Frantz Grenet Public lectures History and Cultures of Pre-Islamic Central Asia Public lectures Chair menu The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Podcasts / RSS Apple Podcast Spotify Flux RSS Podcast News RSS Audio-visual RSS Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url
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 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 5 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 12 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 19 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r… Next 6 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (3) Seminar (1) Symposium (2) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (1) 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 2018 - 2019 2014 - 2015 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 2018 - 2019 Lecture Bactria and Sogdiana on both sides of the Arab conquest (7th-9th century) : a shift in civilization ? Frantz Grenet 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 Symposium India and Central Asia in the 1st millennium Frantz Grenet 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 2014 - 2015 Lecture The urban phenomenon in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches (continued) Frantz Grenet 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 Symposium Not recorded Tribute to Pierre Gentelle (1933-2010) : new research on the history of irrigation in Central Asia Frantz Grenet 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015
Lecture 22 Jan 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 5 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 12 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 19 Feb 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 2 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 9 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
Lecture 16 Apr 2026 15:30 - 16:30 Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3r…
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
Lecture Bactria and Sogdiana on both sides of the Arab conquest (7th-9th century) : a shift in civilization ? Frantz Grenet 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019 10 Jan 2019 → 28 Mar 2019
Symposium India and Central Asia in the 1st millennium Frantz Grenet 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019 05 Jun 2019 → 06 Jun 2019
Lecture The urban phenomenon in pre-Islamic Central Asia : diachronic and synchronic approaches (continued) Frantz Grenet 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015
Symposium Not recorded Tribute to Pierre Gentelle (1933-2010) : new research on the history of irrigation in Central Asia Frantz Grenet 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2015 → 05 Jun 2015
