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
Hiring Committee for the two vacant posts
France, Paris, 30 May 2013
The Hiring Committee for the two vacant posts for Professors (directeurs d'études) at the EFEO is meeting on Thursday, May 30.
Library closed
France, Paris, 10 May 2013
The library is closed on Friday, May 10.
Siem Reap Lectures Series
Cambodia, Siem Reap, 06 May 2013
Lecture by Raoul Marc JENNAR (INALCO) on: "L'affaire de Préah Vihéar" READ MORE
Affiliation with the University of Pondicherry
India, Pondicherry, 01 May 2013
The EFEO's Pondicherry Center is now affiliated with the University of Pondicherry for doctoral training in the following fields: history, Tamil, and Sanskrit.
Urs App Associate Researcher at the École française d'Extrême-Orient
01 May 2013
Urs App, former Associate Director of the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism and Professor Emeritus of Zen Buddhism at Hanazono University in Kyoto, has been named Associate Researcher at the École française d'Extrême-Orient for a term of three years, beginning on May 1, 2013. Mr. App is a specialist in Buddhism and the history of the European discovery of East Asian religions.