The
École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) is a
French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies. Translated into English, it approximately means the
French School of the Far East. 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
Paris. 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.