Ecole Pratique

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Dear Tim, 
  As only a minor contribution to an answer: since its origin in 1868, the EPHE has a unique place in the French system of higher education, cf.: 
  http://www.ephe.sorbonne.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=60
  and for the sections that are relevant for Indology, although they cover much more: 
  http://www.ephe.sorbonne.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=259
  and 
  http://www.ephe.sorbonne.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=244
  Internationally, as an institute of research and education, it can perhaps be compared, somewhat, with SOAS of the University of London (est. in 1916) and with the Institute of Humanistic Studies (est. in 1929, originally only for sinological studies, now for the study of the world's cultures and societies) at Kyoto University. 
  Best, 
  Jan
  

Timothy Lubin <LubinT at WLU.EDU> wrote:
  Can anyone comment on the significance for Indology, and for the EPHE in
particular -- if any -- of the mooted reforms of the French university
system described in the latest Economist?

See:
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9441538


The article refers at length to the policies of Valérie Pécresse, one
of the officials designated to receive our letters of protest. How
might the EPHE figure in all of this?

Tim




Timothy Lubin
Associate Professor, Department of Religion
Director, East Asian Studies Program
Washington and Lee University
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Prof. Dr. Jan E.M. Houben,
Directeur d'Etudes,
Sources et Histoire de la Tradition Sanskrite
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, SHP
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