Agenda

Centres

Ho Chi Minh City

Hong Kong

Alexis Balmont, a doctoral student at the EPHE with joint supervision from the Pontifical Oriental University in Rome and a member of the CRCAO, has been associated with the EFEO Center in Hong Kong for a year beginning on September 1. His thesis is entitled: "Textes chrétiens écrits en chinois avant le XIIème siècle (635-1036). Essai de caractérisation théologique des textes du corpus Jingjiao et nouveaux arguments concernant leur authenticité et leur attribution."

Pondicherry

S. A. S. Sarma will participate in the National workshop on Manuscriptology organised by the Department of Sanskrit, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Kerala from 16/10/2023 to 21/10/2023 and will present a paper on "Exploring Manuscripts Across Regions for Authentic Texts in Textual Research."

Taipei

From October 18 to November 8 Marie-Paule Hille (EHESS) is visiting Taiwan at the invitation of the EFEO Center in Taipei.

On October 26 Marie-Paule Hille will give a lecture at the National Chengchi University (NCCU) entitled "The Cult of Saints in a Muslim Community in Gansu: Between Resistance and Transformation (1980-2020)," organized jointly by the EFEO and the Ethnology Department of NCCU.

Vientiane

EFEO - CHAMPASAK

The members of the LIDAR team at Vat Phou Champasak have been deeply sorrowed by the death of Damian Evans, who had been in charge of this part of the CHAMPA project since 2020. However, activities are continuing in line with the methodology he established. Following on from the LIDAR data analysis and field verification operations, the laboratory work on mapping and archiving is continuing under the leadership of David Bazin, in collaboration with Adam Wijker.

David Bazin will be presenting the results and progress made, as well as the extensions linked to the additional funding from the AFD, at the internal EFEO seminar in Chiang Mai from 21 to 23 October, as part of the CHAMPA project.

Photos: On the left, documentation and archiving of surveys. Right, methodology - site mapping (© CHAMPA Project).

Researchers

Éric Bourdonneau, Dominic Goodall et Charlotte Schmid

Éric Bourdonneau, Dominic Goodall, and Charlotte Schmid are taking part in the jury for the defense of the doctoral dissertation of Louise Roche, who received a doctoral scholarship from the EFEO for her thesis Une histoire du temple de Banteay Samrae. Introduction à l'étude du renouvellement des pratiques iconographiques dans le Cambodge de la dynastie dite "de Mahīdharapura". October 12 at 2 pm, in the Grand Salon of the Maison de l'Asie (22 avenue du président Wilson). Karine Ladrech, Grégory Mikaelian and Ashley Thompson will also be on the jury.

Michela Bussotti

Élisabeth Chabanol

Yves Goudineau

Christine Hawixbrock

Christine Hawixbrock will be on a scientific mission in Southeast Asia from October 20 to December 13:

From October 20 to 24 she will be joining the EFEO team of the CHAMPA EFEO-AFD project at the EFEO Center in Chiang Mai for a meeting to take stock of current activities in southern Laos (Vat Phu and Savannakhet museums, archaeological excavations, study of the Nong Hua Thong "Treasure").

Benoît Jacquet

Gregory Kourilsky

On October 20, Gregory Kourilsky will be presenting the EFEO's activities in Thailand at a round-table meeting at the French Embassy in Bangkok, bringing together the various scientific operators.

François Lachaud

Michel Lorrillard

Michel Lorrillard will be in Chiang Mai from October 20 to 24 to take part in the preparatory meeting for the international conference organised by the EFEO in Vientiane on November 8.

Christophe Marquet

Christophe Marquet will be speaking at the Hokusai educator conference (教育者北斎シンポジウム), organised by the Kokusai Hokusai gakkai, Institut français du Japon - Kansai, Kyoto, on 27 October, from 1.30 to 4.45 pm.

Costantino Moretti

Costantino Moretti is at Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, from 1 October to 27 December 2023, as a visiting professor.

