The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous 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 10 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (3) Seminar (3) Symposium (4) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (3) 2024 - 2025 (3) 2023 - 2024 (4) 2022 - 2023 (5) (-) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) (-) 2019 - 2020 (3) 2018 - 2019 (5) 2017 - 2018 (4) (-) 2016 - 2017 (5) 2015 - 2016 (4) Active filters 2021 - 2022 2019 - 2020 2016 - 2017 2021 - 2022 Lecture No lectures this year Jean-Luc Fournet 01 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2021 Seminar Papyrus in all its states, from Cleopatra to Clovis Jean-Luc Fournet 21 Sep 2021 → 26 Oct 2021 21 Sep 2021 → 26 Oct 2021 2019 - 2020 Symposium Understanding the written culture of the Ancients : the categories " documentaire " and " littéraire " in papyrology and their limits Jean-Luc Fournet 05 Dec 2019 → 06 Dec 2019 05 Dec 2019 → 06 Dec 2019 Seminar Study of Byzantine papyri in relation to the lecture topic Jean-Luc Fournet 30 Jan 2020 → 12 Mar 2020 30 Jan 2020 → 12 Mar 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 2016 - 2017 Symposium Civilizations in transition (III) : multi-faith societies through the history of the Near East Jean-Luc Fournet 07 Sep 2016 → 09 Sep 2016 07 Sep 2016 → 09 Sep 2016 Symposium Furniture from Egypt. Archaeology and texts from the Hellenistic to the Mamluk periods Jean-Luc Fournet 30 Oct 2016 → 31 Oct 2016 30 Oct 2016 → 31 Oct 2016 Symposium Type, style, hand - Collective standards, individual variations and the evolution of handwriting Jean-Luc Fournet 07 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2016 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 Seminar Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism Jean-Luc Fournet 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017 20 Apr 2017 → 22 Jun 2017