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5 and 26 September 2011
Introduction to the buddhist Kanbun: lecture of the Xianyu-jing/Kengu-kyo, 1 and 2 (6 to 8 p.m., sconference room of the Tôyô bunko).
24 March 2011
The monthly seminar on Buddhism, directed by Iyanaga Nobumi, is taking place at the meeting room of the ISEAS.
24 February 2011
The monthly seminar on Buddhism, directed by Iyanaga Nobumi, is taking place at the meeting room of the Kansai Institut franco-japonais.
EFEO News

New publication
Kyoto,
Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 29 (2020)
Mythologie japonaises, Japanese Mythologies
François Macé et Alain Rocher (ed.)
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Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 29 (2020)
Mythologie japonaises, Japanese Mythologies
François Macé et Alain Rocher (ed.)
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Inventory of Thai yuan and Thai lü Manuscripts
Paris, France, 29 January 2021
EFEO Paris library is pursuing publication online, on Calames, of the inventories describing its collections of manuscripts. From now on, you can explore the inventory of Thai yuan and Thai lü Manuscripts, recently updated.Read more
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Photolibrary: the Françoise L'Hernault collection
Paris, France, 25 January 2021
The photographs from the Françoise L'Hernault collection, a specialist in South Indian art history and religious iconography, are online.Françoise L'Hernault (1937-1999) spent two years at the University of Annamalai (Tamil Nadu) before joining the EFEO in 1971. Alone or accompanied by photographers with professional equipment, she methodically travels the Tamil country and gathers an exceptionally rich and rare photographic documentation: sculptures that have disappeared, monuments that have now been transformed by abusive renovations...
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EFEO library's restoration workshop
Paris, France, 21 January 2021
A student trainee in bookbinding and restoration training is working in the EFEO library's restoration workshop on a selection of books from the "Travel" category of the EFEO's collections on the theme of Japan.Learn more
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Exhibition
Pondicherry, India, 19 January 2021
The exhibition "The Five French Settlements in India as Recorded in Eighteenth-Century Plans (1673-1824)" will take place from 19th January 2021 to 28th January 2021 at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP).Jointly organised by IFP, the Alliance française de Pondichéry and the EFEO Centre in Pondicherry, this exhibition, conceived and realised by Jean Deloche, will be held as part of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival 2021.
This exhibition is an introduction to the history of the old French establishments in India and an inventory of their vanished monuments.