François Joyaux (born in 1938) is emeritus professor of East Asian civilization at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales where he created the diplôme des hautes études internationales.
He has also taught at the université de Paris I, the École nationale d'administration and the Instituts d'études politiques of Paris and Grenoble.
He is a member of the Société Asiatique.
[1] François Joyaux is also a collector of old garden roses[2][3] and is the author of books on these flowers.
[4] He is also interested in numismatics of East Asian countries[5] and chairs the Asian Numismatic Society.