Research Units
The whole EFEO research program brings together its academic staff and visiting scholars to conduct interdisciplinary research. Through its diverse scholarly partnerships, the EFEO fosters transversal research [projects] both on a regional and international scale. This general research program is divided into two sectors:
EFEO News
Kyoto lectures
Kyoto, Japan, 26 January 2022
As part of the Kyoto lectures, Matthew Shores (Université of Sydney) presents: "Rakugo as Variety Entertainment ⇆ Rakugo as Literature".
26 January, 6pm (Japan time) on the Zoom platform. The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and the ISEAS website on the 14th.
READ MOREEFEO Paris seminar
Online, 17 January 2022
Michela Bussotti (EFEO) speaks on: "Images populaires chinoises : objets éphémères, objets de recherche". This seminar is part of the sequence 3 Images: objects and sources of the seminar ASIES of the master "Études Asiatiques".From 10.30am to 12pm. The conference will take place online upon prior registration.Once registered you will receive the elements to log in (seminar link and password).
Video
Paris, France, 07 January 2022
Discover "Les manuscrits en siamois et en thai yuan de l'EFEO" [The EFEO's Siamese and Thai Yuan Manuscripts] the new video of the "Asian Treasures of the EFEO" by François-Xavier André and Thissana Weerakietsoontorn.
Happy New Year 2022
03 January 2022
The French School of Asian Studies wishes you a Happy New Year.
Click here to watch the animation.
Annual closure of the Maison de l'Asie
Paris, France, 24 December 2021
The Maison de l'Asie closes from Friday December 24, 2021 at 4 pm to Monday January 3, 2021 at 8 am.
The Paris library closes from Thursday 23 December in the evening!
The EFEO and its staff wish you a happy holiday season!
Ceremony
Jillellamudi, Inde, 09 December 2021
On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Matrushree Oriental College in Jillellamudi (Andhra Pradesh) on December 9, 2021, S.L.P. Anjaneya Sarma, who worked there for 16 years from the inception of the college until he joined the EFEO in 1987, gave a keynote address and was then honoured by the management and his former students.
120th anniversary of the EFEO at the AIBL
Paris, France, 03 December 2021
The EFEO is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, which was celebrated at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres on December the 3rd in the form of a symposium.
This meeting was an opportunity to review the history of the School, but also the current status of its projects.
Webdocumentary
Online, 01 December 2021
To mark its 120th anniversary, the EFEO has put online a webdocumentary entitled "L'École française d'Extrême-Orient: 120 ans de recherches en Asie" [The French School of the Far East: 120 years of research in Asia], which aims to raise awareness of its history, its Centers, its researchers, and the richness of the holdings of its library and archives: prints, printed works, manuscripts, maps, blueprints, photographs, images, etc.
