Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge has held the Chair in Religion, History and Society in the Ancient Greek World at the Collège de France since 2017. Her research focuses on reconstructing the cultural, social, and religious frameworks of ancient Greece through historical-philological methods and anthropological perspectives.

Her work emphasizes the plurality of Greek religious practices, moving beyond dogmatic structures to examine context-specific norms and narrative traditions. Recent projects include studies on daimōn, sacrificial cultures, and the role of music in ancient Greek society.

She organizes public lectures on topics such as 'Greece as a sacrificial culture' and comparative sacrifice analysis, scheduled through early 2026. Her publications explore divine agency, ritual contexts, and interdisciplinary methodologies in classical scholarship.