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Kyoto Lectures 2024-05

22 MAY 24

Afro-Brazilian Religions in Japan: The Flux and Re-territorialization of People, Spirits, and Materialities
Wednesday, May 22nd, 18:00
Speaker: Daniela Calvo
The ...

Hiroshige, Ukiyo Matahei, c. 1844-1846 © Fundacja Jerzego Leskowicza

131st International Art Research Center Seminar (Webinar)

24 APRIL 24

131st International Art Research Center Seminar (Webinar)
Speaker: Christophe Marquet (EFEO, Kyoto)Topic: Hiroshige’s fan prints: new discoveries in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-04

17 APRIL 24

Greek Japan: Or, How do we Possess a Culture?

Wednesday, April 17th, 18:00 JST

Speaker: Michael Lucken
Western classical culture, and Greek culture in particular, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-03-29

29 MARCH 24

Edo Popular Literature and Female Readership

Friday, March 29th, 18:00

Speaker: Mario Talamo
The publishing world of the late Edo period was marked by the attempts to ...

Award announcement

25 MARCH 24

La Pérégrination vers l'Ouest. Intégrale des illustrations de l'édition japonaise de 1806-1837, edited by Christophe Marquet in 2023, was ...

Shunjū yūe 2024

18 MARCH 24

From March 18 to 24, 2024 the Hashimoto Kansetsu Museum in Kyōto is hosting the exhibition "Shunjū yūe 2024: Heritage and Transmission". Christophe Marquet (EFEO) exhibits a ...

Kyoto Lectures 2024-02-21

21 FEBRUARY 24

Izumi Kyōka’s Animistic Prose: When the Semantic Becomes Mantic Wednesday, February 21st, 18:00h Speaker: Cody PoultonPraised by younger writers like ...

Hokkaido Dairy Farm Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of Japan (SUNY Press, 2024)

Book Launch: Hokkaido Dairy Farm by Paul Hansen

19 FEBRUARY 24

Book Launch and Discussion with the AuthorHokkaido Dairy Farm: Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of JapanBy Paul HansenFebruary 19th 2024, 18:00 ...

Publication CEA 32

14 FEBRUARY 24

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 32 (2023).
Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 32 (2023)Aspect of Lived Religion in Late Medieval ...

KYOTO LECTURES 2024-01

22 JANUARY 24

Japanese Traditional Kites: From Regional Studies to the World of Arts Speaker: Cecile Laly Monday, January 22nd, 18:00 JSTThe vanishing energy of Japanese traditional ...

A Happy New Year 2024

01 JANUARY 24

The EFEO wish you a Happy New Year 2024

Holiday Closures

28 DECEMBER 23

The Library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from December 29, 2023 to January 4, 2024 for the year-end and new year holidays.

Lecture: Between Japan and China

21 DECEMBER 23

Between Japan and ChinaThe Constitution of Henri Cernuschi’s (1821-1896) Ancient Chinese Bronze CollectionSpeaker: Olivier VENTURE (Professor , École ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-12-12

12 DECEMBER 23

Japan and the Journey of Soy: From Food from Somewhere to Washoku Tuesday, December 12th, 18:00hSpeaker: Felice FarinaIn recent years, there has been a growing appreciation ...

Lecture: Hiroshige's fan prints in French collections

25 NOVEMBER 23

Christophe Marquet gives a lecture (in Japanese) on "Hiroshige's fan prints in French collections" ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-11-22

22 NOVEMBER 23

“Hokusai”: the Name that Sold BooksWednesday, November 22nd, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Ellis TiniosThe Hokusai ‘brand’ in book illustration was the ...

New Publication

17 NOVEMBER 23

Christophe Marquet has edited a facsimile of the 250 illustrations in the Japanese translation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West (Ehon Saiyūki), published in Ōsaka ...

International Symposium: Preservation and Revitalization of Cultural Heritage in Central Asia

10 NOVEMBER 23

Joint Usage/Research Center at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto UniversityPreservation and Revitalization of Cultural Heritage in Central AsiaProgramDate: ...

Hyakunin isshu no uchi, Tenji Tenno, coll. British Museum

Symposium: Reading Images, Reading with Images

10 NOVEMBER 23

Friday, November 10, 12:00 CET (20:00 JST) Christophe Marquet (EFEO) will give a talk on 'Lire les images populaires d'Ōtsu de l'époque d'Edo: inscriptions, ...

South Face of Namdae Gate, Inner Wall, Kaesong Fortress, c. 14e s. © EFEO/NAPCH

Kyoto Lectures 2023-10-31

31 OCTOBER 23

The Urban Development of the City of Kaesong:From the Koryŏ Period to Twentieth-Century DPR KoreaSpeaker: Élisabeth ChabanolOctober 31st, 18:00h ...

Classics Day Prize 2023

03 SEPTEMBER 23

Classics Day Prize 2023第3回「古典の日文化基金賞」授賞式This prize was created in honor of the establishment of Classics Day (November 1st) in Japan in ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 31 (2022)

17 AUGUST 23

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie vol. 31.In Japan, you can purchase this issue (6000 yen) at the Center of EFEO Kyoto or by email: ...

Actes-colloque-EFEO-AIBL-120-ans-2023

Publication of the proceedings of the symposium EFEO : 120 ans de recherches en Asie

25 JULY 23

Publication of the proceedings of the symposium L'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient : 120 ans de recherches en Asie (AIBL, December 3, 2021), edited by ...

Symposium: 「もう一つの〈キリシタン信徒発見〉―1879年茨木・千提寺とフランス人宣教師」

17 JULY 23

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Serizawa Keisuke, Sansui noren 山水のれん, c. 1965, kataezome. Private collection, former Eudald Serra collection

Kyoto Lectures 2023-07-12

12 JULY 23

Kataezome: The Artistic Legacy of Serizawa Keisuke in CataloniaSpeaker: Ricard BruWednesday, July 12th, 18:00h This lecture is based on the exhibition being held from ...

22 ans à la tête du musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac

27 JUNE 23

This event will be held at MAISON FRANCO-JAPONAISE (Tokyo).Pre-registration from the website of MFJ is required.22 ans à la tête du musée du quai Branly - ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-06-20

20 JUNE 23

“Everyday Uncertainties”Sharing and Learning Terminologies in Eighth-century JapanSpeaker: Antonio ManieriTuesday, June 20th, 18:00hSome bilingual ...

