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Emmanuel FRANCIS

Historien, sanskritiste et tamoulisant ― Historian, Sanskrit and Tamil studies

Sources épigraphiques et manuscrites du sud de l'Inde ― Epigraphical and manuscript sources, South India

Chargé de recherche (CR2, CR1, CRCN) au CNRS depuis 2012 ― Research fellow, CNRS, since 2012

Chercheur statutaire, Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS, UMR 8564, EHESS & CNRS, Paris)

Fellow, Centre for South Asia and India studies (CEIAS, EHESS & CNRS)

Journal articles9 documents

  • Emmanuel Francis. La sixième « vacherie » d’Ellis. Acta Orientalia Belgica, Société belge d'études orientales, 2017, Dieux, génies, anges et démons dans les cultures orientales & Florilegium Indiae Orientalis Jean-Marie Verpoorten in honorem, 30, pp.253-266. ⟨halshs-01962375⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Tamil through Epigraphical Lenses. Indo-Iranian Journal, Brill Academic Publishers, 2015, pp.49-69. ⟨hal-01962124⟩
  • Christophe Vielle, Emmanuel Francis. Les écoles et l'alphabet des tamouls. Acta Orientalia Belgica, Société belge d'études orientales, 2012, 15, pp.127-141. ⟨halshs-00745835⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. The Genealogy of the Pallavas: From Brahmins to Kings. Religions of South Asia, 2011, 5 (1/2), pp.339-363. ⟨10.1558/rosa.v5i1/2.339⟩. ⟨halshs-00828964⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Tam. 2, Tam. 3, Tam. 4. Manuscript Cultures Newsletter (Austellungskatalog "Manuskripkulturen / Manuscript Cultures"), 2011, 4, pp.122-125. ⟨halshs-00863915⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Une inscription tamoule inédite au musée d'Histoire du Vietnam de Hô Chi Minh-Ville. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, EFEO, 2008, 95-96, pp.406-423. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2008.6115⟩. ⟨halshs-00861817⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Valérie Gillet, Charlotte Schmid. De loin, de près : Chronique des études pallava III. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, EFEO, 2007, 94, pp.253-317. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2007.6072⟩. ⟨halshs-00861754⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Valérie Gillet, Charlotte Schmid. Trésors inédits du pays tamoul : chronique des études pallava II. Vestiges pallava autour de Mahābalipuram et à Taccūr. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, EFEO, 2006, 93, pp.430-481. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2006.6046⟩. ⟨halshs-00861774⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Valérie Gillet, Charlotte Schmid. L'eau et le feu : chronique des études pallava. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, EFEO, 2005, 92, pp.581-612. ⟨10.3406/befeo.2005.6002⟩. ⟨halshs-00861732⟩

Conference papers4 documents

  • Emmanuel Francis. For the Library of the King of France. Texts Surrounding Texts webinar (TST Webinar 6-7 ), TST, 2021, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03230791⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Transcribing and Transliterating Tamil Manuscripts. Texts Surrounding Texts Webinar 4, 2021, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03117540⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. The Ducler Collection of Manuscripts (BnF). TST Paris Workshop, Oct 2021, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03372961⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. TST Onward and Upward. TST Paris Workshop, Oct 2021, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03372954⟩

Books2 documents

Book sections21 documents

  • Emmanuel Francis. Cōḻa Copper Plates (10th–13th c.): Languages and Issuers. 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. ⟨hal-03265373⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Imperial Languages and Public Writings in Tamil South India: A Bird’s Eye View in the very Longue Durée. Peter C. Bisschop & Elizabeth A. Cecil. Primary Sources and Asian Pasts, De Gruyter, pp.152-183, 2021, 978-3-11-067407-1. ⟨hal-03087692⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Multilingualism in Indian Inscriptions: With Special Reference to Inscriptions of the Tamil Area. 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.42-163, 2021, Indologie 147; NETamil Series 8, 978-2-85539-242-4. ⟨hal-03185234⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Showing the Way: The Metatextual Field of the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai. 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. ⟨halshs-02446514⟩
  • Raphaël Rousseleau, Emmanuel Francis. Introduction. Rājamaṇḍala. Le modèle royal en Inde, Editions de l'EHESS, pp.9-25, 2020. ⟨hal-02927272⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Pierres & inscriptions : Usages royaux et locaux dans le Sud tamoul (VIIe-XIIIe siècles). Rājamaṇḍala. Le modèle royal en Inde, Editions de l'EHESS, pp.51-80, 2020. ⟨hal-02927278⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Meykkīrtti : éloges royaux épigraphiques en tamoul. 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. ⟨hal-02559087⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Stanzas on the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai: What for?. 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. ⟨hal-03087684⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Une autre conception de la royauté: de deux dynasties hindoues du sud de l'Inde. 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. ⟨hal-02168508⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Indian Copper-Plate Grants: Inscriptions or Documents?. 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⟩. ⟨halshs-01892990⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. The Other Way Round: From Print to Manuscript. 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⟩. ⟨halshs-01946663⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Appendix: The Foundation Inscription of the Rājasiṃheśvara. Edition by E. Francis. Translation by E. 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. ⟨hal-01962359⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Found in Paratexts: Murukaṉ’s Places in Manuscripts of the Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai. 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. ⟨hal-01962355⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Forerunners of Cōḻa meykkīrttis. 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. ⟨halshs-01492387⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Charlotte Schmid. Introduction: King and Place. 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. ⟨hal-01960579⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. “Woe to Them!”: The Śaiva Curse Inscription at Mahābalipuram (7th century CE). 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. ⟨hal-01960574⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Royal and Local Bhakti under the Pallavas. 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. ⟨hal-01960476⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Charlotte Schmid. Introduction: Towards an Archaeology of Bhakti. 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. ⟨hal-01960552⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Praising the King in Tamil during the Pallava Period. 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. ⟨hal-01959257⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Towards a New Edition of the Corpus of Pallava Inscriptions. 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. ⟨hal-01960156⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Charlotte Schmid. Preface. 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. ⟨halshs-02562096⟩

