger et les musées : partenariats, réalisations communes et perspectives".

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Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan - Online, 19 July 2021

As part of the Kyoto lectures, DAIMARU Ken (Paris University) presents: "Health and Modern Warfare. Locating Medical History in Japan's Long Nineteenth Century".

19 July, 6pm (Japan time) in hybrid format or only on the Zoom platform. The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and the ISEAS website on the 27th.

Légende : Portrait of an injured Japanese soldier at the Liaoyang Stage Hospital (March 1905), archives of the Academy of Medical Corps of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 18 June 2021
As part of  the Kyoto lectures, Brian Ruppert (Kanagawa University) presents: "Scriptures and Their Deployment: Great Notes (Maka shō), Raishin’s Notes (Raishin shō), and the Sacred Works (Shōgyō) of Early Medieval Japan".

Friday, June 18, at 6pm (Japan time).
XXXVIIIe Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies
Seoul, Korea (Online), 10 June 2021
The XXXVIIIe Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies, organized by the EFEO Center in Seoul, in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society, is led by Brother Anthony, Professor Emeritus of Sogang University and Full Professor at Dankook University, Seoul, on the theme: "Korean Poetry and Fiction in English Translation: A Personal Survey".

Thursday, June 10 at 6:00 p.m. (Seoul time), online: register with the EFEO Center to receive the information needed to connect. READ MORE
Fontainebleau Art History Festival
Fontainebleau, France, 04 June 2021
As part of the Fontainebleau Art History Festival, the Réseau des Écoles françaises à l'étranger present a round table on the topic of "Innovative Technologies in the Service of Archaeological Research".
Christophe Marquet and François Lachaud also make several speeches : → round table "La peinture française au Japon : histoire des collections privées et de la création des musées d’art occidental" → lecature "Éloge du primitivisme : d’autres visages de la peinture japonaise prémoderne" → round table "La "joie" et son expression dans les arts du Japon" → lecture "Le Japon et les intellectuels français: personnages en quête d'ailleurs"
EFEO Paris seminar
Paris, France, 31 May 2021
Fabienne Jagou (EFEO) speaks on: "Construire une communauté religieuse à Taïwan : l'exemple de celle de la Vénérable Gongga (1903-1997)" [Building a religious community in Taiwan: the example of Venerable Gongga (1903-1997)]. This seminar is part of the sequence La question religieuse : sécularisation et réinvention of the seminar ASIES of the master "Études Asiatiques".

Friday, May 28, from 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.

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Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 28 May 2021
As part of  the Kyoto lectures, SAKA Chihiro (Ryukoku university) presents: "Datsueba’s Role in Structuring the Religious Landscapes: An Examination of the Precinct of Risshakuji and the Pilgrimage Route to Atsuta Shrine".

Friday, May 28, at 6pm (Japan time).

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37th Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies
Online, 13 May 2021
The XXXVIIe Seoul Colloquium in Korea Studies, organized by the EFEO Center in Seoul, in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society, is led by Maël Bellec, Curator of Chinese and Korean Art at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris, on the topic: "Lee Ungno : a case study of a Korean artist in France (1959-1989)".
→ Thursday, May 13, at 6:00 p.m. (Seoul time), online: register with the EFEO Center (mentioning their full name and affiliation) to receive the information needed to connect.

Legend: Opening of the “Oriental painting Academy” exhibition in the Cernuschi museum in 1971 © Lee Ungno archives
International Conference
Online, 01 May 2021
Attend the International Conference on the 'Daozang jiyao' and Daoism in the Ming and Qing Dynasty with the 'Celebration of the Companion to the Essentials of the Daoist Canon' Publication organized by the Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture, CUHK and the EFEO Centre in Hong Kong on Zoom!

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