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 - Paola CALANCA
Paola Calanca, after carried out studies in History and Chinese studies, is currently Associate Professor at the École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) and teaches research seminars at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS, Paris). Her research mainly focuses on maritime history, with special interests in Ming-Qing sea coastal defense, the interaction between civil and military population in coastal areas, and navigation knowledge (shipbuilding and nautical practices). She has coordinated a five-year research program (ANR-MOST, 2014–2019) on Maritime knowledge for China Seas in the 16th–18th century with Chen Kuo-tung (IHP, Academia Sinica).
