6:30 - 7:00pm
Symposium

Conclusion

Dominique Charpin, Antoine Jacquet
Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time
6:30 - 7:00pm
    Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Dominique Charpin

    Professor at the Collège de France

    Antoine Jacquet

    Researcher attached to the Mesopotamian Civilization Chair (Dominique Charpin)

    Events

    Introduction
    Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin & Antoine Jacquet

    Symposium
    9:00 - 9:30am

    Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time (1)
    Dominique Bourel

    Symposium
    9:30 - 10:00am

    Jules Oppert and the Scientific Expedition to Mesopotamia (1852-1854)
    Nicole Chevalier

    Symposium
    10:00 - 10:30am

    The Decipherment of Akkadian and its Cuneiform Writing System: Hincks, Opp…
    Kevin Cathcart

    Symposium
    11:00 - 11:30am

    Jules Oppert and the Nineveh tablets
    Dominique Charpin

    Symposium
    11:30am - 12:00pm

    Oppert and the discovery of Assyria
    Lionel Marti

    Symposium
    12:00 - 12:30pm

    Jules Oppert and Paul de Lagarde
    Thomas Gertzen

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    Jules Oppert's correspondence preserved at the Institut de France
    Brigitte Lion, Cécile Michel et Emma Piel

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    Sayce and his French friends, from Oppert to Thureau-Dangin
    Silvia Alaura et Marco Bonechi

    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:30pm

    A European Orientalist : Jules Oppert's travels and contacts in the Europe o…
    Antoine Jacquet

    Symposium
    3:30 - 4:00pm

    Joachim Ménant: a magistrate alongside Jules Oppert
    Farah Thomas

    Symposium
    4:30 - 5:00pm

    Maspero, the Egyptologist, and Oppert, the Assyriologist : crossed paths…
    Laurent Coulon

    Symposium
    5:00 - 5:30pm

    American Students of Near Eastern Languages in Paris, 1875-1900
    Benjamin Foster

    Symposium
    5:30 - 6:00pm

    The legacy of Jules Oppert : from the Chair of Assyrian Philology and Archae…
    Loraine Marcheix

    Symposium
    6:00 - 6:30pm

    Conclusion
    Dominique Charpin, Antoine Jacquet

    Symposium
    6:30 - 7:00pm

    See also

    Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization
    Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time