Christelle Jullien

Christelle Jullien is a Research Director (DR2) at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with UMR 8041 Center for Research on the Iranian World (CeRMI) since 2023. Her work focuses on the history of Christian communities in the Sassanid Persian Empire (3rd–7th centuries), Syriac literature (especially acts of Persian martyrs), intercultural transmissions, and the history of representations.

Key Research Projects:

• Critical study of the Book of Founders (or Book of Chastity) with collaborators from University of Padua, Ghent, Venice, and Bose.
• History of Mar Giwargis Mihr-Mah-Gushnasp, a Persian monk and martyr of the 7th century.
• Syriac life of Mar Awgin, integrating history, archaeology, and tradition.
• Source-e-book
• Ctesiphon database

Scientific Leadership:

• Scientific manager of Research Axis I for CNRS's 2025–2029 program on Iranian and Central Asian worlds.
• Co-manager of the Source-e-book project (ANR TransPerse).
• Manager of the Ctesiphon database (ANR program).
• Member of editorial boards and organizing committees for Iranian studies symposia.

Honors & Collaborations:

• Recipient of the Salomon Reinach Prize for her work on Christian missionary processes in the Iranian empire.
• Longstanding collaborations with scholars like Giovanni Gomiero, Carlo Emilio Biuzzi, and Florence Jullien.
• Active in learned societies: Asian Society, Association for the Advancement of Iranian Studies (AAEI), and Society for Syriac Studies (SES).