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.
Michela BUSSOTTI holds a MA in Oriental Languages and Literatures from the University of Venice and a Doctorate from the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris). In 2001 she joined EFEO [Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient] as a researcher and in 2004 she became Maître de Conferences; from 2001 to 2006, she was appointed to the EFEO center in Beijing. From the time of her doctoral research she has been focusing on the history of books. On this subject she has published extensively paying special attention to book publishing activities in central China and illustrated books of the late imperial period.