French Institute for Eastern Archaeology

IFAO

The French Institute for Eastern Archaeology in Cairo is a public institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The role of the institute is to facilitate research and the archaeological investigation of the sequential cultures in Egypt. Members of the institute can be divided into two distinct categories: egyptology and papyrology, and Coptic and Arabo-Islamic studies. The Institute welcomes scholars, as well as scholarship holders and scholars on temporary missions.

EFEO News
Workshop on ''Dunhuang Studies''
Paris, France, 17 June 2024
The University of Zhejiang and the EFEO, with the support of the GIS Asie and the collaboration of the BnF Manuscripts Department, are organising a workshop on Dunhuang Studies.

At the Maison de l'Asie, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, from 9.30 am to 6 pm.

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Study Day
Paris, France, 13 June 2024
Luca Gabbiani and Frédéric Constant are organising a study day entitled "Savoirs administratifs (16e-19e siècles): approches comparatives".

It will be held in the Salon on the 1st floor of the Maison de l'Asie, from 9.45 am to 6 pm.

Programme
International Summer Seminar
05 May 2024
The call for applications for the international summer seminar "From Qing dynasty to Republican China: continuities and ruptures" to be held in Saint-Pierre d'Oléron from 8 to 14 September 2024, aimed at doctoral and post-doctoral students in Chinese studies, is now open.

Deadline for applications: 5 May 2024

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New publication


Arts Asiatiques 78 (2023)

École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2023, 144 pages.

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New Publication

The Holy Island in the Kāverī: a Hagiotopography  
Critical Edition and Translation of the Śrīraṅgamāhātmya

R. Sathyanarayanan, Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz

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