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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 22 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 5 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 12 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 19 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th… Seminar 5 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 12 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 19 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 26 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 2 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 9 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 16 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Seminar 23 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded Next 5 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Seminar (2) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (2) 2024 - 2025 (2) (-) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (2) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (3) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) (-) 2013 - 2014 (3) Active filters 2023 - 2024 2013 - 2014 2023 - 2024 Lecture Non-Buddhist temples in Bactria and Sogdiana (continued). 2) New archaeological data on Sogdian oases Frantz Grenet 11 Jan 2024 → 28 Mar 2024 11 Jan 2024 → 28 Mar 2024 Seminar A New Reading of Chinese Accounts on the Yuezhi and Early Kushans, in Relation with the Recently Discovered Inscriptions at Almosi (Tajikistan) Frantz Grenet 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 2013 - 2014 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 Refocusing Central Asia Frantz Grenet 07 Nov 2013 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Nov 2013 18:00 - 19:00 Lecture The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 27 Feb 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 27 Feb 2014 Seminar The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014
Lecture 22 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 5 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 12 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 19 Feb 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…
Seminar 5 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 12 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 19 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 26 May 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 2 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 9 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 16 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Seminar 23 Jun 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Frantz Grenet, Touraj Daryaee, Nina Mazhjoo 1) Documents relating to the Sassanid presence in Central Asia; 2) The historiographical myth of und… Not recorded
Lecture Non-Buddhist temples in Bactria and Sogdiana (continued). 2) New archaeological data on Sogdian oases Frantz Grenet 11 Jan 2024 → 28 Mar 2024 11 Jan 2024 → 28 Mar 2024
Seminar A New Reading of Chinese Accounts on the Yuezhi and Early Kushans, in Relation with the Recently Discovered Inscriptions at Almosi (Tajikistan) Frantz Grenet 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 03 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024
Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 Refocusing Central Asia Frantz Grenet 07 Nov 2013 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Nov 2013 18:00 - 19:00
Lecture The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 27 Feb 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 27 Feb 2014
Seminar The urban fact in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches Frantz Grenet 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014 14 Nov 2013 → 15 May 2014
