EPHE Center for Siberian and Mongolian Studies Library (CEMS)
The Center for Siberian and Mongolian Studies (CEMS) was founded in 1969 within the framework of University of Paris X's comparative ethnology and sociology research center, with the active participation of INALCO students (the then National School of Living Oriental Languages began teaching Mongolian in 1968). In 1970, the CEMS created the Journal of Mongolian studies and began developing the CEMS Library around documents brought back by researchers from their field missions and thanks to exchanges between the Journal of Mongolian Studies and other specialized periodicals. The CEMS and its library joined EPHE in 2002.
The collections have been transferred to the Humathèque on the Condorcet Campus. They have been incorporated into Territory G “Asia,” in section G8 “Mongolian and Siberian Studies.” Archival materials and rare or valuable documents are stored in the Humathèque's reserves and can be consulted in a special reading room.
Access terms
The vast majority of documents are freely accessible in the reading rooms.
Lending terms
Most documents in the Humathèque can be borrowed, subject to the following rules:
- Doctoral students and researchers residing on campus may borrow 30 documents at a time for 60 days
- Master's students taking classes on campus may borrow 20 documents at a time for 30 days
- Non-resident researchers from member institutions may borrow 10 documents at a time for 60 days.
Academic works, rare and valuable documents, and archival collections are not available for loan.
Photo credits: photo taken during the recording of a program on the CEMS by the Mongolian National Television in May 2015 (broadcast in July 2015), on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and Mongolia, in presence of Dorjbal Dalaijargal, Minister Counselor at the Mongolian Embassy.
EPHE Center for Siberian and Mongolian Studies Library (CEMS)