In memoriam Silvio Vita

18 JUNE 23

We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Silvio Vita passed away in Kyoto on June 18. Prof. Vita was the Scientific Coordinator of the Italian School of East Asian Studies ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-05-31

31 MAY 23

Japonisme, a French Art FormSpeaker: Sophie BaschWednesday, May 31st, 18:00hThis lecture is based on the recent publication of Le Japonisme, un art français (Les ...

「大津絵　青面金剛」　１８世紀中期　雄琴庚申講蔵・大津市歴史博物館寄託

67th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF EASTERN STUDIES

27 MAY 23

On May 27, 2023, Christophe Marquet (EFEO Kyôto) will give a lecture at the 67th International Conference of Eastern Studies. Details ...

The Past, Present and Future of Cultural Translation

26 MAY 23

The Past, Present and Future of Cultural Translation文化翻訳の過去・現在・未来May 26th, 2023 16:00 - 18:00Hakubi Center, Kyoto University.16:00 - ...

THE HERITAGE AND ARTS OF LADAKH

12 MAY 23

This conference will be held at the Institut français du Japon - Yokohama＊Web site: https://www.institutfrancais.jp/yokohama/fr/＊Mandatory reservation (Web ...

Kyoto Lectures 2023-05-09

09 MAY 23

The Stolen RobeCopyright and its Metaphors in Medieval Japanese PoetryPier Carlo Tommasi SPEAKERTuesday, May 9th, 18:00hAuthorship and creativity are elusive concepts, and ...

Science and Archaeology in Italy and Japan: a Transdisciplinary Methodology

09 MAY 23

This workshop is organized by Italian School of East Asian Studies, KyotoUniversità di TorinoMay 9-10, 2023 16:00hWorkshopScience and Archaeology in Italy and Japan: ...

Workshop at the National Institute of Art History, Paris

13 APRIL 23

On April 13 a workshop on the Asian book collection of the Jacques Doucet Library is being organized at the National Institute of Art History, Paris. Christophe Marquet ...

Conference: Autour de Hiroshige

12 APRIL 23

Wednesday 12 April from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, at the auditorium of the Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet, Paris.Christophe Marquet gives a lecture entitled "Around ...

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Kyoto Lectures 2023-03

15 MARCH 23

Reframing Japonisme: Women’s Engagement with Japanese Art in 19th-Century FranceSpeaker: Elizabeth EmeryWednesday, March 15th, 18:00h The origin stories of ...

Approaching the High Plateau from the Archipelago: Tibetan Studies in Japan

05 MARCH 23

On March 4-5th the workshop "Approaching the High Plateau from the Archipelago: Tibetan Studies in Japan" was held at the EFEO Center in Kyoto. It was co-organized by Marc-Henri ...

Ishibutai-kofun in Nara

Kyoto Lectures 2023-02

13 FEBRUARY 23

Megaliths Everywhere: Prehistoric Japan as a Showcase of Human Societies’ DiversitySpeaker: Laurent NespoulousMonday, February 13th, 18:00h JSTEurope clearly has ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 30 (2021)

06 FEBRUARY 23

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie vol. 30.In Japan, you can purchase this issue (6000 yen) at the Center of EFEO Kyoto or by email: ...

Kyoto Lectures【Zoom】 2023-01

24 JANUARY 23

The Politics of Flying Saucers in Yukio Mishima's Beautiful StarTuesday, January24th 2023, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Stephen DoddGiven Mishima Yukio’s (1925-1970) ...

Holiday Closures

28 DECEMBER 22

The Library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from December 29, 2022 to January 5, 2023 for the year-end and new year holidays.

Kyoto Lectures【Zoom】 2022-12

14 DECEMBER 22

Zoom LINKhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85956624382Meeting ID: 859 5662 4382Doxographies of Empire: The Imperial Transformation of Japanese Buddhist ...

Publication

06 DECEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet has published (in French) Les éventails d’Edo. Estampes de la collection Georges Leskowicz 【The Fans of Edo. Prints from the Georges ...

Kyoto shinbun 2022-11-23

Classics Day Prize 2022

23 NOVEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet, professor of the École française d'Extrême-Orient, was awarded the Classics Day Prize on July 1st, 2022, for his contribution to the ...

Kyoto Lectures 【Zoom】2022-11

16 NOVEMBER 22

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81672014973Meeting ID: 816 7201 4973Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory Reconsidered: What, and Why?Speaker: Olivier AnsartWednesday, ...

The Hydraulic City of the Angkor Empire and Construction of Angkor Wat

05 NOVEMBER 22

Sophia Symposium on the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Sophia Asia Center for Research and Human Development The Second International Symposium on the ...

Exploring Language Diversity in Japan

22 OCTOBER 22

Online Workshop from KyotoExploring Language Diversity in JapanHow Philological and Linguistic Analysis Can Work Together Japan's--IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER VOVIN--October ...

Ex-voto: creations, subversion, and transgression

21 OCTOBER 22

Friday, October 21th, 20:30h-22h (JST)Christophe Marquet (EFEO) and Hirafuji Kikuko (Kokugakuin University) gives a talk on Japanese ema at the international colloquium ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-10

19 OCTOBER 22

An Archaeology of Wealth and Poverty: Unexpected Sources of Medieval Japanese Economic ThoughtWednesday, October 19th, 18:00hSpeaker: Ethan SegalThis paper offers ...

Classics Day Prize 2022

02 SEPTEMBER 22

Christophe Marquet, professor of the École française d'Extrême-Orient, was awarded the Classics Day Prize on July 1st, 2022, for his contribution to the ...

New head at the EFEO Kyoto

01 SEPTEMBER 22

On September 1, Christophe Marquet (Professor at EFEO), took over from Martin Nogueira Ramos as head of the EFEO Center in Kyoto.

Kyoto Shinbun

03 AUGUST 22

Kyoto Shinbun （News paper company）has reported the news about the Classics Day Prize 2022.Detail: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-07-15

15 JULY 22

How Zen Became JapaneseThe Daitō Branch and the Birth of a New Practice in Rinzai BuddhismFriday, July 15th, 18:00hDidier Davin SPEAKERThe kanhua chan (Jp. kannazen ...

