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Emmanuel Francis

Fellow, Centre for South Asia and India studies (CESAH, EHESS & CNRS)
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History, Sanskrit and Tamil studies Research fellow, CNRS, since 2012
Historien, sanskritiste et tamoulisant Sources épigraphiques et manuscrites du sud de l'Inde Chargé de recherche au CNRS depuis 2012

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Compte rendu de Whitney Cox, Politics, Kingship and Poetry in Medieval South India: Moonset on Sunrise Mountain, Cambridge–New York, Cambridge University Press, 2016

Emmanuel Francis
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2020
Journal articles halshs-02894304v1

Compte rendu de Jean Delmas, Dieux de l’Inde, Images et signes, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2018

Emmanuel Francis
2020
Journal articles hal-02463923v1

Compte rendu de Vincent Lefèvre (dir.), South Asian Archaeology and Art 2012, Volume 2, South Asian Religions and Visual Forms in their Archaeological Context, Turnhout, Brepols, 2016 (Indicopleustoi, Archaeologies of the Indian Ocean, 12)

Emmanuel Francis
2018
Journal articles halshs-01997389v1

La sixième « vacherie » d’Ellis

Emmanuel Francis
Acta Orientalia Belgica, 2017, Dieux, génies, anges et démons dans les cultures orientales & Florilegium Indiae Orientalis Jean-Marie Verpoorten in honorem, 30, pp.253-266
Journal articles halshs-01962375v1

Notes de lecture sur Cédric Ferrier, L’Inde des Gupta (IVe-VIe siècle), 2015

Emmanuel Francis
Arts Asiatiques, 2016, pp.180-183
Journal articles halshs-01962345v1

Compte rendu de Hans T. Bakker, The World of the Skandapurāṇa. Northern India in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries, 2014

Emmanuel Francis
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2016, pp.375-380
Journal articles halshs-01962335v1

Tamil through Epigraphical Lenses

Emmanuel Francis
Indo-Iranian Journal, 2015, 58, pp.49-69
Journal articles hal-01962124v1

Review of Arlo Griffiths, Amandine Lepoutre, William Southworth & Thành Phần (2012), The Inscriptions of Campā at the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Đà Nẵng

Emmanuel Francis
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2015, pp.345-347
Journal articles halshs-01962321v1

Compte rendu de Patrick Olivelle, King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India: Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra: A New Annotated Translation, 2013

Emmanuel Francis
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2014, pp.416-423
Journal articles halshs-01962116v1
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Review of Politische Strukturen im Guptareich (300–550 n.Chr.) by Fred Virkus; and of The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods by Michael Willis

Emmanuel Francis , Arlo Griffiths
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2014, pp.140-143. ⟨10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.1.0140⟩
Journal articles halshs-01909930v1

Les écoles et l'alphabet des tamouls

Christophe Vielle , Emmanuel Francis
Acta Orientalia Belgica, 2012, 15, pp.127-141
Journal articles halshs-00745835v1

Tam. 2, Tam. 3, Tam. 4

Emmanuel Francis
Manuscript Cultures Newsletter (Austellungskatalog "Manuskripkulturen / Manuscript Cultures"), 2011, 4, pp.122-125
Journal articles halshs-00863915v1

The Genealogy of the Pallavas: From Brahmins to Kings

Emmanuel Francis
Religions of South Asia, 2011, 5 (1/2), pp.339-363. ⟨10.1558/rosa.v5i1/2.339⟩
Journal articles halshs-00828964v1
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Une inscription tamoule inédite au musée d'Histoire du Vietnam de Hô Chi Minh-Ville

Emmanuel Francis
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2008, 95-96, pp.406-423. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2008.6115⟩
Journal articles halshs-00861817v1
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De loin, de près : Chronique des études pallava III

Emmanuel Francis , Valérie Gillet , Charlotte Schmid
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2007, 94, pp.253-317. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2007.6072⟩
Journal articles halshs-00861754v1
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Trésors inédits du pays tamoul : chronique des études pallava II. Vestiges pallava autour de Mahābalipuram et à Taccūr

Emmanuel Francis , Valérie Gillet , Charlotte Schmid
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2006, 93, pp.430-481. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2006.6046⟩
Journal articles halshs-00861774v1
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L'eau et le feu : chronique des études pallava

Emmanuel Francis , Valérie Gillet , Charlotte Schmid
Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2005, 92, pp.581-612. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2005.6002⟩
Journal articles halshs-00861732v1

About Two Projects in Tamil Inscriptions and Manuscripts Studies

Emmanuel Francis
Tamil Literature: From the Madurai Sangam to the Halls of Oxford, University of Oxford, Jun 2024, Oxford (UK), United Kingdom
Conference papers halshs-04612231v1

Protection Language(s) in inscriptions of the Tamil South (4th–15th c.)

