École française d'Athènes
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L' École française d'Athènes (the French School of Athens) or the EfA with the f decapitalized is a French university school promoting the studies of the language, the history and culture of Ancient Greece.
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[edit] Statute
Created in 1846 during the July Monarchy in France, the school is the result of philhellenisme and of France's Eastern strategy. At the end of the 19th century, it became famous for initiating several large archaeological sites, amongst which Delos and Delphi.
Nowadays it is still, along with the Greek Archaeological Service, in charge of research and maintenance of the Delos, Delphi, Thasos, Malia, Argos, Philippi, Dikili Tash (Orthopetra) archaeological sites in Greece and Amathontus in Cyprus.
A prestigious, first-of-its-kind, institution, its contribution to the rebirth and conservation of Greece's ancient past is recognised and accepted.
From its creation until today, the School's rigorously selected researchers are recruited on one year contracts which can be renewed up to three times (which means a maximum of 4 years). They faced the risks with the history (World Wars, the Regime of the Colonels) and the development of mass tourism.
Under decree number 85-1068 (September 26, 1985), the School was granted the statute of scientific, cultural and professional publicly owned establishment.
[edit] Notable alumni
Complete lists of students attended at the EfA (in French)
- Edmond About (1851)
- Victor Bérard (1887)
- Georges Daux (1920)
- Michel Debidour (1972)
- Charles Dielh (1883)
- Jean-Yves Empereur (1978)
- Numa-Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1853)
- Léon Heuzey (1854)
- Paul Lemerle (1931)
- Pierre Lévêque (1947)
- Edmond Lévy (1963)
- Jean Marcadé (1946)
- Roland Martin (1938)
- Jean Pouilloux (1945)
- Louis Robert (1927)
- Paul Vidal de la Blache (1867)
- Ernest Will (1935)
[edit] References
- G. Radet, L'histoire et l'œuvre de l'École française d'Athènes (History and the Works of École française d'Athènes), Paris, 1901.
- R. Étienne et alii, L'Espace grec. Cent cinquante ans de fouilles de l'École française d'Athènes (Greek Space, A Hundred and Fifty Years of Excavation of the École française d'Athènes), Fayard, 1996
[edit] External links
- In French:
- Official site of the École française d'Athènes: tour of the school and history and some programs.
- http://www.cefael.efa.gr - library bumbers with all the publications of Efa until 2000.
- l'EfA presentation with the archaeologist R. Étienne.
