Ecole française de Rome

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The Ecole française de Rome is a public institution under the Ministry for Higher Education and Research. Originally the Roman branch of the École française d'Athènes (1873), and then briefly operated as a School of Archaeology (1874), it was founded under its present name in 1875 and installed in the Palais Farnèse, which it now shares with the French Embassy in Italy. A centre for French scholarship in Italy and the Central Mediterranean in the fields of history, archaeology and the social sciences, the School operates within the framework of research programmes and initiatives conducted in collaboration with French and Italian partners as well as institutions in North Africa and countries bordering the Adriatic (Albania, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia). These initiatives give rise to academic exchanges within the framework of workshops, seminars, and conferences, PhD programmes, and the organisation of exhibitions. The school welcomes members, post-doctoral and visiting scholars, and scholarship students.

EFEO News
EFEO Paris Seminar
Paris, 30 September 2013
Pierre Lachaier (EFEO) is talking on the topic "Socio-morphologie de la vieille ville d'Ahmadabad (Inde) [Socio-morphology of the ancient city of Ahmadabad (India)] READ MORE
Induction ceremony for Professor Jao Tsung-I
China, Hong Kong, 19 September 2013
Franciscus Verellen, EFEO director and member of the Institut de France, officiates with the president and vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the permanent sectretary of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Institut de France, at the induction ceremony for Professor Jao Tsung-I (CUHK), jointly organized by CUHK and the Academy. Professor Jao was elected an Associate Foreign Member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres on 7 December 2012. He was a member of the EFEO from 1974 to 1976.
Steering Committee of SEATIDE
Portugal, Lisbon, 02 July 2013
On July 2, Franciscus Verellen is chairing the steering Committee of the European program SEATIDE (Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion), with Yves Goudineau, scientifique coordinator, and Elisabeth Lacroix, administrator of the project. This program, financed by the European Commission (PCRD7), studies integration issues in Southeast Asia at both the national and the regional level. The meeting is being held in Lisbon on the occasion of the EuroSEAS congress (July 2 to 5).
Jinchinsai ceremony in Kyoto
Japan, Kyoto, 01 July 2013
On Monday, July 1, work is beginning on the construction of the new building for the EFEO Center in Kyoto. The start of work was preceded by the Jinchinsai ceremony, a Shinto rite purifying and protecting the site. This took place on June 28 in the presence of the French Consul General, the Director of the EFEO, the building's architects, and the construction company, along with many friends of the EFEO. The event was coordinated by the head of the Kyoto EFEO Center. READ MORE
Workshop on the History of Copyright and Intellectual Property
United Kingdom, Cambridge, 01 July 2013
On July 1, Franciscus Verellen, Director, is taking part in the Workshop on the History of Copyright and Intellectual Property & Forum on Open Access organized by the Centre for History and Economics, Magdalen College, Cambridge. He is serving as respondent on the topic "The History of Copyright in China."