Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge – External lectures

Statutory Education in France and Abroad

2026–2027

Belgium

Royal Academy of Belgium in Brussels*

On October 6 and 8, 2026, two lectures (2 hours each) on: Oaths and Gods: Juratory Sacrifice in Ancient Greece.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

United Kingdom

French House in Oxford*

June 7, 2027: a lecture (1 hour) on: Oaths and Sacrifice in Ancient Greece: What about the Gods?

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2025–2026

France

Jean-Jaurès University of Toulouse

During the first semester of the 2025–2026 academic year (date to be determined), a course (2 hours) titled: In the Cities: Greece as a Culture of Sacrifice.

2024–2025

Italy

University of Turin

On May 6, 2025, a 2-hour course on: The Role of the Gods: Sacrifices in Verse and Images

2022–2023

Sweden

Uppsala University*

On May 16 and 24, 2023, two courses on:

  • Demeter, the Greek Norms, and the Background of Her Cult Title Thesmophoros
  • Megaron and Piglets: How to Handle Sacrifices at the Thesmophoria?

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2021–2022

United Kingdom

French House in Oxford*

In spring 2022, a course on: Religious Norms and Questions of Authority in the Greek World.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2020–2021

Belgium

Royal Academy of Belgium – Collège Belgique*

On January 14, 2021, a lecture on: Religious Norms and Questions of Authority in the Greek World.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

United Kingdom [Postponed]

French House in Oxford*

In November 2020, a course on: Religious Norms and Questions of Authority in the Greek World.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2019–2020

Switzerland

University of Geneva

On October 24, 2019, two lectures on:

  • Daimôn and theos;
  • The Heraion of Olympia: methodological issues.

2018–2019

Italy

University of Trento*

On October 16 and 17, 2018, two lectures on:

  • Gods, “daimones , heroes: the complexity of Greek polytheism;
  • The “daimōn” in Homer.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2017–2018

Switzerland

University of Lausanne*

In the spring of 2018, two seminars on:

  • Ritual norms;
  • The Study of the Greek Gods.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.