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TheFrench School at Athens (French:École française d’Athènes,EfA;Greek:Γαλλική Σχολή ΑθηνώνGallikí Scholí Athinón) is one of the seventeenforeign archaeological institutes operating inAthens,Greece.
Founded in 1846, the EfA is the oldest foreign institute in Athens. Its early foundation, still a source of considerable prestige, is to be seen culturally connected with Frenchphilhellenism and politically with the French East Mediterranean strategy of the time.
It operates an active programme of research in all fields of Greek studies, but primarily inarchaeology,epigraphy andClassical Studies. The EfA conducts an extensive programme of scholarships and bursaries. Its library holds 80,000 volumes, 550,000 photographs and 35,000 maps.
Unlike most of the other foreign institutes, the EfA has a status more akin to a university graduate school than a simple research institute. Its formal status is referred to as anÉtablissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel in the French education system. Some of its sought-after scholarships are renewable for periods up to four years, providing students with the opportunity to conduct most or all of their PhD research in Athens.
Since its foundation, the EFA has been involved in many important archaeological projects in Greece, including theexcavations atPhilippi,Dikili Tash (both inGreek Macedonia),theSamothrace temple complex andThasos (in theNorth Aegean),Delphi (Central Greece),Argos (Peloponnese),Delos (Cyclades),Malia andItanos (Crete), as well asAmathus inCyprus.
Many important archaeologists, classicists and epigraphers from France and elsewhere throughout a century and a half have been members of the EfA:
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