Jean-Luc Fournet

Jean-Luc Fournet, Professor at the Collège de France since 2015, holds the Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology chair. His research focuses on papyrology, multilingual societies, and the Christianization of written culture in Egypt (4th-7th centuries). He directs the Studia Papyrologica et Aegyptiaca Parisina publication series and co-edits Archiv für Papyrusforschung.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Late Antique educational institutions
  • Byzantine papyrology
  • Coptic language development
  • Cultural transmission in Egypt
  • Manuscript archaeology

His publications include monographs on Dioscorus of Aphrodite's library and the rise of Coptic. Current projects involve the Ergaleion database for material culture lexicography, connecting papyrological and archaeological evidence.

• Scientific Recognition:
  • CNRS Bronze Medal (1999)
  • Director of Studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études (cumulative 2017-)
  • Editorial leadership in papyrology

He actively participates in interdisciplinary workshops and symposia, including the Ergaleion series (2022-2023) addressing material culture-lexicon relationships.