09:00 to 09:30
Symposium

Introduction

Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin & Antoine Jacquet
Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time
09:00 to 09:30
    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

    Symposium
    09:00 to 09:30
    Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin & Antoine Jacquet

    Introduction
    Symposium
    09:30 to 10:00
    Dominique Bourel

    Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time (1)
    Symposium
    10:00 to 10:30
    Nicole Chevalier

    Jules Oppert and the Scientific Expedition to Mesopotamia (1852-1854)
    Symposium
    11:00 to 11:30
    Kevin Cathcart

    The Decipherment of Akkadian and its Cuneiform Writing System: Hincks, Opp…
    Symposium
    11:30 to 12:00
    Dominique Charpin

    Jules Oppert and the Nineveh tablets
    Symposium
    12:00 to 12:30
    Lionel Marti

    Oppert and the discovery of Assyria
    Symposium
    14:00 to 14:30
    Thomas Gertzen

    Jules Oppert and Paul de Lagarde
    Symposium
    14:30 to 15:00
    Brigitte Lion, Cécile Michel et Emma Piel

    Jules Oppert's correspondence preserved at the Institut de France
    Symposium
    15:00 to 15:30
    Silvia Alaura et Marco Bonechi

    Sayce and his French friends, from Oppert to Thureau-Dangin
    Symposium
    15:30 to 16:00
    Antoine Jacquet

    A European Orientalist : Jules Oppert's travels and contacts in the Europe o…
    Symposium
    16:30 to 17:00
    Farah Thomas

    Joachim Ménant: a magistrate alongside Jules Oppert
    Symposium
    17:00 to 17:30
    Laurent Coulon

    Maspero, the Egyptologist, and Oppert, the Assyriologist : crossed paths…
    Symposium
    17:30 to 18:00
    Benjamin Foster

    American Students of Near Eastern Languages in Paris, 1875-1900
    Symposium
    18:00 to 18:30
    Loraine Marcheix

    The legacy of Jules Oppert : from the Chair of Assyrian Philology and Archae…
    Symposium
    18:30 to 19:00
    Dominique Charpin, Antoine Jacquet

    Conclusion

    See also

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