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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 4 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet Numbers...: stewards Seminar 5 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (3) Not recorded Lecture 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet ... and letters: scribes and copyists (1) Seminar 12 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Naïm Vanthieghem The Fayoum merchant archives: testimony to the culture of merchant circles in Tulunid Egypt… Not recorded Lecture 18 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet ... and letters: scribes and copyists (2) Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Csaba A. La'da New Texts from Old Codices: Some Recent Classical Discoveries from the Bibliothèque nationale … Not recorded Lecture 25 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet ... and letters: scribes and copyists (3) Seminar 26 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (4) Not recorded Lecture 1 Apr 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet Languages...: serving a multilingual state Seminar 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (5) Not recorded Lecture 8 Apr 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet ... and formulas: notaries Seminar 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Chiara Meccariello & Leia Jiménez Torres Education in Late Antique Egypt: New Perspectives Not recorded Lecture 15 Apr 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Jean-Luc Fournet School and professional training Seminar 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Filippo Ronconi Being a copyist in the Middle Ages: between passion, profession and devotion Not recorded Guest lecturer 2 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn From petitions to letters: an integrated appeal system Guest lecturer 10 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn Getting your message across: practical aspects of letter writing Guest lecturer 16 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn Shared values Guest lecturer 23 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn Expectations and deviations; rules and variations Next 11 series Filters Event type Event type (-) Lecture (11) Seminar (11) Symposium (17) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (1) 2024 - 2025 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (1) 2017 - 2018 (1) 2016 - 2017 (1) 2015 - 2016 (1) Active filters Lecture 2025 - 2026 Lecture The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word Jean-Luc Fournet 18 Feb 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 18 Feb 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 2024 - 2025 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (6). Schools (3) Jean-Luc Fournet 12 Feb 2025 → 09 Apr 2025 12 Feb 2025 → 09 Apr 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (5). Schools (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 07 Feb 2024 → 03 Apr 2024 having noted the strong influence of the classical model in the teaching methods used in Egyptian Greek schools, we must now ask whether the same applies to schools with a more specific profile, which spread from the 4th c. onwards 07 Feb 2024 → 03 Apr 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (4). Schools (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 15 Feb 2023 → 12 Apr 2023 15 Feb 2023 → 12 Apr 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture No lectures this year Jean-Luc Fournet 01 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2021 2020 - 2021 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (3). Libraries (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 17 Feb 2021 → 14 Apr 2021 17 Feb 2021 → 14 Apr 2021 2019 - 2020 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (2). Libraries (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 05 Feb 2020 → 11 Mar 2020 05 Feb 2020 → 11 Mar 2020 2018 - 2019 Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of the written word and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 06 Feb 2019 → 17 Apr 2019 06 Feb 2019 → 17 Apr 2019 2017 - 2018 Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (3) Jean-Luc Fournet 14 Feb 2018 → 11 Apr 2018 14 Feb 2018 → 11 Apr 2018 2016 - 2017 Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017 2015 - 2016 Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 20 Jan 2016 → 13 Apr 2016 20 Jan 2016 → 13 Apr 2016
Seminar 5 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (3) Not recorded
Seminar 12 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Naïm Vanthieghem The Fayoum merchant archives: testimony to the culture of merchant circles in Tulunid Egypt… Not recorded
Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Csaba A. La'da New Texts from Old Codices: Some Recent Classical Discoveries from the Bibliothèque nationale … Not recorded
Seminar 26 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (4) Not recorded
Seminar 2 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (5) Not recorded
Seminar 9 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Chiara Meccariello & Leia Jiménez Torres Education in Late Antique Egypt: New Perspectives Not recorded
Seminar 16 Apr 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Filippo Ronconi Being a copyist in the Middle Ages: between passion, profession and devotion Not recorded
Guest lecturer 2 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn From petitions to letters: an integrated appeal system
Guest lecturer 10 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn Getting your message across: practical aspects of letter writing
Guest lecturer 23 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Petra Sijpesteijn Expectations and deviations; rules and variations
Lecture The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word Jean-Luc Fournet 18 Feb 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 18 Feb 2026 → 15 Apr 2026
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (6). Schools (3) Jean-Luc Fournet 12 Feb 2025 → 09 Apr 2025 12 Feb 2025 → 09 Apr 2025
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (5). Schools (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 07 Feb 2024 → 03 Apr 2024 having noted the strong influence of the classical model in the teaching methods used in Egyptian Greek schools, we must now ask whether the same applies to schools with a more specific profile, which spread from the 4th c. onwards 07 Feb 2024 → 03 Apr 2024
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (4). Schools (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 15 Feb 2023 → 12 Apr 2023 15 Feb 2023 → 12 Apr 2023
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (3). Libraries (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 17 Feb 2021 → 14 Apr 2021 17 Feb 2021 → 14 Apr 2021
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (2). Libraries (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 05 Feb 2020 → 11 Mar 2020 05 Feb 2020 → 11 Mar 2020
Lecture The calamus and the cross : the Christianization of the written word and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 06 Feb 2019 → 17 Apr 2019 06 Feb 2019 → 17 Apr 2019
Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (3) Jean-Luc Fournet 14 Feb 2018 → 11 Apr 2018 14 Feb 2018 → 11 Apr 2018
Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017
Lecture Babel on the Nile : multilingualism and multiculturalism in Late Antique Egypt (1) Jean-Luc Fournet 20 Jan 2016 → 13 Apr 2016 20 Jan 2016 → 13 Apr 2016