Emmanuel Francis
Gift Protection in South and Southeast Asia, CESAH, Sep 2024, Aubervilliers, France
Conference papers hal-04711035v1

De quelques sceaux du sud de l'Inde

Emmanuel Francis
Journée du Monde Indien (2023), GREI, Jun 2023, Paris, France
Conference papers halshs-04138839v1

Les manuscrits « Vinson » de la BnF

Emmanuel Francis
Journée d'études tamoules 3 : Julien Vinson (1843-1926), de Karikal à la BNF, INALCO, May 2023, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-04095755v1

TST and Beyond

Emmanuel Francis
TST Final Workshop, CSMC, Hamburg, Jun 2022, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03717760v1

The Domestication of “Hindu” Asceticism and the Religious Making of South and Southeast Asia

Emmanuel Francis
DH (Digital Humanities ) 2022, Jul 2022, Tokyo, Japan
Conference papers hal-03763086v1

Multilingual Inscriptions in the Tamil Area (South India, 7th-14th Century)

Emmanuel Francis
Mixing Languages and Scripts: Material from Manuscripts and Inscriptions, Hamburg Universität, CSMC, May 2022, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03990406v1

Blessings in Tamil Manuscripts

Emmanuel Francis
TST Final Workshop 2022, CSMC, Hamburg, Jun 2022, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03717746v1

TST Onward and Upward

Emmanuel Francis
TST Paris Workshop, Oct 2021, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03372954v1

Transcribing and Transliterating Tamil Manuscripts

Emmanuel Francis
Texts Surrounding Texts Webinar 4, 2021, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03117540v1

The Ducler Collection of Manuscripts (BnF)

Emmanuel Francis
TST Paris Workshop, Oct 2021, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03372961v1

L’encodage et le catalogage TEI de textes tamouls

Emmanuel Francis , Axelle Janiak , Charles Li
ANF Digital Areal, DISTAM, Nov 2021, Fréjus, France
Conference papers hal-03467193v1

DHARMA and TST projects: Work in Progress and Further Steps

Emmanuel Francis
2nd ENDS Meeting, ENDS, Jun 2021, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03990403v1

For the Library of the King of France

Emmanuel Francis
Texts Surrounding Texts webinar (TST Webinar 6-7 ), TST, 2021, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03230791v1

Kāma/kāma et le roi dans les inscriptions des Pallava (7e – 9e s.)

Emmanuel Francis
L’amour de l’Inde, l’amour dans l’Inde (13e Journée du Monde Indien), Jun 2018, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03990380v1

Notable Features of Tamil Palm-Leaf Manuscripts Unmentioned in Catalogues

Emmanuel Francis
Manuscript cataloguing in a comparative perspective: state of the art, common challenges, future directions, Universität Hamburg; CSMC, May 2018, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03990373v1

Languages (and Scripts) of Power in the Tamil South of India: A bird’s eye view in the very longue durée

Emmanuel Francis
Asia Beyond Boundaries: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Primary Sources from the Premodern World, Leiden University, Aug 2018, Leiden, Netherlands
Conference papers hal-03990396v1

Royal Titulature in Inscriptions from Tamil Nadu

Emmanuel Francis
The Power of Titles, EFEO, Dec 2017, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03990364v1

Le sixième bienfait de la vache (āṟāmāvaram)

Emmanuel Francis
Tamoul : regards pluridisciplinaires, INALCO, Jun 2017, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03989464v1

South-Indian Copper-plate Grants: Between Inscriptions and Documents

Emmanuel Francis
Epigraphie et Histoire de l’art de l’Inde Méridionale: En mémoire du Professeur Noboru Karashima, EPHE; Paris 4, Oct 2017, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03989475v1

Copper plates from the DATAH collections

Emmanuel Francis
DATAH - Exploring the Digital Archive of Tamil Agrarian History 1650-1950, DATAH, Feb 2017, Pondicherry, India
Conference papers hal-03989408v1

Le temps de rois hindous à l’« âge de fer » : un nouvel « âge d’or »

Emmanuel Francis
Temps et temporalité en Asie du Sud-Est, CAMNAM, Nov 2017, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03989484v1

Usage of Meykkīrttis in Cōḻa-Period (10th-13th c.)