Kyoto Lectures 2022-05-16

16 MAY 22

Between Collective Security and “Old Diplomacy”Japanese-French Relations during the Manchurian Crisis, 1931–1933Monday, May 16th, ...

Festival of Suwa shrine

Kyoto Lectures 2022-04-13

13 APRIL 22

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83706882374ミーティングID: 837 0688 2374De-Christianizing Nagasaki: Temples and Shrines in the Early Edo PeriodWednesday, April ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-03-18

18 MARCH 22

Urbane Waters: The Worldliness of Gion, ca. 1825Speaker: Stephen RoddyFriday, March 18th, 18:00hIs a truly cosmopolitan sensibility possible where foreign travel is nearly ...

YokohamaTraders Sadahide 1861

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-02-14

14 FEBRUARY 22

Law, Justice, and International Relations at the Dawn of the Meiji Restoration: The María Luz IncidentMonday, February 14th, 18:00 JSTSpeaker: Giorgio Fabio ...

春色三題噺

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2022-01-26

26 JANUARY 22

Rakugo as Variety Entertainment ⇆ Rakugo as LiteratureSpeaker: M.W. ShoresWednesday, January 26th, 18:00 JSTThis lecture will be available only via Zoom.Unlike the arts of ...

Holiday Closures

25 DECEMBER 21

The Library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from Saturday, December 25, 2021 to Tuesday, January 4, 2022 for the year-end and new year holidays. We will open Wednesday, January 5, ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-12-15

15 DECEMBER 21

The Circulation of Playful Energy in Early Modern Japanese Popular CultureSpeaker: Laura MorettiThis lecture will be available only on ZoomDecember 15th, 2021 18:00 JSTPlay ...

D’un empire, l'autre : premières rencontres entre la France et le Japon au XIXe siècle

01 DECEMBER 21

We are delighted to announce the publication of D'un empire, l'autre : premières rencontres entre la France et le Japon au XIXe siècle [Empire to Empire: First ...

Kyoto Lectures 2021-11-29

29 NOVEMBER 21

Thoughts on the Cult of Tokugawa Ieyasu as the Great AvatarSpeaker: Timon ScreechMonday, November 29th, 18:00hIt is well known that Tokugawa Ieyasu was deified and that his ...

歌川芳豊《痲疹まじなひの弁》　（都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵）

Aspects of Lived Religion in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan

13 NOVEMBER 21

The French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), the Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS), and the Institute for Research in Humanities (Kyoto University) are organizing a ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-10-28

28 OCTOBER 21

Weather and Local Knowledge: Forecasting Strategies in Japanese Small-Scale FisheriesSpeaker: Giovanni BulianThursday, October 28th, 18:00h Despite what Robert Marc ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-10-11

11 OCTOBER 21

Emperor of Shadows: Napoleon and the Japanese Imagination (1800-1900)Speaker: François LachaudMonday, October 11th, 18:00hFrom 1812 to today, Napoleon remains the ...

Exhibition and conference about Ōtsu-e at Sakaimaichi gallery (Kyoto) .

03 SEPTEMBER 21

On September 3, 2021, EFEO Kyoto collaborated in the organization of an exhibition and a roundtable discussion on Ōtsu-e and their reception in France, at Sakaimaichi Gallery ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-07-19

19 JULY 21

Health and Modern Warfare: Locating Medical History in Japan's Long Nineteenth CenturyMonday, July 19th, 18:00hKen Daimaru SPEAKERThis talk explores the dynamics of the ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-06-18

18 JUNE 21

Scriptures and Their Deployment: Two Examples of Sacred Works (Shōgyō 聖教) from Early Medieval JapanFriday, June 18th, 18:00hBrian Ruppert SPEAKERThis talk explores ...

『尾張名所図会　前編　巻4　愛智郡』（1880年）国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-05-28

28 MAY 21

Datsueba's Role in Structuring Religious LandscapesRisshakuji in Yamagata and the Pilgrimage Route to Atsuta ShrineFriday, May 28th, 18:00hChihiro Saka SPEAKERIn Japanese ...

Book Talk Event; Isoho Monogatari

21 MAY 21

This lecture will be held ON ZOOM.We will talk in ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-04-23

23 APRIL 21

Studying Women and Networks in the Late Tokugawa PeriodThe Case of the Rai FamilyFriday, April 23rd, 18:00hBettina Gramlich-Oka SPEAKERThe aim of the talk is twofold: to ...

Kyoto Lectures 2021-03-25 【CANCELLED】

25 MARCH 21

We are very sorry to inform you that we have to cancel the following event due to unexpected circumstances. The lecture will be rescheduled most likely in May. We will keep ...

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Yokohama kodai Eiyakkan no zenzu Bentendori go-chome 横浜高台英役館之全図 (View of the British legation at Bluffland in Yokohama), c 1868

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-03-08

08 MARCH 21

‘Tommy Atkins' in Japan: Examining the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875) through First Person AccountsThomas French SPEAKERMonday, March 8th, 18:00hThis talk ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 29 (2020)

24 FEBRUARY 21

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 29 (2020) Mythologie japonaises, Japanese Mythologies6000 yenYou can get it from EFEO Kyoto. Please contact us for ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2021-02

12 FEBRUARY 21

Early Medieval Monks and their Patrons: The Cases of Butsugon and Shinjaku-bōSpeaker: Alessandro PolettoFriday, February 12th, 18:00hWhen compared to the great figures ...

Holiday Closures

25 DECEMBER 20

The Library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from Friday, December 25, 2020 to Tuesday,
January 5, 2021 for the year-end and new year holidays. We will open Wednesday, January 6, ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-12

11 DECEMBER 20

Bringing the Vernacular into Modernism:Architect Antonin Raymond in Interwar JapanSpeaker: Yola GloaguenFriday, December 11th, 18:00hAntonin Raymond’s career ...

