9:00 - 9:30am
Symposium

Introduction

Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin & Antoine Jacquet
Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time
9:00 - 9:30am
    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

    Thomas Römer

    Professor and Administrator of 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