Ecole française d’Athènes

EFA

The Ecole française d'Athènes is a scholarly, cultural and professional establishment under the authority of the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research. It has a fundamental mission for research and research training in all disciplines relating to Ancient Greece and Greece in the Byzantine period, as well as the study of Greece and Balkan countries in Medieval, Modern and Contemporary history. Providing a venue for scholarly exchanges in these fields, the EfA welcomes high-level members, researchers and teacher-researchers as well as scholarship funded students. It has been in existence since 1846.

EFEO News
Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship
Chiang Mai,Thailand, 05 December 2025
The call for applications for the Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship to be held in Chiang Mai from March 2 to 9, 2026 is open until December 2, 2025.

Poster
Details of the program

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International Conference
Hong Kong, Chine, 03 December 2025
The EFEO, the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Library co-organized the International Conference on "The Territorial Management and its Mapping Process in East Asia".

On site and online, upon registration.


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Les Écoles françaises à l’étranger : formation et recherche à l’international
Paris, France, 01 December 2025

The Écoles françaises à l’étranger (EFE), five public institutions under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space organised as a network, offer students and researchers multiple opportunities to develop international field research in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.

Join the réseux des EFE on Monday 1 December from 5.30pm at the ENS in Paris, Dussane Room.

International Conference
Hong Kong, Chine, 01 December 2025
Michela Bussotti is co-organising the International Conference "New Perspectives on the Early Printing History: Commemorating the Centennial of Carter's Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward" with Han Qi (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on 1 and 2 December at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Chinese History and Culture (HHB 502b).
Library
Paris, France, 19 November 2025
The EFEO library in Paris is open at its usual times, from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
Please make your book reservation requests via the catalogue, and your archive consultation requests via the form on https://archives.efeo.fr/ (bottom left of the home page).

Consult the catalogs and digital tools:
Books and periodicals catalog
- Archives and manuscripts catalog
- Digital heritage library

Please check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates to the conditions of public access.