歌川芳豊《痲疹まじなひの弁》（都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵）

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon November 27, 2020

27 NOVEMBER 20

This lecture will be held in Japanese language.日本における信仰と「知」のはざま－中世・近世・近代を中心に－第7回2020年 11月 ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-11

20 NOVEMBER 20

The Annexation of the Ryūkyū Kingdom to Japan from a Global PerspectiveFriday, November 20th, 18:00hMarco Tinello SPEAKERFrom 1872 onward Tokyo's leaders resorted to a ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon October 30, 2020

30 OCTOBER 20

北白川EFEOサロン　2019-2020 日本における信仰と「知」のはざま－中世・近世・近代を中心に－第6回 2020年 ...

Kyoto Lectures【ON ZOOM】2020-10

28 OCTOBER 20

Locating Shugendō through Institution, Ritual, and Narrative: The Case of Mount TogakushiWednesday, October 28th, 18:00hCaleb Carter Speaker Japan’s mountain ...

Article of Mr. Christophe Marquet on Kyoto Shinbun

23 OCTOBER 20

An article of Mr. Christophe Marquet was posted on Kyoto Shinbun on October ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon, October 2020

16 OCTOBER 20

This lecture will be held in Japanese language.フランス国立極東学院・京都支部イタリア東方学研究所 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-09

28 SEPTEMBER 20

Articulating Inner Dharma The Development of the “Five Viscera Mandala” in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Monday, September 28th, 18:00h ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 2020-09

25 SEPTEMBER 20

This lecture will be held in Japanese language.北白川EFEOサロン　2019-2020
日本における信仰と「知」のはざま ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 28

07 SEPTEMBER 20

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 28 (2019) Pokchang, Image Consecration in Korean Buddhism / Pokchang, Consécration des images dans le bouddhisme ...

Kyoto Lectures 【ON ZOOM】2020-07

29 JULY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOMAnimal Shape-Shiftersfrom Japanese Folktales to North-American FictionLuciana Cardi SPEAKERWednesday, July 29th, 18:00hIn recent years ...

Open of the Library

16 JULY 20

The library of EFEO Kyoto reopened on July 15, 2020. The number of visitors is limited: If you wish to visit EFEO Kyoto, be sure to send an email at least 3 days before. Please provide ...

Kyoto Lectures 【On Zoom】2020-06

26 JUNE 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOMFriday, June 26th, 18:00hEarly Meiji “Accounts of Prosperity”The Making of an Urban Literary CanonGala Maria Follaco SPEAKERIn 1874 ...

Katsushika Hokusai: Shokoku Takimeguri Shimotsuke Kurokami-yama Kirifuri no Taki　(Shimane Art Museum)

Water, Waterways and Seas in Modern Japan: Perspectives of Environmental History

30 MAY 20

ONLINE WORKSHOPWater, Waterways and Seas in Modern Japan: Perspectives of Environmental HistorySaturday, May 30th, 9:00 AM (Japan Time)Prior registration is required ...

Kyoto Lectures 【ON ZOOM】2020-05

27 MAY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020 ON ZOOM Wednesday, May 27th, 18:00hJapan's Ocean Borderlands: Nature and SovereigntySpeaker: Paul KreitmanSome of Japan's most far-flung ...

Kyoto Lectures 【on Zoom】2020-04

22 APRIL 20

To reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centre of EFEO Kyoto is closed to the public from the 2nd April until further notice. We will hold this Lecture on Zoom.Gesaku ...

Temporary closing Notice of EFEO Kyoto

02 APRIL 20

To reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centre of EFEO Kyoto will be closed to the public from the 2nd April until further notice. Please check our blog and Facebook ...

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Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 2020-2

21 FEBRUARY 20

This seminar will be held in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-02

07 FEBRUARY 20

KYOTO LECTURES 2020Art, Gender, and Community in an Age of RevolutionThe Life of a Samurai Housewife and Artist in Kishu Domain, 1830-1880Simon Partner SpeakerFriday, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2020-01

29 JANUARY 20

Environmental Expertise in Modern Japan and the Ashio Copper Mine CaseWednesday, January 29th, 18:00h@ EFEO Kyoto29 Bettō-chō, Kitashirakawa, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, 606-8276 ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 2020-1

17 JANUARY 20

This seminar will be held in ...

Ambrosio Fernandes S.J.による1618年10月の書簡（ARSI）

近世日本のキリシタンと異文化交流（第三回報告会）

12 JANUARY 20

This seminar will be held in ...

Special Lecture: Chinese Christian Books in Nagasaki (Edo period)

17 DECEMBER 19

Eurasian Tracks: connections and intellectual exchanges Chinese Christian Books in Nagasaki From Censorship to CirculationDecember 17th, 2019 18:00＠EFEO Kyoto 29 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-12

10 DECEMBER 19

Between the Meiji Restoration and Ezo RepublicThe Boshin War Viewed from HakodateTuesday, December 10th, 18:00h@EFEO KyotoSteven Ivings SPEAKERThe Boshin War (1868-69) ...

歌川芳豊《痲疹まじなひの弁》（都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵）

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 2019-12

07 DECEMBER 19

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-11

28 NOVEMBER 19

Early Encounters of Shin Buddhism with Shintō “Interreligious” Contacts and HagiographyMarkus Rüsch SPEAKERThursday, November 28th 18:00h @EFEO ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-10

31 OCTOBER 19

KYOTO LECTURES 2019 Thursday, October 31st, 18:00h＠EFEO Kyoto The French Campaign Against Imports of Japanese Cultured Pearls in the Interwar Years Speaker: ...

©Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2019 - Franciscus VERELLEN

24 OCTOBER 19

ANNA SEIDEL MEMORIAL LECTURE ( This lecture will be held in English. )Title: Imperiled Destinies, Debt and Redemption in Medieval Daoism Speaker： Franciscus ...

Exhibition　Otsu-e: From European Perspectives

12 OCTOBER 19

From 12 October to 24 November 2019@ Otsu Museum of ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-09

19 SEPTEMBER 19

The Multiple Faces of Japanese Military Disobedience, 1868-1937 Roots and ConsequencesDanny Orbach SPEAKERThursday, September 19th, 18:00h@EFEO KyotoMany people in the ...

Libray of EFEO Kyoto is closed from 15 to 21 August, 2019

15 AUGUST 19

The libray of EFEO Kyoto is closed from 15 to 21 August, 2019.

