The French School of the Far East (french: École française d'Extrême-Orient, ), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of PSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in

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in what was then

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

. 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 landsc ...

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 ...

and the study of modern Asian societies. Since 1907, the EFEO has been in charge of conservation work at the archeological site of Angkor. EFEO Paris 1

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 In modern times, it has been superseded by Hanyu Pinyin.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 *1956:

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*1977:

François Gros François Gros (; 24 April 1925 – 18 February 2022) was a French biologist and one of the pioneers of cellular biochemistry in France. His scientific career concerned genes and their role in regulating cellular functions. Honorary professor ...

*1989:

Léon Vandermeersch Léon Vandermeersch (7 January 1928 – 17 October 2021) was a French sinologist. He studied the culture of China as well as that of Japan and Korea. Biography Vandermeersch studied Chinese and Vietnamese at the Institut national des langues e ...

*1993:

Denys Lombard Denys Lombard (1938 – January 8, 1998) was a leading Asian expert with contributions to Southeast Asian studies, Sinology, and the history of maritime Asia. He was famous for efforts to compare insular Southeast Asia and the Asian Seas to the Medi ...

*1998:

Jean-Pierre Drège Jean-Pierre Drège (born 11 March 1946) is a French sinologist, specialising in the study of ancient books and the history of libraries, in particular Chinese manuscripts and . He has been working for years in the study of the Dunhuang manuscrip ...

*2004:

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*2014:

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*2018:

Christophe Marquet Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic str ...

*2022:

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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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