French School of the Far East

École française d'Extrême-Orient
EFEO
Established20 January 1900 (1900-01-20)
Websiteefeo.fr

The French School of the Far East (French: École Française d'Extrême-Orient, pronounced [ekɔl fʁɑ̃sɛːz dɛkstʁɛm ɔʁjɑ̃]; also translated as The French School of Asian Studies[1]), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of PSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in what was then French Indochina. After the independence of Vietnam, its headquarters were transferred to Phnom Penh in 1957, and subsequently to Paris in 1975.[2] Its main fields of research are archaeology, philology and the study of modern Asian societies. Since 1907, the EFEO has been in charge of conservation work at the archeological site of Angkor.[3]

Office of École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) in Paris, France
Original headquarters in Hanoi, now National Museum of Vietnamese History

Paul Mus was a member of EFEO since 1927, and "returned to Hanoi in 1927 as a secretary and librarian with the Research Institute of the French School of the Far East until 1940."[4]

  1. ^ Preferred translation by EFEO staff. See EFEO official website.
  2. ^ "EFEO and a rare valuable bookstore about Vietnam". www.rfi.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "EFEO - Le centre de Siem Reap, Cambodge". www.efeo.fr. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ^ Paul Mus | Council On Southeast Asia Studies at Yale, archived from the original on 3 December 2023.

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