Directions of work or proceedings3 documents

  • Emmanuel Francis, Raphaël Rousseleau. Rāja-maṇḍala : Le modèle royal en Inde. 37, Editions de l'EHESS, 2020, Puruṣārtha, 978-2-7132-2819-3. ⟨hal-02927258⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Charlotte Schmid. The Archaeology of Bhakti II: Royal Bhakti, Local Bhakti. Institut français de Pondichéry & École française d’Extrême-Orient, pp.609, 2016. ⟨hal-01960494⟩
  • 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.XIII-366, 2014. ⟨hal-01960482⟩

Other publications18 documents

  • Lola Vaissaire, Emmanuel Francis. Philippe Étienne Ducler. 2022. ⟨hal-03336013⟩
  • Margherita Trento, Emmanuel Francis. Édouard Ariel. 2022. ⟨hal-03336015⟩
  • Margherita Trento, Emmanuel Francis. Édouard Ariel. 2022. ⟨hal-03336010⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Compte rendu de Whitney Cox, Politics, Kingship and Poetry in Medieval South India: Moonset on Sunrise Mountain, Cambridge–New York, Cambridge University Press, 2016. 2020. ⟨halshs-02894304⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Compte rendu de Jean Delmas, Dieux de l’Inde, Images et signes, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2018. 2020. ⟨hal-02463923⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. 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). 2018. ⟨halshs-01997389⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Comment le sanskrit a « conquis » l’Asie ?. 2017, pp.30-35. ⟨halshs-01962388⟩
  • Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier, Stefan Baums, Ingo Strauch, Emmanuelle Morlock, et al.. Early Inscriptions of Āndhradeśa. 2017. ⟨halshs-01764272⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Compte rendu de Hans T. Bakker, The World of the Skandapurāṇa. Northern India in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries, 2014. 2016, pp.375-380. ⟨halshs-01962335⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Notes de lecture sur Cédric Ferrier, L’Inde des Gupta (IVe-VIe siècle), 2015. 2016, pp.180-183. ⟨halshs-01962345⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Review of Arlo Griffiths, Amandine Lepoutre, William Southworth & Thành Phần (2012), The Inscriptions of Campā at the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Đà Nẵng. 2015, pp.345-347. ⟨halshs-01962321⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Compte rendu de Patrick Olivelle, King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India: Kauṭilya’s Arthaśāstra: A New Annotated Translation, 2013. 2014, pp.416-423. ⟨halshs-01962116⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Arlo Griffiths. 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. 2014, pp.140-143. ⟨10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.1.0140⟩. ⟨halshs-01909930⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Notices "5 Sūrya" et "10 Vīraṉ". 2013, pp.70-71, 80-81. ⟨halshs-00879571⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Le "panthéon indien" de châlons. 2013, pp.26-31. ⟨halshs-00879566⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Charlotte Schmid. Notices "13 parèdre de Siva [i.e. Śiva]?", "14 Déesse non identifiée", "15 Kālī ou Cāmuṇḍā" et "27-29 Subrahmaṇya". 2013, pp.88-93, 114-119. ⟨halshs-00879574⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. Der seltene Fall eines benutzerfreundlichen tamilischen Manuskripts. 2012. ⟨halshs-00863920⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis. The Rare Case of a User-Friendly Tamil Manuscript. 2012. ⟨halshs-00863916⟩

Preprints, Working Papers, ...1 document

Videos2 documents

  • Maxime Ruscio, Lucas Noëmie, Emmanuel Francis. Lumière sur des projets numériques autour des inscriptions et manuscrits en tamoul : catalogage, encodage et édition : Les rendez-vous de la philologie numérique. 2021. ⟨hal-03334017⟩
  • Emmanuel Francis, Isabelle Prieto-Ramos, Elisabeth de Pablo, Richard Fillon, Camille Bonnemazou. Symboles de richesse aux portes de sanctuaires du pays tamoul. : IVe journée MONDE INDIEN (2009) - "Mondes Iranien et Indien" (CNRS - UMR 7528).. 2009. ⟨medihal-01574158⟩