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 27

04 AUGUST 19

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 27 was published.You can get it from EFEO Kyoto. Please contact us for purchase.efeo.kyoto@gmail.comCahiers d'Extrême-Asie 27 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-07

18 JULY 19

KYOTO LECTURES 2019-07Thursday, July 18th, 18:00h@EFEO KyotoThe “Global Novel” of Murakami Haruki and Elena FerranteA Comparative ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 6

28 JUNE 19

The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) launched in November a new series of ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-06

24 JUNE 19

Andreas Kim Taegŏn (1821-1846): The Clandestine Life and Heroic Afterlife of the First Korean Catholic Priest Speaker: Pierre-Emmanuel RouxMonday, June 24th, ...

Symposium at Waseda University

22 JUNE 19

Next Saturday (June 22), the members of the Kirishitan kaken (Principal Investigator: Prof. Ohashi Yukihiro) and the Project Marega (National Institute of Japanese ...

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon

14 JUNE 19

The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) launched in November a new series of ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-05

27 MAY 19

Observing Japanese mythologiesWhy the Nihon Shoki has two books with myths but the Kojiki only one?Speaker: Robert F. WittkampMonday, 27 May 201918h00-19h30 @EFEO ...

La foi des ancêtres

02 MAY 19

The head of the EFEO Kyoto, Martin Nogueira Ramos, published his first monograph. http://www.cnrseditions.fr/histoire/7843-la-foi-des-ancetres.html

Kyoto Lectures 2019-04

18 APRIL 19

Rule of (Cosmological) Law: The Rhetoric of Authority in Japan’s Medieval MirrorsErin L. Brightwell (Université de Michigan)Thursday, April 18 ...

Inauguration of ISEAS

13 APRIL 19

Saturday 13th of April, in the presence of His Excellency Giorgio Starace, ambassador of Italy in Japan, the ISEAS inaugurated its moving in the
EFEO center.

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 4

12 APRIL 19

The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) launched in November 2018 a new series ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-03

07 MARCH 19

The Japanese Uses of European RenaissanceRegeneration and Reconstruction in the Modern PeriodFrancesco Campagnola speakerThursday, March 7th, 18:00h @EFEO ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-02

14 FEBRUARY 19

Counter-Reformation Heroes in the Making: The Beatification of the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki Speaker: Hitomi Omata RappoThursday, February 14th, 18:00h ...

歌川国芳《高祖御一代略図》［建治三年九月身延山七面神示現］都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵

EFEO Kitashirakawa Salon 3

08 FEBRUARY 19

The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) launched in November a new series of lectures ...

歌川国芳《高祖御一代略図》［建治三年九月身延山七面神示現］都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵

Kitashirakawa EFEO Salon 2

25 JANUARY 19

The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) launched in November a new series of ...

Kyoto Lectures 2019-01

15 JANUARY 19

KYOTO LECTURES 2019 Tuesday, January 15th, 18:00h@EFEO Kyoto In a State of Excess: "Reckless Gathering" and the Meiji Cultivation of Ago BaySpeaker: Kjell ...

Symposium: Otsu-e, Folk Art, Europe

22 DECEMBER 18

Professor Christophe Marquet, director of the EFEO, will give a talk the 22th of December 2018 at Piazza Omi (Otsu-shi). ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-12-04

04 DECEMBER 18

Pushing Filial Piety: The Otogizōshi Nijūshikō and an Osaka Publisher’s ‘Beneficial Books for Women’ Speaker: Keller KimbroughTuesday, ...

歌川国芳《高祖御一代略図》［建治三年九月身延山七面神示現］都立中央図書館特別文庫室所蔵

Depictions of Hell in Early Modern Japan

30 NOVEMBER 18

The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and the Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale (ISEAS) are pleased to announce a new series of ...

Seminar: Japan and France : Birth of a special relationship

20 NOVEMBER 18

SeminarJapan and France (1858-1908): Birth of a special relationshipwith simultaneous translation (French-Japanese)Date Tuesday 20 November 2018 / ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-11

06 NOVEMBER 18

Monkey BusinessDiffering Approaches to the“Reconstruction” of the Bugaku Piece SomakushaSpeaker: Andrea GiolaiTuesday, November 6th, 18:00h ...

Kyoto Letures 2018-10-11

11 OCTOBER 18

Boxes of Fleas and Butterfly Folding FansCollecting Insects in Colonial TaiwanBy Kerstin Pannhorst(This lecture is held in English)Thursday, October 11th, 18:00hPlease ...

Libray of EFEO Kyoto is closed from 25 Sep. to 8 Oct.

25 SEPTEMBER 18

The libray of EFEO Kyoto is closed from the 25th September to the 8th Octobre 2018.Please contact in advance by E-mail if you want to visit the center of EFEO Kyoto during this ...

EFEO Kyoto is closed on the 20th September

20 SEPTEMBER 18

EFEO Kyoto is closed on the 20th September.

Kyoto Lectures 2018-09-14

14 SEPTEMBER 18

Friday, September 14th, 18:00hGaétan Rappo SPEAKERHeresy and Heresiology in Shingon BuddhismReading the Catalogues of“Perverse Texts”In the ...

Library of EFEO Kyoto is closed 15-20 August, 2018

15 AUGUST 18

The Library of EFEO Kyoto is closed from the 15th till the 20th August.

Director of the EFEO, will give a talk at the Fukui prefectural museum of Fine Arts.

28 JULY 18

Professor Christophe Marquet, director of the EFEO, will give a talk the 28th of July at the Fukui prefectural museum of Fine Arts. ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-07-23

23 JULY 18

Lawrence E. Marceau SPEAKERAnomalies in AesopExtraneous Episodes in the Japanese Script Editions of Isopo monogatariMonday, July 23rd, 18:00hIn 1593 the Jesuit Mission ...

Image from Shimabaraki

Early Japanese Catholics and their interactions with foreign cultures

21 JULY 18

July 21, from 1:30 pm, the EFEO center will host a workshop organized in the context of a 4-year research program funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science "Early ...

Autel domestique de Lu Jiacan 陸家璨, sculpteur, Hunan, Pingkou, 2009. Photo James Robson

Special Lecture 2018

26 JUNE 18

École française d’Extrême-OrientInstitute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto UniversitySpecial LectureEssay on History of Cultic Images in ...

