Biography and publications | Jean-Luc Fournet - Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology

Biography

Jean-Luc Fournet is a papyrologist specializing in the Protobyzantine period (^4th-7th centuries).

After a stay in Egypt as a scientific member of the IFAO in Cairo (1992-1996), where he familiarized himself with Egypt, its sites and papyrological collections, and took part in various archaeological missions (Tebtynis and the Eastern Desert), he was recruited by the CNRS as a research fellow, attached to the UMR 7044 in Strasbourg. His work earned him the CNRS bronze medal in 1999. In 2004, he was elected Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Historical and Philological Sciences section) in Greek papyrology, then, in 2015, Professor at the Collège de France in the Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology chair. He is a member of the " Monde byzantin " team at UMR 8167 " Orient et Méditerranée ". Since 2017, he has also been cumulative director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études. Among other editorial activities, he co-edits the journal Archiv für Papyrusforschung and directs the Studia Papyrologica and Aegyptiaca Parisinaseries .

As a papyrus editor, he has developed a holistic approach to documentation, focusing on the interactions between literary and documentary texts. More generally, he works on the culture of Late Antiquity - including multilingualism and the modalities of written culture.

Selected bibliography

Works

Hellénisme dans l'Égypte du VIe siècle. La bibliothèque et l'œuvre de Dioscore d'Aphrodité

Fournet J.-L., Hellénisme dans l'Égypte du VI^e siècle. La bibliothèque et l'œuvre de Dioscore d'Aphrodité, Le Caire, Institut français d’archéologie orientale, vol 2., 1999, 735 p. + LXXVII pl. (MIFAO 115).
Ces lambeaux, gardiens de la mémoire des hommes. Papyrus et culture de l’Antiquité tardive

Fournet J.-L., Ces lambeaux, gardiens de la mémoire des hommes. Papyrus et culture de l’Antiquité tardive, Paris, Collège de France/Fayard, coll. « Leçons inaugurales », 2016.
These Shreds, Guardians of Human Memory: Papyrus and Culture in Late Antiquity

Fournet J.-L., These Shreds, Guardians of Human Memory. Papyrus and Culture in Late Antiquity, Paris, Collège de France, 2018, 84 p.
The Rise of Coptic : Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity

Fournet J.-L., The Rise of Coptic : Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity, Princeton-Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2020, 206 p.

Articles

Culture grecque et document dans l’Égypte de l’Antiquité tardive

Fournet J.-L., « Culture grecque et document dans l’Égypte de l’Antiquité tardive », Journal of Juristic Papyrology, n° 43, 2013, p. 135-162.
Anatomie d’une bibliothèque de l’Antiquité tardive : l’inventaire, le faciès et la provenance de la ‘Bibliothèque Bodmer’

Fournet J.-L., « Anatomie d’une bibliothèque de l’Antiquité tardive : l’inventaire, le faciès et la provenance de la "Bibliothèque Bodmer" », Adamantius, n° 21, 2015, p. 8-40.
L’éthopée entre culture profane et christianisme

Fournet J.-L., « L’éthopée entre culture profane et christianisme », in P. Chiron et B. Sans (éd.), Les progymnasmata en pratique, de l’antiquité à nos jours – Practicing the Progymnasmata, From Ancient Times To Present Days (Études de littérature ancienne 27), Paris, Presses de l’École normale supérieure, 2020, p. 77-90.
How Late Antique « Dipinti » Contribute to a BetterKnowledge of Amphora Contents

Fournet J.-L., « How Late Antique "Dipinti" Contribute to a Better Knowledge of Amphora Contents », in D. Bernal-Casasola, M. Bonifay, A. Pecci et V. Leitch (éd.), Roman Amphora Contents. Reflecting on the Maritime Trade of Foodstuffs in Antiquity. In honour of Miguel Beltrán Lloris. Proceedings of the Roman Amphora Contents International Interactive Conference (RACIIC) (Cadiz, 5-7 October 2015), Oxford, 2021 (Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 17), p. 63-76.
Horapollon : un hiéroglyphe encore à déchiffrer ou La question horapollinienne

Fournet J.-L., Horapollon : un hiéroglyphe encore à déchiffrer ou La question horapollinienne, dans J.-L. Fournet (éd.), Les Hieroglyphica d’Horapollon de l’Égypte antique à l’Europe moderne. Histoire, fiction et réappropriation (Studia Papyrologica et Aegyptiaca Parisina 2), Paris : ACHCByz, 2021, p. 87-109.