Thibaud Lanfranchi

Thibaud Lanfranchi is a Lecturer at Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, affiliated with the research team Patrimoine, Littérature, Histoire (PLH). His academic background includes studies at the École normale supérieure de Lyon and membership in the French School of Rome.

His research focuses on:

• Political and social history of the Roman Republic
• Evolution of Roman institutions and legal systems
• Pre-Roman Italian societies
• Historiographical methodologies in ancient history
• Reception of classical political concepts in modern scholarship

Lanfranchi's publications exhibit consistent focus on Republican-era power structures, particularly the tribunate of the plebs and transitions from monarchy to republic. Recent work engages with anthropological reinterpretations of human history and critical analysis of German historiographical influence in French academia.

He collaborates regularly with scholars like Clément Bur on projects examining governance models and social mobility in ancient Rome. Lanfranchi co-organized the 2024 conference Gouverner par le conseil and contributes to the Libera Res Publica publication series.