CEFREPA aims to initiate, coordinate and support the work of researchers and students in the human and social sciences as well as in archeology throughout the Arabian Peninsula, in coordination with institutions and research teams in France and Europe, and the institutions of countries of competence.
A place of research training
Through a mobility aid program, CEFREPA provides support to students enrolled in a Masters 2 or PhD in a French or European university, to enable them to carry out research projects in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. It also welcomes student interns. CEFREPA can possibly facilitate the stay of students wishing to follow intensive sessions or annual Arabic language courses given by local institutions.
A place of cooperation
CEFREPA collaborates, in the form of partnerships and research programs, with university institutions and research centers, both in France and in Europe and in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
A documentary resource center
In Sanaa, CEFREPA had a library of nearly 9,000 volumes, collections of scientific journals, collections of daily newspapers and periodicals, as well as a map library focusing mainly on Yemen. Since the Center in Yemen was put on standby, this documentary fund, which is kept in boxes, is no longer accessible.
CEFREPA also has a library in Kuwait City containing a thousand books, reviews and newspapers mainly on the archeology and ancient and recent history of the Arabian Peninsula. This collection is being enriched.
A knowledge dissemination center
CEFREPA publishes works in paper and/or electronic format in European languages ​​and Arabic, most often in co-edition in Middle Eastern countries or in France. He works on the OpenEdition platform
(http://books.openedition.org/cefas/?lang=fr).
CEFREPA also publishes journals in order to promote the work carried out there and participate in the renewal of knowledge in its fields of competence:
The journal Chroniques Yéménites was published between 1993 and 2013. Now fully digitized, it is available online (https://cy.revues.org/201).
Created in 2006, Chronicles of the manuscript in Yemen is a journal devoted to the study of manuscripts from Yemen. Until 2014 it was published by CEFREPA and distributed exclusively online (https://cmy.revues.org/).
Arabian Humanities succeeded, in 2013, the Yemeni Chronicles. This multilingual peer-reviewed journal (French, English and Arabic) is published exclusively online (http://cy.revues.org/2008) with the support of the CNRS InSHS. Resolutely turned towards the international and open to the entire Arabian Peninsula, it covers, on a biannual basis, all fields of human sciences ranging from prehistory to present-day societies.CEFREPA organizes scientific events (conferences, study days, seminars) with its local and international partners, as well as series of conferences in French, English and Arabic.