The Casa de Velázquez

Casa de Velázquez

The Casa de Velázquez is a French public institution devoted to creative activities and research on the arts, languages and literature of the Iberian countries, Latin America and North Africa. This institution also welcomes artists, researchers, teachers and participates in artistic and academic exchanges between France and the aforementioned regions. Being at the same time a centre for research and artistic projects gives to the Casa de Velázquez a unique status among the five Écoles françaises à l'étranger. Since it was founded in 1928 by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, this School has welcomed both artists -in a manner similar to La Villa Médicis in Rome - and researchers from the School for Higher Hispanic and Iberian Studies (EHEHI).

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Émile Sénart Prize 2021
Paris, France, 17 November 2021

The Émile Sénart Prize 2021 of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres was awarded to Ramyatna Shukla for the body of research devoted to vyākaraṇa, an Indian technique of grammatical description and philosophy of speech, exegesis and logic.
In Memoriam
27 October 2021
Soedarmaji Jean Henry Damais passed away on 15 September 2021 at the age of 79. A former director of the Jakarta History Museum (Museum Fatahillah), an expert in architectural heritage, and a cultural advisor to successive Jakarta governors since the 1960s, Adjie Damais was a tireless supporter of the EFEO Center in Jakarta and its researchers throughout his career.

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New publication

D'un empire, l'autre
Premières rencontres entre la France et le Japon au XIXe siècle, François Lachaud & Martin Nogueira Ramos (éd.), Études thématiques 33, Paris, EFEO, 2021, 402 pages.


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Roundtable
Online, 26 October 2021
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Paris Agreements on Cambodia, the French Embassy in Cambodia presents a roundtable discussion on the theme “Safeguarding Heritage in the Service of Peace: the Cambodian Experience”.
This online event, hosted by the French ambassador, will gather representatives from the Cambodian government, APSARA National Authority, UNESCO, International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Angkor Region (CIC-Angkor), the EFEO as well as other actors involved in heritage conservation and development in Cambodia.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 26 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm (Cambodian time, 9:30am to 11:30am French time)
To join the event ➡️ fb.me/e/2CdlgSkX0
In Memoriam
20 October 2021
It is with deep regret that we learn of the demise of the eminent sinologist and former director of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Léon Vandermeersch, who passed away on October 17, 2021 at the age of 93.

The entire staff of the EFEO will always remember him with the greatest respect and we express our deepest condolences to his family.
In Memoriam by Franciscus Verellen