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Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship

The call for applications for the Winter School in Buddhist Textual Scholarship to be held in Chiang Mai from March 2 to 9, 2026 is open until December 2, 2025.

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inauguration of the ''Fudan-EFEO Centre for Humanities''

The inauguration of the new EFEO Centre, the "Fudan-EFEO Centre for Humanities", on the campus of Fudan University took place on 17 November 2025 in the presence of Nicolas Fiévé, Director of the EFEO, Guillaume Dutournier, Head of the new centre, representatives of the French Embassy in China and several colleagues from the School. They were welcomed by Mr. Chen Zhimin, Vice-President of Fudan, Mr. Ge Zhaoguang, Director of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan, and Ms. Lu Li'an.

Meeting

On November 13, 2025, Nicolas Fiévé had the pleasure of meeting with Professor Lê Văn Lợi, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

Signing of a new collaboration agreement

On November 12, 2025, Nicolas Fiévé traveled to Hanoi to meet with Rector Hoàng Anh Tuấn of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and sign a new collaboration agreement.

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Welcoming delegations to the EFEO 2026-2027

2025-10-14 Paris, France

The recruitment campaign for delegates to the EFEO for the year 2026-2027 is now open. Applications must be submitted no later than 14 October 2025.

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EFEO Field Scholarships - 1st Semester 2026

2025-10-10 Paris, France

Call for applications for the EFEO Field Scholarships - 1st Semester 2026:

The deadline for submitting an application to an EFEO Field Scholarships for Master and PhD students enabling a field study in Asia at one of the EFEO centers is set to the 10th of Ocotber 2026.

New publication

2025-10-08 Kyoto

Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 34 (2025)
Catastrophe and Prophecy in Tibetan Religious Contexts
Catastrophe et prophétie dans les contextes religieux tibétains

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Call for applications

2025-10-03 Paris, France

As part of the ANR AltLife-SSEA collaborative research project (Project-ANR- 25-CE55-0805), the EFEO is inviting applications for a postdoctoral/contract researcher position in anthropology.

Application deadline : 3 October 2025

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The network of EFEO centres across Asia

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