Centers of civilization
Coordinators:
Andrew Hardy and Catherine Scheer
Unit programmes
The Unit programmes are divided into three projects:
- Proto-urban Sites and Ancient Cities: surveys, archaeological excavations and monumental restoration
- Urban history, centralization and space management
- State and dynamics of the peripheries
A description (in french) is available here.
EFEO News

ICAS-GIS Asir 2021 Book Award
Online,
The winner of the 2021 French-Language Book Prize is "La réforme politique en Birmanie pendant le premier moment colonial (1819-1878)" by Aurore Candier, published by the EFEO !
The winner of the 2021 French-Language Book Prize is "La réforme politique en Birmanie pendant le premier moment colonial (1819-1878)" by Aurore Candier, published by the EFEO !

EFEO's 2019-2020 annual report
The first volume of the EFEO's 2019-2020 annual report is now available. In it you will find an overview of research at the EFEO and its Centres for the academic year 2019-2020.
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New publication
The Peruṅkuṟiñci (Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu)
A critical edition of the text, with the commentary of Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar
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