Texts and Terrain

Textes et Terrain. Remise en perspective de 20 ans d'activités de l'EFEO au Viêt Nam

On February 25, in the premises of the villa at 13 Hai Ba Trung in Ho Chi Minh City, an exhibition made up of some thirty panels shows the activities of both the EFEO (Textes et Terrain. Remise en perspective de 20 ans d'activités de l'EFEO au Vietnam [Texts and Terrain. An Overview of 20 years of EFEO Activities in Vietnam]) and the AFD (AFD: Objectif développement [AFD: Development Objectives]). This exhibition highlights the cooperative efforts, both scholarly and operational, that unite these two institutions.

To see the exhibition click here (PDF File, 7 Mb)

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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
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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.