17:00 to 18:30
Guest lecturer

The origins of the Justinian plague: From Central Asia to the Mediterranean

Kyle Harper
17:00 to 18:30
    Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Montage de deux images représentant à gauche, Mihirakula sur une pièce ancienne et à droite une mosaïque de l'empereur byzantin Justinien Ier
    Left: Mihirakula (r. 515-540), probable victim of the plague; right: Justinian (r. 527-565), who escaped.

    Kyle Harper has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Pr Frantz Grenet.

    Lecture followed by discussion with Pr Frantz Grenet (moderator: Étienne de la Vaissière, EHESS).

    Documents et médias

    Speaker(s)

    Kyle Harper

    University of Oklahoma and Fractal Faculty, Santa Fe Institute. Visiting Professor at the Collège de France

    See also

    Frantz Grenet, chair History and Cultures of Pre-Islamic Central Asia