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 11 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (3) Seminar (2) Symposium (6) 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 2024 - 2025 2023 - 2024 2017 - 2018 2024 - 2025 Symposium One hand, many scripts: aspects of polygraphism Jean-Luc Fournet 05 Dec 2024 The Groupe de recherches transversales en paléographie (GRTP) held a day of study and discussion on the voluntary and involuntary variations that affect the handwriting of the same individual. 05 Dec 2024 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 Seminar Not recorded New school papyri (or other) (3) Jean-Luc Fournet 13 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 13 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 2023 - 2024 Symposium 09:30 - 17:30 Not recorded Workshop Ergaleion 3 : From one meaning to another Polysemy and borrowings in the lexicon of material life in Egypt Jean-Luc Fournet, Antonio Ricciardetto et Valérie Schram 28 Sep 2023 Workshop Ergaleion 3 : From one meaning to another Polysemy and borrowings in the lexicon of material life in Egypt Institut des Civilisations - Salle Françoise Héritier 28 Sep 2023 09:30 - 17:30 Symposium 09:30 - 17:30 Not recorded For a model of writing Jean-Luc Fournet 14 Dec 2023 For a model of writing Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 14 Dec 2023 09:30 - 17:30 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 Seminar Not recorded New school papyri (or other) (2) Jean-Luc Fournet 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Apr 2024 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Apr 2024 2017 - 2018 Symposium Shared heritage or heritage with identity Jean-Luc Fournet 23 Oct 2017 → 24 Oct 2017 23 Oct 2017 → 24 Oct 2017 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 Symposium Polygraphism : writing in coexistence and interference Jean-Luc Fournet 06 Apr 2018 06 Apr 2018 Symposium Horapollon : Hellenism and hieroglyphics in Late Antiquity Jean-Luc Fournet 13 Jun 2018 → 14 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2018 → 14 Jun 2018