The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Symposium 28 May 2026 09:00 to 18:00 François Déroche Paul Casanova, Egypt and the Koran Next 24 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (12) Symposium (11) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (2) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (2) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (3) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (3) 2025 - 2026 Lecture Not recorded The Medinese Koran François Déroche 14 Nov 2025 → 06 Feb 2026 14 Nov 2025 → 06 Feb 2026 Symposium 09:00 - 18:00 Paul Casanova, Egypt and the Koran François Déroche 28 May 2026 Paul Casanova, Egypt and the Koran Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 28 May 2026 09:00 - 18:00 2024 - 2025 Lecture Not recorded The Mecca Koran (continued) François Déroche 15 Nov 2024 → 24 Jan 2025 15 Nov 2024 → 24 Jan 2025 Symposium The book in the Muslim world. History and techniques François Déroche 15 May 2025 → 16 May 2025 15 May 2025 → 16 May 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture Not recorded The Mecca Koran François Déroche 17 Nov 2023 → 02 Feb 2024 17 Nov 2023 → 02 Feb 2024 Symposium History(s) and Koran François Déroche 22 May 2024 22 May 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture Not recorded The Qur'an, time, history and chronology François Déroche 17 Nov 2022 → 16 Mar 2023 17 Nov 2022 → 16 Mar 2023 Symposium History(s) and Koran François Déroche 15 Jun 2023 15 Jun 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture Variation and revelation François Déroche 18 Nov 2021 → 13 Jan 2022 18 Nov 2021 → 13 Jan 2022 Symposium Current research on Koranic manuscripts François Déroche 02 Jun 2022 → 03 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2022 → 03 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture No lectures this year François Déroche 01 Sep 2020 01 Sep 2020 2019 - 2020 Lecture Not recorded Biblical figures in the Koran François Déroche 21 Nov 2019 → 30 Jan 2020 21 Nov 2019 → 30 Jan 2020 2018 - 2019 Lecture A few Quranic concepts François Déroche 22 Nov 2018 → 14 Feb 2019 22 Nov 2018 → 14 Feb 2019 Symposium The Qur'an: a word recited, written and interpreted François Déroche 07 Jun 2019 07 Jun 2019 2017 - 2018 Symposium Libraries in the age of the manuscript. East and West François Déroche 28 Sep 2017 → 29 Sep 2017 28 Sep 2017 → 29 Sep 2017 Lecture Writing the Koran (7th-10th centuries). Religion, art and power François Déroche 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018 16 Nov 2017 → 25 Jan 2018 Symposium The Qur'an in the cultural and intellectual history of Fusṭāṭ between the 7th and 10th centuries François Déroche 06 Jun 2018 → 07 Jun 2018 06 Jun 2018 → 07 Jun 2018 2016 - 2017 Lecture The canonization of the Koranic text François Déroche 08 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017 08 Dec 2016 → 09 Feb 2017 Symposium Around the Bibliotheca coranica of Fusṭāṭ (II) : writings, religion and power in Egypt, from the Muslim conquest to the Fatimids (7th-10th century) François Déroche 27 Jan 2017 27 Jan 2017 2015 - 2016 Lecture The Koranic manuscript under the Umayyad dynasty François Déroche 12 Nov 2015 → 18 Feb 2016 12 Nov 2015 → 18 Feb 2016 Symposium The Koranic text and its context : the case of the Muslim West (12th-17th centuries ) François Déroche 07 Dec 2015 07 Dec 2015 2014 - 2015 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 The voice and the calamus. Paths to the canonization of the Koran François Déroche 02 Apr 2015 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 02 Apr 2015 18:00 - 19:00 Lecture The voice and the calamus. Paths to the canonization of the Koran François Déroche 07 Apr 2015 → 02 Jun 2015 07 Apr 2015 → 02 Jun 2015 Symposium Around Fusṭāṭ. A bibliotheca coranica in context François Déroche 25 Jun 2015 25 Jun 2015
