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 Christophe Marquet and Nicolas Grimal, Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2023, 186 p., ISBN 978-2-87754-701-7, €35 ex VAT, distributed by Peeters Pusblishers, Leuven, Belgium.

On December 3, 2021, the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) celebrated its 120th anniversary at the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Eight papers shed light on the major research disciplines that have forged this institution: the birth of Sinology at the dawn of the twentieth century; the history of Śivaism through the collections of manuscripts in Pondicherry; research on the religions and history of Japan; the renewal of epigraphic studies in the Indian and Indianized world, from the pioneers to today; the beginning of studies in contemporary phenomena and the contribution of new technologies, such as LiDAR, to archeology in Southeast Asia, highlighting the renewal of research; the history of the EFEO in India, with its establishment in Pondicherry in the 1950s; and anchoring the EFEO in the twenty-first century and its place in the European research area.

The video of this day of commemoration can be viewed at https://aibl.fr/seances/120-ans-de-recherche-en-asie/.
To find out more about the history and current events of the EFEO, see: https://120ans.efeo.fr (web documentary).

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