The French School of the Far East (french: École française d'Extrême-Orient, ), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of

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dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

in what was then

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. After the independence of Vietnam, its headquarters were transferred to Phnom Penh in 1957 and subsequently to

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in 1975. Its main fields of research are

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and the study of modern Asian societies. Since 1907, the EFEO has been in charge of conservation work at the archeological site of

Angkor Angkor ( km, អង្គរ , 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura ( km, យសោធរបុរៈ; sa, यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-Engl ...

EFEO romanization system

romanization Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, a ...

system for Mandarin was developed by the EFEO. It shares a few similarities with Wade-Giles and Hanyu Pinyin. In modern times, it has been superseded by Hanyu Pinyin. The differences between the three romanization systems are shown in the following table:

Directors

*1900: Louis Finot *1905: Alfred Foucher *1908: Claude-Eugène Maitre *1920: Louis Finot *1926: Léonard Aurousseau *1929: George Cœdès *1947: Paul Lévy *1950:

Louis Malleret Louis Malleret (1901–1970) was a French archaeologist. Malleret together with Paul Levy are credited with first reporting the archeological site An Son in Southern Vietnam. References 1901 births 1970 deaths French archaeologists Pe ...

*1956: Jean Filliozat *1977: François Gros *1989: Léon Vandermeersch *1993: Denys Lombard *1998: Jean-Pierre Drège *2004: Franciscus Verellen *2014: Yves Goudineau *2018: Christophe Marquet *2022: Nicolas Fiévé

Publications

The catalog of EFEO Publications, of some 600 titles, includes works on a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, etc.), centered on Asia, from India to Japan. These publications are directed at specialists and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies. The EFEO in publishes five scholarly journals on an annual or twice-yearly basis: *''Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient'' - BEFEO (Bulletin of the French School of Asian Studies), published since 1901 *''Arts Asiatiques'' (Asian Arts), published jointly with the Musée Guimet and the CNRS *''Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie'' (East Asian Journal), published in Kyoto *''Aséanie'' (Southeast Asian Studies), published in Bangkok *''Sinologie française'' : 法国汉学, T: 法國漢學, P: ''Fǎguó Hànxué''(French Sinology), published in Chinese in Beijing

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Writing in western European languages that deal with China
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EFEO romanization system

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