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
Happy New Year 2023
Paris, France,

The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO - French School of Asian Studies) wishes you a Happy New year 2024

Follow this link to watch the EFEO New Year card.
Annual closure
Paris, France,

EFEO Paris closes for the festive season.
We look forward to seeing you in 2024, from 2 January
Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship
Chiang Main Thailand, 30 November 2023
The call for applications for the Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship to be held in Chiang Mai from 4 to 9 March 2024 is open until 30 November 2023.
Poster
Details of the program

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Study days
Paris, France, 23 November 2023

As part of the "Destins d'objets: la circulation des traces matérielles du passé de l'Antiquité à nos jours" program run by the École française d'Athènes and accredited by the Réseau des Écoles françaises à l'étranger, the EFEO is hosting the study days "Dispersions: partage de fouilles et commerce des vestiges en Asie, au Moyen-Orient et en Europe aux XIXe et XXe siècles".

Thursday, November 23, from 9:45 am to 6 pm and Friday, November 24, from 9:45 am to 1:15 pm, in the Grand Salon of the EFEO, 22 avenue du Président Wilson, 75016 Paris.

New Publication
Paris, France,

Mastering Languages, Taming the World,
The Production and Circulation of European Dictionaries and Lexicons of Asian Languages (16th-19th Centuries)
École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2023, 504 pages.

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Workshop ''South India between the 4th and the 6th century CE''
Bonn, Germany, 19 October 2023
Valérie Gillet (EFEO), Ariane de Saxcé (German Archaeological Institute), and Coline Lefrancq (CNRS, ArScAn UMR 7041) are organising an international workshop entitled South India between the 4th and the 6th century CE at the University of Bonn.
Programme.

Possibility of attending the conferences online through pre-registration.
Send your request by 19 October to Ariane de Saxcé.
EFEO postdoctoral contracts 2024
Paris, France, 17 October 2023
The call for 2 EFEO postdoctoral contracts 2024 is open until October 17 2023, 6pm (Paris time):
- 1 general contract
- 1 "anthropology" contract

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New Publication
Paris, France,

Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 108 (2022), École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2022, 456 pages


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