Early Tantra

In the framework of its ANR-DFG Franco-German thematic programme, the French National Research Agency (ANR) has decided to allocate the sum of €129,065 to the EFEO (Dominic Goodall), effective as of December 28, 2007. Set to last for three years, the programme is entitled "Discovering the Interrelationships and Common Ritual Syntax of the Saiva, Buddhist, Vaisnava and Saura traditions" (or Early Tantra)

The principal objective of the programme is to elucidate the interactions and relations between the ancient Tantric traditions. It was felt that by studying the similarities and differences between their ritual systems and terminology it would be possible to reach a clearer understanding of how these traditions were established and defined. The programme is also intended to make available for the first time reliable scholarly editions of a certain number of the earliest Tantric texts, all of them previously unpublished.

In the German part of the programme, scholars will focus their expertise and experience on the study of Nepalese manuscripts, particularly Buddhist manuscripts and early Saiva material. German partner researchers have privileged access to the National Archives of Kathmandu. Meanwhile, French researchers possess unique expertise regarding such material as well as of Shivaism in general. The two groups will pool their databases on Tantric literature.

This close and intensive collaboration will be reinforced by annual two-week long workshops attended not only by the members of the French and German teams but also by a substantial number of leading international experts in Tantric traditions who have agreed to be associated with the project.

The programme will culminate in six principal publications. Five of those publications will be constituted by the texts themselves. Depending on the state of the sources, the texts will be published either as critical editions or as diplomatic transcriptions. Each publication will be accompanied by a DVD containing digital images of the manuscripts in colour. The sixth publication will be a collection of articles on the ritual syntax common to the earliest Tantric traditions.

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Study day
Paris,France, 21 June 2023

Maria Chauveau, EFEO post-doctoral fellow, is organizing a study day on Les relations humains/non-humains à la mesure de l'expansion des pratiques agricoles productivistes en Inde et en Asie de Sud-Est [Human/non-human relations in the context of the expansion of productivist agricultural practices in India and Southeast Asia].

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie.

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Kyoto Lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 20 June 2023

As part of the "Kyoto lectures", Antonio Manieri (University of Naples "L’Orientale") gives a lecture on "“Everyday Uncertainties”: Sharing and Learning Terminologies in Eighth-century Japan".

At 6pm (Japan time), online on the Zoom platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82464622137

 

Calames 2023 network day
Paris, France, 16 June 2023
Sovannara Mey (EFEO archivist) speaks at the Calames 2023 network day on the theme of "Le voyage des données".  He will present the procedure implemented by the Paris library team since 2020 to migrate AtoM data to Calames.

Friday, June 16 2023, at 3:45 p.m.

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Siem Reap Lectures
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 15 June 2023

As part of the Siem Reap LecturesSébastien Clouet (doctoral student at Sorbonne University) gives a lecture on the topic "Aux sources de l'or d'Angkor: orpaillage et orpailleurs dans le Cambodge ancien" [At the sources of Angkor gold: gold panning and gold panners in ancient Cambodia].

At 6 p.m., at the EFEO Centre in Siem Reap. The presentation will be in French with a Khmer translation. The lecture is free and open to all.

Colloquium ''Legal Orders in Precolonial Southeast Asia''
Bangkok, Thailand, 14 June 2023

The EFEO Center in Bangkok is organizing, in partnership with the ERC DHARMA project, the Sirindhorn Anthropology Center (SAC), and Rutgers University (United States), a colloquium on Legal Orders in Precolonial Southeast Asia.

Hosted by Gregory Kourilsky and Christian Lammerts (Rutgers), the conference will be held at the SAC.

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