Hélène Njoto

Hélène Njoto will be on the filed in the Moluccas until October 10 to prepare the study day on mosques, which will be held during the opening of the ALIPH exhibition on traditional carpentry techniques in the village of Kaitetu, Ambon.

Daniel Perret

On October 19, Daniel Perret will be taking part in the Malaysia-France Convention on Higher Education - Research/Innovation in Kuala Lumpur, organised by the French Embassy in Malaysia, the MESR, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education and Campus France.

Christophe Pottier

On October 16, Christophe Pottier will take part in the recruitment committee at the EFEO.

From October 21 to 23 Christophe Pottier is organizing a seminar on the CHAMPA project at the EFEO in Chiang Mai. The seminar will bring together David Bazin, Vissa Chanthaphasouk, Christine Hawixbrock, Michel Lorrillard, Nicolas Nauleau, Bertrand Porte, Dominique Soutif, and Brice Vincent. This meeting will provide an opportunity to review the work carried out and the results obtained by the EFEO since 2020 as part of this AFD-funded project, and to consider the work planned as part of the future extension of this project until 2028.

On October 27 Christophe Pottier will give a presentation entitled "Introduction au territoire et aux études urbaines à Angkor" as part of the Master 1 & 2 and DSA course "Villes et architecture en Asie" directed by Pijika Pumketkao at ENSA Paris-Belleville.

From 30 October to 6 November, Christophe Pottier will be taking part in a mission by the ad hoc Expert Group (EAG) to Vat Phu in preparation for the 7th international coordination meeting, to be held in Vientiane on 7 November.

Lectures

Paola Calanca
- EHESS seminar in the framework of the Master's degree in Asian Studies, Le monde maritime chinois à travers l'Étude des Mers orientale et occidentale de Zhang Xie (1617), starting from October 24

Véronique Degroot
- EHESS seminar in the framework of the Master's degree in Asian Studies, Introduction à l'histoire de l'art et à l'archéologie de l'Indonésie occidentale: protohistoire et période hindo-bouddhique, starting from October 24

Hugo David
- License 3 Seminar in Indian Studies, "Dramatic Texts 1 and 2" (O5IS413/06IS414), Université Paris-3 "Sorbonne Nouvelle"

Benoît Jacquet
- Master 2 seminar, Pratiques constructives du projet architectural, at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-La Villette

- License 3 seminar, Histoire de l’architecture moderne au Japon, Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, Columbia University / Dôshisha University

François Lachaud
- EPHE seminar in the framework of the Master's degree in Asian Studies, Bouddhisme  et civilisation japonaise : Les Masques du démon : bouddhisme, shamanisme et religion vernaculaire dans le département d'Akita, starting from October 24

- EPHE seminar in the framework of the Master's degree in Asian Studies, Bouddhisme et civilisation japonaise : Le Chant du cœur de Yanagi Muneyoshi, starting from October 27

Christophe Pottier
- Master's seminar at Sorbonne University, Archaeology in the Far East, since 19 September

Catherine Scheer
- EHESS seminar in the framework of the Master's degree in Asian Studies, Faire de la recherche sur le terrain : contraintes, contournements, engagements en Asie du Sud-Est, starting from October 12

On 12 October, Emile Soupa (CASE/EHESS doctoral student) will present "Du chercheur de terrain à la mascotte du village. Comment la mobilisation de ma présence sur le terrain par les acteurs locaux a dirigé le déroulement de mon enquête en région Isan (Thaïlande)"

On 26 October, Louise Roche will present "Des Ādibuddha dans le royaume d'Angkor (Xe-XIIe siècles)? Premiers pas pour une enquête de terrain consacrée aux images khmères du Buddha sur le nāga"

Publications

Articles :

- Xavier Hermand, "Le maître du jardin : rivalités religieuses au Nangarhār"

- Titi Surti Nastiti, Eko Bastiawan & Arlo Griffiths, "Towards a Corpus of Inscriptions Issued during Airlangga’s Reign in Eastern Java: A Provisional Inventory and Four New Inscriptions"

