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Véronique Degroot serves as a Lecturer in History and Archaeology at the French School of the Far East (EFEO), specializing in the archaeology of Indonesia's Hindu-Buddhist period. Based at EFEO's Paris headquarters (22, avenue du Président Wilson), she maintains active research collaborations across Southeast Asia while contributing to EFEO's institutional missions.
Her educational background includes classical Western archaeology studies at Université catholique de Louvain, a Master of Arts from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London), and a 2009 doctoral thesis from Leiden University titled "Candi, Space and Landscape. A study on the distribution, orientation and spatial organization of Central Javanese temple remains." Prior to joining EFEO in 2012, she worked as curator for ancient Javanese collections at the Museum Volkenkunde (National Museum of Ethnology of the Netherlands).
Degroot's research centers on Hindu-Buddhist archaeology in Indonesia, with fieldwork concentrated in Sumatra and Java (including Batujaya, Padang Lawas, Batang, and Kendal regions). Her publications reveal consistent focus on temple architecture, spatial organization, and landscape archaeology, particularly examining how ritual spaces integrate with natural environments. Recent work emphasizes coastal survey methodologies through projects like PANTURAH.
She has directed significant collaborative projects including the PANTURAH survey (since 2012) along Central Java's north coast and co-directs the SriBumi mission (launched 2020) investigating the Hindu site of Bumiayu within Śrīvijaya's networks. Degroot actively contributes to academic governance as editorial board member for Archipel (CNRS) and scientific committee member for Berkala Arkeologi.
Her institutional affiliations include membership in the Southeast Asia Center (CASE, Mixed Research Unit 8170, CNRS/EHESS), the EFEO research unit "Construction of Centers of Civilization," and participation in the ERC-funded DHARMA project ("domestication" of Hindu asceticism in South/Southeast Asia). Degroot previously served as Head of EFEO's Jakarta Center (2015-2020), strengthening ties with Indonesia's National Centre for Archaeological Research through training programs and joint fieldwork.