New Horizons in Research on the Contents Inside of East Asian Statues

23 JUNE 18

The workshop
"New Horizons in Research on the Contents Inside of East Asian Statues", organized by Nagoya University and Harvard University at the Kanazawa bunko, on ...

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2018

11 JUNE 18

ANNA SEIDEL MEMORIAL LECTURE Title: Traces of Buddhism, Daoism, and Popular Religion in East Asian Religious Icons Speaker: James RobsonHarvard University June 11, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-06-04

04 JUNE 18

Kyoto Lectures 2018 June Dead Goddesses and Living Narratives: Variant Accounts in Early Japanese Mythology Speaker: David Lurie Monday, June 4th, 18:00h＠EFEO Kyoto (29 ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-05-29

29 MAY 18

KYOTO LECTURES 2018Tuesday, May 29th, 18:00hTitle: Christian Sorcerers CrucifiedReconsidering the Keihan Kirishitan Incident of 1827-29Speaker: Mark TeeuwenPlease ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-04-17

17 APRIL 18

KYOTO LECTURES 2018Tuesday, April 17th, 18:00hTitle: War without Blood? The Literary Uses of a Taboo Fluid in the Heike monogatariSpeaker: Vyjayanthi Ratnam SelingerPlease ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-03-14

14 MARCH 18

The Jesuits and Slavery in Early Modern Japan The system of “permits”Speaker: Lucio de Sousa École francaise d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO)
Scuola ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-02-20

20 FEBRUARY 18

École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEOScuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEASco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2018-01-24

24 JANUARY 18

École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEASco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 25

25 DECEMBER 17

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 25 (2016)Daoist Lives, Community and PlaceMarianne Bujard, Vincent GOOSSAERT, Pierre MARSONE, Chi Tim LAI , Xun LIU , John LAGERWEY, Patrice ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-11-24

24 NOVEMBER 17

Friday, November 24th, 18:00h Timothy Y. Tsu Who Cooked for Consul-General Townsend Harris? Chinese and the Introduction of Western Cooking to Japan This talk ...

Kyoto Letures 2017-10-20

20 OCTOBER 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017Friday, October 20th, 18:00hPlease note that this lecture will be held at the Kyoto centre of the École Française ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-09-26

26 SEPTEMBER 17

On French and Japanese anthropologies: André Leroi-Gourhan in Kyoto (1937-1939)Speaker: Damien KunikTuesday, September 26th, 18:00h Please note that this ...

Library is closed from the 29th August to the 3rd september

29 AUGUST 17

The library of EFEO Kyoto will be closed from 29/08/2017 to 03/09/2017.

Thank you.

Kyoto Lectures 2017-07-19

19 JULY 17

Kyoto Lectures 2017Wednesday, July 19th, 18:00hJesuit Buildings in Early Modern Japanese ArtA Comparative AnalysisSpeaker: Bébio Vieira AmaroNamban Byobu are ...

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2017

12 JULY 17

École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEOInstitute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto UniversityANNA SEIDEL MEMORIAL LECTURE 2017Wednesday, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-06-21

12 JUNE 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS (European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Kyoto Lecures 2017-05-30

30 MAY 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017Tuesday, May 30th, 18:00hco-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto UniversityThis lecture will be held at the Institute for Research in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-05-16

16 MAY 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola
Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS
(European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2017-04-24

24 APRIL 17

KYOTO LECTURES 2017 Monday, April 24th, 18:00h This lecture will be held at the Institute for Research in Humanities (IRH), Kyoto University ...

Martin Nogueira Ramos was appointed as the head of EFEO Kyoto

01 MARCH 17

Martin Nogueira Ramos, whose specialty is Japanese history, was appointed as the head of EFEO Kyoto. He is particularly interested in social history of religion (16th-19th).

Kyoto Lectures 2017-02-27

27 FEBRUARY 17

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS(European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ECAF) KYOTO ...

Kyoto Lecture 2016-12-7

07 DECEMBER 16

École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient EFEO Scuola Italiana di Studi sull'Asia Orientale ISEAS (European Consortium for Asian Field Study, ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 24

23 SEPTEMBER 16

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 24 (2015)Kingship, Ritual, and Narrative in Tibet and the Surrounding Cultural AreaEditor: Dotson (Brandon)Edition: EFEOPublication date: ...

Llibrary is closed from 20/08/2016 to 16/09/2016

17 AUGUST 16

The library of EFEO Kyoto is closed from 20/08/2016 to 16/09/2016 except 22, 24, 26, 29 August.(13:00~17:00)If you want to come on closing day, please send E-mail to Mr. Jacquet ...

Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan

30 JUNE 16

Seminar: Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan Guest : Fumiko KANEKO Date : 30 June, 2016 18:00~ SÉRIE KYOMACHIYA MON AMOUR ART ENTRE INNOVATION ET ...

Library of EFEO Kyoto is closed on the 16th et 17th June

16 JUNE 16

The library of EFEO Kyoto is closed on the 16th et 17th June.

Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan

15 APRIL 16

Guest: NAKAGAWA KojiApril 15, 2016 from 18:00 @EFEO KyotoLanuage: English and Japanese During the 20th Century, Japan has experienced a quick and intense ...

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2016

05 APRIL 16

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2016Daoxue and Daojiao: the Ming Dynasty Double OrthodoxyJohn Lagerwey (The Chinese University of Hong Kong )April 5 , 2016 from 18:00 Kyoto ...

Seminar: Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan 3

29 JANUARY 16

To Whom belongs the Building? The Role of the Architect as Professinal.Guest: Yoshihiro YAMANE@EFEO KyotoJanvier 29, 201618h00-20h00Lanuage: English and JapaneseDuring ...

Kyoto Lectures 2016-01-26

26 JANUARY 16

Title: Reflections on the Ascetic Practice at the Flute Cave of Mount ŌmineSpeaker: Carina Roth (University of Geneva)2016 Tuesday, January 26th, 18:00hÉcole ...

Kyoto Lectures 2015-12-18

18 DECEMBER 15

Going on Pilgrimage in 19th Century China: The itinerary network in the Canxue zhijin 參學知津 Friday, December 18th, 18:00h
Speaker: Marcus Bingenheimer This ...