Emmanuel Francis
Raja-mandala: In the Kings’ Circle, CEIAS; Musée du Quai Branly; UNIL, Jun 2017, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-03989459v1

Śālaṅkāyana Inscriptions (ca 300‒450): EIAD 159‒168

Emmanuel Francis
From Vijayapurī to Śrīkṣetra? The beginnings of Buddhist exchange across the Bay of Bengal, EFEO, Jul 2017, Pondicherry, India
Conference papers hal-03989468v1

Supplementing Poetry and Devotion

Emmanuel Francis
8th NETamil Workhop, Apr 2017, Hamburg, Germany
Conference papers hal-03989414v1

Rāja-maṇḍala

Emmanuel Francis , Raphaël Rousseleau
Editions de l'EHESS, 37, 2020, Puruṣārtha, 978-2-7132-2819-3
Books hal-02927258v1

Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne. Inscriptions et monuments pallava (IVème-IXème siècles)

Emmanuel Francis
Institut orientaliste de l'Université catholique de Louvain & Peeters Press Louvain-Paris, 65, pp.XL, 321-809, 2017, Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain
Books halshs-01948873v1

The Archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti

Emmanuel Francis , Charlotte Schmid
Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.609, 2016
Books hal-01960494v1

The Archaeology of Bhakti I: Mathurā and Maturai, Back and Forth

Emmanuel Francis , Charlotte Schmid
Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.XIII-366, 2014
Books hal-01960482v1

Le discours royal dans l'Inde du Sud ancienne. Inscriptions et monuments pallava (IVème-IXème siècles)

Emmanuel Francis
Institut orientaliste de l'Université catholique de Louvain & Peeters Press Louvain-Paris, 64, pp.XLI-319, 2013, Publications de l'Institut orientaliste de Louvain, 978-90-429-2688-2 (Peeters Leuven), 978-2-7584-0169-8 (Peeters France)
Books halshs-00863913v1
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Mixing Languages and Scripts in Tamil Inscriptions and Manuscripts

Emmanuel Francis
Szilvia Sövegjártó; Márton Vér. Exploring Multilingualism and Multiscriptism in Written Artefacts, 38, De Gruyter, pp.205-234, 2024, Studies in Manuscript Cultures, 9783111380483. ⟨10.1515/9783111380544-008⟩
Book sections halshs-04557743v1
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Multilingualism in Indian Inscriptions: With Special Reference to Inscriptions of the Tamil Area

Emmanuel Francis
Giovanni Ciotti & Erin McCann. Linguistics and Textual Aspects of Multilingualism in South India and Sri Lanka, Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient & Institut français de Pondichéry, pp.57-163, 2021, Indologie 147; NETamil Series 8, 978-2-85539-242-4
Book sections hal-03185234v1
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Imperial Languages and Public Writings in Tamil South India: A Bird’s Eye View in the very Longue Durée

Emmanuel Francis
Peter C. Bisschop & Elizabeth A. Cecil. Primary Sources and Asian Pasts, De Gruyter, pp.152-183, 2021, 978-3-11-067407-1
Book sections hal-03087692v1

Cōḻa Copper Plates (10th–13th c.): Languages and Issuers

Emmanuel Francis
Appasamy Murugaiyan; Edith Parlier-Renault. Whispering of Inscriptions: South Indian Epigraphy and Art History: Papers from an International Symposium in memory of Professor Noboru Karashima (Paris, 12–13 October 2017). Volume 1, Indica et Buddhica, 2021
Book sections hal-03265373v1

Pierres & inscriptions

Emmanuel Francis
Rājamaṇḍala. Le modèle royal en Inde, Editions de l'EHESS, pp.51-80, 2020
Book sections hal-02927278v1
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Showing the Way: The Metatextual Field of the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai

Emmanuel Francis
The Commentary Idioms of the Tamil Learned Traditions. Ed. by Suganya Anandakichenin & V. B. D'Avella, EFEO & IFP, pp.251-334, 2020, Indologie 141 / NETamil Series 5
Book sections halshs-02446514v1

Introduction

Raphaël Rousseleau , Emmanuel Francis
Rājamaṇḍala. Le modèle royal en Inde, Editions de l'EHESS, pp.9-25, 2020
Book sections hal-02927272v1

Meykkīrtti : éloges royaux épigraphiques en tamoul

Emmanuel Francis
Kouamé, Nathalie; Meyer, Éric P.; Viguier, Anne. Encyclopédie des historiographies : Afriques, Amériques, Asies : Volume 1 : sources et genres historiques (Tome 1 et Tome 2)., Presses de l’Inalco, pp.1201-1217, 2020, 9782858313457
Book sections hal-02559087v1

Stanzas on the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai: What for?

