Société Asiatique

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The Société Asiatique is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia.

The society was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging from the Maghreb to the Far East. The society publishes the Journal Asiatique. At present the society has about 700 members in France and abroad; its library contains over 90,000 volumes.

[edit] References and external links

• L'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (French)
• Journal Asiatique
• (French) Issues available of Journal asiatique from 1822 to 1936
• McGetchin, Douglas T., "Wilting Florists: The Turbulent Early Decades of the Societe Asiatique, 1822-1860", Journal of the History of Ideas, Volume 64, Number 4, October 2003, pp. 565-580.