Seminar: Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan 2

11 DECEMBER 15

Guest: Manuel TARDITSDecember 11, 2015 from 18:00 @EFEO KyotoLanuage: English and Japanese During the 20th Century, Japan has experienced a quick and intense ...

Kyoto Lectures 2015-12-08

08 DECEMBER 15

Title: The Robotic Housekeeper: Rethinking
Japanese Domesticity through the Image of KaseifuSpeaker: Miri NakamuraTuesday, December 8th, 18:00hThis lecture will ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 23

26 NOVEMBER 15

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 23: Worlds in the Making : Interethnicity and the Processes of Generation Difference in Southwestern China, ed. Stéphane ...

Kyoto Lectures 2015-11-24

24 NOVEMBER 15

Title: Japanese Fluxus: The roaring avant-gardeSpeaker: Luciana GallianoTuesday, November 24th, 18:00h@Institute for Research in Humanities (IRH), Kyoto University ...

Seminar: Conservation and Renovation of Architecture in Japan

18 NOVEMBER 15

Guest: UOYA ShigenoriNovember 18, 2015 from 18:00 @EFEO KyotoLanuage: Japanese During the 20th Century, Japan has experienced a quick and intense modernization and ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 22

31 JULY 15

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 22: Living together in a Kyushu Town, ed. Anne Bouchy.

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture 2015

03 APRIL 15

The Goddess on the Threshold: Another Look at Medieval
Japanese Religion Bernard Faure (Columbia University)11 juin, 2018 18:00-19:30 @Kyoto University, Institute for ...

Holcim Awards 2014 Asia Pacific

13 NOVEMBER 14

Benoît Jacquet, Manuel Tardits, and the architectural firm Mikan have received a prize from the Holcim Foundation
for Sustainable Construction for their project ...

Wooden Architecture in Japan

10 OCTOBER 14

Séminaire international　国際研究集会　International Seminar

L’architecture en bois au Japon : matière et temps ...

Buddhism and Universalism

03 OCTOBER 14

October 3-5, the EFEO organizes, with the Collège de France and Kyoto University (Hakubi Center), the symposium "Bouddhisme et universalisme : regards
sur ...

Kyoto Lectures 2014-07

23 JULY 14

Wednesday 23rd of July, at 6 pm, Andrea Flores Urushima (Kyoto University) will give a talk on "Planning for Everyday
Life in Japan during the 1960s: National Territory, Local ...

Kyoto Lectures 2014-05-21

21 MAY 14

Wednesday May, 21 (6 pm), Diego
Pellecchia (Kônan University) will give a talk at the Kyoto Lectures on: "Beyond the Black and White:
Amateurs and Professionals in the ...

Inauguration

26 FEBRUARY 14

The new EFEO Centre in Kyoto has been inaugurated on February 26, 2014, by the Mayor of Kyoto, Mr. Kadokawa Daisaku, the Ambassador of France in Japan, Mr. Christian Masset, the ...

Anna Seidel Memorial Lecture

26 FEBRUARY 14

To celebrate the inauguration of the new EFEO Centre in Kyoto in 2014, and place its activities in an heritage of scientific excelency and open intellectual exchanges, the EFEO ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 21

31 DECEMBER 13

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 21: The Way of Yin and Yang; Divinatory Techniques and Religious Practices, ed. Bernard Faure & Iyanaga Nobumi.

Ridge pole raising ceremony - Jotoshiki 上棟式

21 SEPTEMBER 13

September 20, a ridge pole raising ceremony, Jotoshiki 上棟式, gathering the architecte (Manuel Tardits, Mikan), the contractor (Amuza komuten), the client (EFEO), and ...

Wooden structure - Jotoshiki 上棟式

20 SEPTEMBER 13

September 20, the main wooden structure is now completed.

Wooden Construction

20 SEPTEMBER 13

September 19, in one day, the pillars and beams of 2 floors are mounted.

Wooden construction

19 SEPTEMBER 13

In two days, a team of 5 carpenters is mounting the whole wooden structure.

Wooden construction

18 SEPTEMBER 13

September 18, carpenters have installed the foundation wooden bean (dodai 土台), on which pillars of the first floor will be mounted. They are also manually cutting pieces ...

Visit of the French Embassy in Japan

14 SEPTEMBER 13

Saturday September 14, the Ambassador of France in Japan, Mr. Christian
Masset, visited the construction site of EFEO Centre in Kyoto, together with the Consul general of ...

Construction

28 AUGUST 13

Construction of EFEO Kyoto Centre : Two months after the start of the construction, concrete foundations are completed.As we can see on the picture, the concrete slab that forms ...

Construction

08 JULY 13

Construction of EFEO Kyoto Centre: After one week, the footprint of the buliding have been marked on the ground with a white cord.

Jichinsai 地鎮祭

28 JUNE 13

Friday June 28, the ceremony to pacify the site's gods (jichinsai 地鎮祭), ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the new EFEO Kyoto Centre was celebrated on site by ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-05-28

28 MAY 13

Tuesday, May 28th (from 6 pm), Nissim Otmazgin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) will give a talk on : "Stories for the Nation: Rewriting History in Manga," at the Kyoto Lectures, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-03-27

27 MARCH 13

March 27 (from 6 pm), Wybe Kuitert (Seoul National University) will give a talk on : "Cherries of Kyoto: Some Hidden
History," at the Kyoto Lectures, co-organized by the EFEO and ...

Kyoto Lectures 2013-02-27

27 FEBRUARY 13

Wednesday February 27 (6 pm),
Kacem Zoughari (International Research Center
for Japanese Studies, Nichibunken) will talk on "The Modes of Transmission in Japanese ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 20

13 FEBRUARY 13

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 20: Buddhism, Daoism, and Chinese Religion, ed. Stephen T. Teiser & Franciscus Verellen.