Emmanuel Francis
Eva Wilden & Suganya Anandakichenin. Colophons, Prefaces, Satellite Stanzas: Paratextual Elements and their Role in the Transmission of Indian Texts, 37, Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, pp.281-330, 2020, Indian and Tibetan Studies, 978-3-945151-09-9
Book sections hal-03087684v1
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Une autre conception de la royauté: de deux dynasties hindoues du sud de l'Inde

Emmanuel Francis
B. Dessein; C. Sturtewagen. International Conference Traditional Wisdom and Political Expression, Brussels, 29 January 2016, Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences & Belgian Institute of Higher Chinese Studies, pp.59-80, 2019
Book sections hal-02168508v1
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Indian Copper-Plate Grants: Inscriptions or Documents?

Emmanuel Francis
Alessandro Bausi; Christian Brockmann; Michael Friedrich; Sabine Kienitz. Manuscripts and Archives: Comparative Views on Record-Keeping, De Gruyter, pp.387-418, 2018, ⟨10.1515/9783110541397-014⟩
Book sections halshs-01892990v1
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The Other Way Round: From Print to Manuscript

Emmanuel Francis
Vincenzo Vergiani; Daniele Cuneo; Camillo Alessio Formigatti. Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages: Material, Textual, and Historical Investigations, De Gruyter, pp.319-352, 2017, ⟨10.1515/9783110543100⟩
Book sections halshs-01946663v1

Found in Paratexts: Murukaṉ’s Places in Manuscripts of the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai

Emmanuel Francis
Emmanuel Francis; Schmid Charlotte. The Archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.495-532, 2016
Book sections hal-01962355v1

Appendix: The Foundation Inscription of the Rājasiṃheśvara. Edition by E. Francis. Translation by E. Francis

Emmanuel Francis
Emmanuel Francis; Schmid Charlotte. The Archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.194-203, 2016
Book sections hal-01962359v1
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Forerunners of Cōḻa meykkīrttis

Emmanuel Francis
T.S. Ravishankar; S. Swaminathan. Abhyudaya: Recent Researches in Epigraphy and Numismatics: Commemoration Volume in Honour of Dr. K.V. Ramesh, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, pp.27-42, 2016
Book sections halshs-01492387v1

Introduction: King and Place

Emmanuel Francis , Charlotte Schmid
Emmanuel Francis; Schmid Charlotte. The Archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.1-32, 2016
Book sections hal-01960579v1

“Woe to Them!”: The Śaiva Curse Inscription at Mahābalipuram (7th century CE)

Emmanuel Francis
Emmanuel Francis; Charlotte Schmid. The Archaeology of Bhakti I: Mathurā and Maturai, Back and Forth, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.176-223, 2014
Book sections hal-01960574v1

Introduction: Towards an Archaeology of Bhakti

Emmanuel Francis , Charlotte Schmid
Emmanuel Francis; Charlotte Schmid. The Archaeology of Bhakti I: Mathurā and Maturai, Back and Forth, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.1-29, 2014
Book sections hal-01960552v1

Royal and Local Bhakti under the Pallavas

Emmanuel Francis
Valérie Gillet. Mapping the Chronology of Bhakti. Milestones, Stepping Stones, and Stumbling Stones. Proceedings of a Workshop held in Honour of Paṇḍit Varadadesikan, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.97-133, 2014
Book sections hal-01960476v1

Praising the King in Tamil during the Pallava Period

Emmanuel Francis
Whitney Cox; Vincenzo Vergiani. Bilingual Discourse and Cross-cultural Fertilisation: Sanskrit and Tamil in Medieval India, Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.359-409, 2013
Book sections hal-01959257v1

Towards a New Edition of the Corpus of Pallava Inscriptions

Emmanuel Francis
Nina Mirnig; Péter-Dániel Szántó; Michael Williams. Puṣpikā: Tracing Ancient India, through Texts and Traditions. Contributions to Current Research in Indology. Volume 1: Proceedings of the International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (September 2009, Oxford), Oxbow Books, pp.123-149, 2013
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Preface

Emmanuel Francis , Charlotte Schmid
Bahour S. Kuppusamy; G. Vijayavenugopal. Pondicherry Inscriptions: Part II, Collection Indologie (83.2), Institut français de Pondichéry; École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.v-xlvii, 2010
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