- Cuong T. Mai, "Body of Jade, Pearls of Blood: The Evolution of the King An Dương Story and the Moral Imagination of Fifteenth-Century Đại Việt"

- Qian Shenghua, "Adaptation et évolution du système tributaire chinois au Viêt Nam sous les Nguyễn : le cas des pays jaraï (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)"

- Benjamin Daniels, "“Bird Script” is not Bird Script"

Lecture critique :

François Lachaud, "Un bestiaire aux destins croisés : imaginaires du loup et de l’ours au Japon"

Bilingual dictionaries and lexicons edited or compiled during the early modern and modern eras (1500–1900) offer invaluable historical insights into the dynamics of international interactions and encounters between Europeans and Asians, mostly in terms of cultural exchanges, but also in connection with variegated forms of diplomatic activities (both official and non-official), and even more with Catholic and, later, Protestant, missionary enterprises. If they shed light on the advancement of linguistic knowledge and its dynamics, dictionaries are themselves the products of this knowledge, they are also the most precious tools for philologists and translators to ply their trade. This volume includes thirteen contributions from scholars with different backgrounds and methodologies to better emphasise the inexhaustible richness of these understudied materials, and to pave the way for future research perspectives on Asian "word–hoards."

All EFEO publications are available on the publications website.

Researchers' publications

Research Services

Recipients of allocation currently on mission

- Laura Agnel is in Japan, for a study entitled "Sugae Masumi (1754-1829), un lettré ethnographe sur les chemins du Tōhoku : Littérature pieuse, notes journalières illustrées et voyages dans le Japon du nord au XVIIIe siècle"

- Alexis Cabrié is in Tokyō, for a study entitled "Repenser le "monde", la "civilisation" et l’"humain" au prisme du bouddhisme indien : analyse historique comparée des pratiques et des représentations dans les bouddhologies japonaise et française, 1890-1940"

- CHEN Ming-Zong is in China, for a study entitled "Les normes forestières : les gestions sylvicoles et les pratiques contractuelles en aval de la rivière Qingshui au Guizhou du 18ème siècle à la première moitié du 20è siècle"

- Guilhem Cousin-Thorez is in Ho Chi Minh city, for a study entitled "L'Église Bouddhiste Unifiée du Vietnam (1964-1975) : encadrement et mobilisation d'une communauté religieuse en période de guerre civile"

- Hongyue Liu-Deguillaume is in China, for a study entitled "Paysage de la ville de Yangzhou. Analyse typo-morphologique d'un paysage urbain de la Chine pré-moderne"

- Rizki Syukri is in Jakarta, for a study entitled "Dynamics of changes in the Acèhnese manuscript tradition during the 19th century Dutch occupation"

- WU Jingxian is in China, for a study entitled "Un art en fragments. Enquête ethnographique sur une redéfinition contemporaine de l’art muqam ouïghour de Yarkend à Pékin"

Post-doctoral contracts for the year 2023

- Ashwini Lakhsminaryanan, Music and Dance in Gandhāran art (10 months)

In Memoriam

Director

From October 19 to 25, the Director of the EFEO, Nicolas Fiévé, will be in Chiang Mai for the CHAMPA project seminar, which will provide an opportunity to review the work carried out and the results obtained by the EFEO since 2020 as part of this project financed by the AFD, and to consider the work planned as part of the future extension of this project until 2028.

He will then visit Vientiane and Vat Phu in preparation for the 7th International Coordination Meeting, which will take place in Vientiane on November 7.

Library

Katia Juhel, Director of Libraries, will be visiting Hanoi from October 17 to 20, Chiang Mai from October 20 to 29, and Vientiane from October 29 to November 1.

Maïté Hurel, head of the South Asia collection (EFEO Paris), will be taking part in the next SAALG (South Asia Archive and Library Group) Autumn Meeting, to be held at SOAS, London, on October 30.

Photo Library

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