The catalog of EFEO Publications 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 address both specialists, and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies.
About - Donald HARPER
Donald Harper.
Professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Early Chinese Medical Literature: The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts (Kegan Paul, 1998). Recent publications include: "Iatromancie," in Divination et société dans la Chine médiévale: Etude des manuscrits de Dunhuang de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France et de la British Library, ed. Marc Kalinowski (Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2003); and "The Nature of Taiyi in the Guodian Manuscript Taiyi sheng shut Abstract Cosmic Principle or Supreme Cosmic Deity?" Chûgoku shutsudo shiryô kenkyû 5 (2001). Recent research concerns comparative studies in ancient and medieval Chinese magic, religion, and science based on manuscript sources.
