Head,  South Asia Department at Inalco – Institute of Oriental Studies of the University Paris where he teaches South Asian History.  He devoted most of his research activities to Sri Lanka, which he has been visiting regularly since the early 70s. He has published several articles in Frence, U.K. Sri Lanka and Indian academic journals dealing with the modern history of Sri Lanka.  His translation to French of Robert Knox’s An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon was published in 1983.