Kyoto Lectures 2013-01-23

23 JANUARY 13

Wednesday 23, January (from 6 pm),
Anna Andreeva (Heidelberg University) will talk at Kyoto Lectures on "Assembling
Shinto: Buddhist approaches to kami worship in ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-12-19

19 DECEMBER 12

Kyoto Lectures 2012-11-13

13 NOVEMBER 12

Tuesday 13 November (6 pm), Vincent Giraud, researcher at the Department of Philosophy of Relgion, Kyoto University, will give a lecture on "Decentering Existence: Nishitani ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 19

15 OCTOBER 12

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 19: Religions et société locale. Interdisciplinary Studies on the Central Region of Hunan, ed. Alain Arrault.6000 yens. ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-06-27

27 JUNE 12

Bret Davis (Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Loyola University Maryland) will give a talk at the Kyoto Lectures on "Encounter in Emptiness: The
I-Thou Relation in ...

12 JUNE 12

ADVERTISEMENT OF TENDER - EFEO

07 JUNE 12

Published in the Journal Kensetsu tsûshin shinbun 建設通信新聞, June 7, 2012. ADVERTISEMENT
OF TENDER

Description
of Building
・Owner: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-06-06

06 JUNE 12

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Research Professor, University of Wisconsin,
Madison) will talk at the Kyoto
Lectures on the theme "Many Meanings of Cherry ...

02 JUNE 12

From the Things Themselves: Architecture and Phenomenology

30 APRIL 12

Book launch:From the Things Themselves: Architecture and Phenomenology, ed. Benoît Jacquet and Vincent Giraud. Kyoto: Kyoto University Press/EFEO, 2012.A5 format, ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-04-26

26 APRIL 12

Thursday April 26 (from 6 pm), Joseph T. Sorensen (University of California, Davies) will talk at the Kyoto Lectures on "The Story behind the Poem: The Elevation of Vernacular ...

Symposium Architecture and Nature 2012-04-20/21

20 APRIL 12

April 20-21, the EFEO co-organizes the symposium "Architecture and Nature" at Kyoto Seika University, April 20
(5 to 6:30 p.m.), and at the Institut franco-japonais du Kansai ...

Symposium Architecture and Nature 2012-04-20

20 APRIL 12

Friday April 20 (from 6 p.m.), the EFEO co-organizes the symposium "Architecture and Nature" at Kyoto Seika University.The symposium will start with the conferences of Patrick ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-03-15

15 MARCH 12

March 15th (6 pm), Marc-Henri Deroche (Kyoto University) will give a talk to the Kyoto Lectures on "Memory, Revelation and Authority: The gmer ma Traditions from the Ancient ...

Afghanistan Meeting 2012

05 MARCH 12

On March 5-6, the EFEO and ISEAS
co-organize, with the Institute for Researches in Humanities, Kyoto University, and Kyoto Ryûkoku University, the symposium: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2012-02-23

23 FEBRUARY 12

Rebecca Suter (Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney) will give a talk on "Diasporic Devils: The Kirishitan as a Metaphor for Taishô Cosmopolitanism in the Works of ...

Scholarly Perspectives on China: The View from Japan

12 NOVEMBER 11

November 12th and 13th, the EFEO and ISEAS centres co-organize the symposium of the Australian Centre on
China in the World (Australian National University) on: "Scholarly ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-11-10

10 NOVEMBER 11

Benjamin Perry (Deputy director of the Australian
Centre on China in the World, Australian National University), will give a talk on: "Philosophy and Vain Deceit: ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-07-14

14 JULY 11

Fabio Rambelli, University of California (Santa Barbara), will give a lecture on " 'The Dharma Preaches Equality and Has No Hierarchy': Uchiyama Gudô and the Experiment ...

Kenchiku zasshi　建築雑誌

11 JULY 11

Publication of the call for application for the construction of the new Centre of the EFEO in Kyoto, in the journal Kenchiku zasshi, July 2011, vol. 126, no. 1620, p. 141.

Architectural competition - Application

01 JULY 11

On July 1st 2011, the journal Kenchiku zasshi 建築雑誌, of the Architectural Institute of Japan, publishes the call for application on the architectural competition for ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-06-30

30 JUNE 11

Kyoto Lectures 2011-06-16

16 JUNE 11

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 18

15 FEBRUARY 11

Conference at IFJK

03 FEBRUARY 11

Ciel Rouge Création : Conference of the architect Henri Gueydan with the artist Kaneko Fumiko, moderated by Benoît Jacquet at the Kansai French-Japanese ...

Kyoto Lectures 2011-02-24

01 FEBRUARY 11

February 24th (6 pm), Erick Laurent, Gifu Keizai University 岐阜経済大学, will give a talk at Kyoto Lectures on the subject
: « Just “a bunch ...

Kyoto Lectures

18 JANUARY 11

27 January (6 pm), Mark Metzler,
University of Texas at Austin, will give a lecture at Kyoto Lectures on: « Ages of Deflation: A Long-Conjunctural View of ...

Happy New Year

01 JANUARY 11

Lecture

15 DECEMBER 10

Lecture on Primitivism and Ecology by Olivier Boucheron and Igarashi Jun 五十嵐淳, moderated by Thomas Daniell at Kyoto Seika University.

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 17

24 JULY 10

Volume 17, Studies
in Chinese Art History, edited by Lothar von Falkenhausen, in Homage to Lothar Ledderose, published in
spring-summer 2010.

Symposium Ochadai

03 JULY 10

Two days symposium in Tokyo, Ochanomizu National University.3 July: "City, Hamlet, Graveyard's Geomancy: The Realities of Geomancy considered from Historical ...

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie 16

24 JANUARY 10

Volume 16, Rethinking Medieval Shintô, edited by Bernard Faure,
Iyanaga Nobumi, and Michel Como was published in 2009.

Visiting Scholars

24 SEPTEMBER 09

In 2010 the Centre welcomed many researchers:

Nicolas
Fiévé, Professor at the EPHE delegated to the EFEO, specialist in the history of
Japanese ...

Issues

24 SEPTEMBER 09

The centre has also edited several
thematic volumes of the EFEO collections: Légitimités et légitimations; Du pinceau à la typographie, in ...

Conferences A+P

26 JUNE 09

In 2009 the EFEO Centre
was responsible for the Second International Architecture and Phenomenology
Conference (26–29 June) at Kyoto Seika University. This event ...

Symposium Japarchi

12 DECEMBER 08

On December 12 and 13, the Centre organized, with the Kyoto Institute of Technology 京都工芸繊維大学, the CNRS (Programme CNRS-JSPS
Chorus) and the Kansai ...