As part of the Kyoto lectures, DAIMARU Ken (Paris University) presents: "Health and Modern Warfare. Locating Medical History in Japan's Long Nineteenth Century".

At 6pm (Japan time) in hybrid format or only on the Zoom platform. The password for logging in will be posted on the Kyoto Center's blog and the ISEAS website on the 27th.

Légende : Portrait of an injured Japanese soldier at the Liaoyang Stage Hospital (March 1905), archives of the Academy of Medical Corps of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

The National Museum of Cambodia remains closed to visitors and is likely to be closed for an extended period in the coming months.

The sculpture conservation workshop (EFEO) is resuming and refining the installation of labels in the exhibition rooms and around the museum. It is also preparing the departure of eight important sculptures for the exhibition "Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain", which will open in mid-November at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

This quiet rainy season is also an opportunity for a lot of tidying up and updating of conservation reports.

Legend: The Buddha of Wat Kompong Luong, Angkor Borei, Takeo Province (6th century - MNC Ka1720).

On July 8 at the Maison de l'Asie, the plenary meeting of the members of the ANR City-NKOR, of which Elisabeth Chabanol is the scientific leader of the "Korea pole", is held to review the progress of the team's work. A round table of the Ethics Committee which supervises the project will close the study day.

Académie des Sciences d'Outre-mer, session of July 2 2021 at 3pm "À propos de la genèse du droit d'ingérence pour raisons humanitaires. Regards croisés". On this occasion, Frédéric Girard will be installed by Pierre Gény, Permanent Secretary, as a full member of the 5th section in Michel Levallois' seat.

Legend: Animal fights on the parade parasol (furyugasa), painted scroll of the annual rites, 2nd half of the 12th century.

Legend: Forest shot of the Kamigamo Experimental Site, Kyoto University (June 2021).

On July 3, Benoît Jacquet will participate in the seminar and workshop "Forests: (Ex)changing Viewpoints for a Sustainable Future," organized by Seika University (Human Environment Design Program) as a satellite event of the "Nuits des Forêts" [Forest Nights] festival (Fibois network and COAL association), which will take place in the experimental forest of Kyoto University, in partnership with the Field Science Education and Research Center (Kyoto University), the EFEO, ENSA Paris-La Villette, and the Institut français du Japon-Kansai.

From July 15 to 17, Benoît Jacquet is invited to the Forum International Bois Construction [International Wood Construction Forum], at the Grand Palais Éphémère (on the Champ-de-Mars), to take part in the ENSTIB workshops, the aim of which is to design two wooden pavilions that will be built in Kyoto, at the French Institute of Japan-Kansai and at the Kujoyama Villa during the "Season of France in Japan" as part of the "Ki-Time" project. On July 17, he will participate in the selection jury of the projects proposed by the students of ENSTIB and Kyōto University.

With Noel Hidalgo Tan, Hélène Njoto is participating in the first webinar entitled "An Introduction to the AAHP Webinar Series: Art History and Archaeology in Southeast Asia" in a series of lectures organised by the Temasek History Research Centre and ISEAS.

Tuesday, July 6th, 10am-11.30am (Singapore time), registration required.

On July 7, Catherine Scheer participes in the AlterSEA Videoconference "From social regulation to social movements: Alterpolitical engagements across Southeast Asia" as a discussant of Tania Li's opening presentation.

The EFEO library is open on appointment from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. It offers a document loan and return service every Wednesday.

- Book your reading space.

- Order the desired books you would like to consult during your visit, via your online catalog account.

- Make an appointment for the Wednesday loan-return service.

Check the EFEO's Facebook page and Twitter account regularly for any updates on the terms and conditions of the public reception service.

From June 15 on, the reading room of the Maison de l'Asie library will be exhibiting the plates and models of a project carried out by Vissa Chanthaphasouk for the defence of her End of Study Project (PFE) for the State Diploma of Architecture at ENSA Paris Belleville on 27 January 2021.

The project, carried out within the framework of the Blank Page studio, proposes a questioning of the territory of the site of Vat Phu in the region of Champassak (Laos), around the ancient city in the area protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

More specifically, the project offers a reflection on the development around the pre-Angkorian temple of Houay Sa Hua 2, in the heart of the village of Vat Luang Kao, which is partly inspired by a development programme included in the CHAMPA project that the EFEO is conducting with the Vat Phu World Heritage Office, financed by the AFD.

Legend: EFEO, Paris Library. Exhibit A/Litt. 1 - Diệu-liên tập. 妙蓮集. Collection of Diêu-liên's poetic works.

The EFEO Paris library just published new inventories on its website dedicated to description and gestion of archives and digital objects. You can now discover the collection of 66 manuscripts and printed documents in Hán-Nôm as well as copies of registers of births, marriages and deaths of Notre-Dame-des-Anges Parish in Pondicherry.

Legend: EFEO, Paris Library. Ms Pali 40.

You can also find inventories of manuscripts in Caṃ, Pāli, Siamese, Thaï, Thai yuan and Thai lü, Cambodian manuscripts on paper, that you can as well browse on the website of the EFEO archives or on Calames.

The EFEO's photographic holdings remain accessible on the photo library website.

Discover the new virtual exhibition Le Tibet vu par un voyageur : le fonds Jacques Bacot [Tibet as seen by a traveller: the Jacques Bacot collection].

Jacques Bacot (1877-1965) is a central figure in the history of Tibetan studies in France and a pioneer of modern Tibetology in many ways. If he was not the first French Tibetologist, he was certainly the first to pay attention to Tibet for its own sake, to consider its own culture. It is mainly his two journeys to Khams - made in 1906-1907 and 1909-1910 - that are documented by the collection of stereoscopic plates deposited at the EFEO by Olivier de Bernon, the explorer's grandson.

The exhibition is divided into six stages: the first three are chronological and give an account of Jacques Bacot's travels before 1914; the last three illustrate in a transversal way the different facets of this journey told in images.

Legend: Adrup Gönpo and other members of Jacques Bacot's troupe, in Sichuan (EFEO_BACJ00372).

You can now watch or re-watch the EFEO Paris 2020-2021 seminars on the School's YouTube channel. All videos will be posted by the end of the summer.

The online magazine Cambodge Mag devoted an article to the research of Jacques Gaucher's team at Angkor Thom: "Dossier & Archéologie : Donner un visage à la ville d’Angkor Thom avec ModAThom".

The Center for Asian and Transcultural Studies in Heidelberg (CATS), in cooperation with the ERC-funded project READCHINA: The Politics of Reading in the People's Republic of China, Freiburg, and EURICS, Paris, are organising a series of digital conferences in the framework of the Chinese Communist Party's centenary entitled "Living the Socialist Modern. The Chinese Communist Party at 100: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives".