Report from Europe Committee on Japanese Materials Chicago, 03/26/2009 Antony Boussemart - EFEO

European Consortium for Sustainable Development of Japanese Electronic Resources France :  Bibliothèque nationale de France  Bulac (Leading Institution)  Collège de France  Institut d’Asie Orientale (Institut of East Asian Studies – Lyon)  University of Lyon 3 Great-Britain :  the British Libary  Oxford University  School of Oriental and African Studies  the University of Leeds The Netherlands :  Leiden University

European Consortium for Asian Field Study Alliance of more than 40 leading European and Asian institutions active in the field of Asian studies Founded in 2007 at the initiative of the French School of Asian Studies – Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Its principal aim is to provide field access and study facilities to European scholars through a network of 23 existing research centres across Asia and to encourage joint interdisciplinary research programmes in the humanities and social sciences

EAJRS next conference : Norwich – Sept 16th-19th  The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures