Our team

• Gaëlle TALLET, Director
• Claire BETELU, Deputy Director
• Bertrand DEBATTY, Administrative Manager

• Catherine FOURMOND, Internship and Communications Officer
• Léa LARONZE, Academic Registrar
• Jessica SALMON, Finance Officer

The Jaussen & Savignac Programme is hosted at the Institute of Art and Archaeology – Michelet Center (Institut d'art et d'archéologie - Centre Michelet), 3 rue Michelet, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, 3rd floor, office n°306 bis.

Chercheurs : 

• Dr Pauline PIRAUD-FOURNET, PhD in Achaeology and Qualified Architect, co-director of the Hegra Archaeological Projet (HAP) [J&S contract]
  Tél. : +33 1 89 68 45 59
• Dr Hervé MONCHOT, PhD in Geology, Project Lead for the Archaeozoological of AlUla Project (AZAP) [Afalula contract]
  Tél. : +33 1 89 68 45 43

Postdoctoral researchers and equivalents:

• Bilal ANNAN. Research topic: " The Stone Made Image: Sculpture in the Northwest Arabian Peninsula in the Second Half of the First Millennium BC through the Prism of Regional Standards " [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - OrAM]  [J&S Postdoc ]
• Mounia BOUALI. Research topic: " Typology of Modern and Contemporary Dwellings at Hegra : Interdisciplinary Approaches to Space and Society" [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - OrAm] [HAP Postdoc, Afalula contract]
• Vladimir DABROWSKI. Research topic:  "Which Islamic Agricultural Revolution for the Oasis Landscapes of Eastern Arabia? Multiproxy Archaeobotanical Approaches " [UMR 8167 - Orient et Méditerranée] [J&S Postdoc]
• Parsa GHASEMI. Research topic: "Sasanian impact in the southern borderlands : shaping the Arabian peninsula (SISB)" [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - OrAM] [J&S Postdoc]
• Marie LAGUARDIA. Research topic: " Society and Culture in Northeastern Arabia: Socio-Cultural and Biological Studies of Populations through the Prism of Funerary Rites (1000 BCE - 700 CE)" [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - OrAM] [J&S Postdoc]
• Silvia LISCHI.  Research topic: "Of Nomads and Kingdoms: Indigenous responses to early global trade phenomena" [UMR 8167 - Orient et Méditerranée] [J&S Postdoc]
• Hussein MADINA. Research topic: " Following Caravans, Following the Train: Multidisciplinary Perspectives through Time on Human–Plant Relations in the Hegra Region " [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - OrAM] [HAP Postdoc, AFALULA contract]
• Hugo NACCARO. Research topic: "Mari Archives and research intelligence (MARI)" [UMR 7041 - ArScAn - VEPMO] [J&S postdoc]
• Bertrand RIBA. Research topic: "Late Antiquity (4th–6th Centuries) in the Western Arabian Peninsula. Networks, the Emergence of Christianity, and Population Dynamics" [UMR 8167 - Orient et Méditerranée] [post-doctorat J&S]

Temporary Teaching and Research Fellows:

• Dr Gabrielle CHOIMET, PhD in Egyptology [J&S contract]
• Pimprenelle ATLAN, PhD in Archaeology, ethnology and prehistory [J&S contract]
• Delphine GILLOT, Conservator-Restorer of Archaeological Heritage, Associate Lecturer [J&S contract]
• Dr Charlotte MARTIN DE FONJAUDRAN,  PhD in Conservation, Associate Lecturer [J&S contract]
• Dr Giulia NICATORE, PhD in Archaeology [J&S contract]

Contracted PhD Students:

• Tiffany AIRES DA CRUZ. Research topic: "3D Reconstruction and Multidimensional Simulation of Monuments and Landscapes: Perceiving Monumentality in Eastern Arabia from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age" [2024–  Supervision: François Giligny, Trajectoires Research Unit; co-supervision: Valérie Gouranton, INSA, INRIA et IRISA].
• Valère BOMBEAU. Research topic: " Hellenistic and Kushan Southern Tajikistan from the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD Analysis of the Ancient Landscape and Patterns of Land Occupation [2024–  Supervision: Gaëlle Tallet, ArScAn Research Unit].
• Éléonore DESBAZEILLE. Research topic: "Middle Elamite Ritual Scenes: A Palatial Economy in the Globalized World of the Fertile Crescent during the Late Bronze Age" [2024–  Supervision: Pascal Butterlin, ArScAn Research Unit].
• Cassandra FURSTOS. Research topic: "Glass Production and Circulation in Western Arabia from Late Antiquity to the Mamluk Sultanate (4th–13th Centuries): Typological, Technological, and Archaeometric Studies" [2024–  Supervision: Jean-Pierre Van Staëvel and Nadine Schibille, Orient & Méditerranée Research Unit].
• Jonathan GAUKESBRINK. Research topic: "Lithic Tools in the Interconnected Complex Societies of the Ancient Near East: Traditions, Transfers, and Techniques (5th–1st Millennium BC)", [2025– Supervision: Pascal Butterlin ; co-supervision: Peter Pfälzner, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen ; tutoring: Jacques Pelegrin, CNRS, UMR 8068].
• Mathilde LENOIR. Research topic: "The Urban Sanctuary of Dhū Ghābat (Dadan, al-‘Ulā) in the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCE: Architecture, Religion, and Cultural Contacts between the Arabian Peninsula and Neighboring Regions", [2025– Supervision: Pascal Butterlin ; Co-supervision: Pauline Piraud-Fournet ; tutoring : Jérôme Rohmer].
• Élise PINARD. Research topic: "The Rock Art of the First Pastoralists of the Eastern Sahara: Themes, Styles, and Territorial Distribution" [2024–  Supervision: Marianne Christensen, Temps Research Unit].
• Tessa PIRILLO. Research topic: To be completed.
• Simon RAFFIN. Research topic: "Study of Microbial Nanocellulose Leatherette as an Alternative to Leather for the Restoration of Islamic Bindings" [2025 – Affiliated with UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée; Supervision: Jean-Pierre Van Staëvel; Co-supervisor: Elodie Lévêque (UR 4100, HiCSA); Scientific Tutoring: Laurianne Robinet (CNRS, UAR 3224)].
• Marianne ROCHEBEUF. Research topic: The remineralization of archaeological limestone remains preserved in an arid desert environment. [2025 - Supervision: Gaëlle Tallet and Clotilde Proust, ArScan Research Unit].
• Ilia SALVATERRA. Research topic: "Scattered Jericho: Archaeology, History, and the Trajectories of a Dispersed Heritage". [2025– Supervision: Pascal Butterlin, Univ. Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne ; Co-supervision : Lorenzo Nigro, Université de Rome La Sapienza].
• Romy VARTIN. Research topic: "The Representation of Animals in Arabian Rock Art: A Stylistic, Spatial, and Textual Approach" [2024–  Supervision: Gaëlle Tallet, Panthéon-Sorbonne, CNRS UMR 7041 ArScAn, team OrAM; co-supervision: Guillaume Charloux, CNRS UMR 8167 Orient & Méditerranée, team Mondes Sémitiques]

Beyond the researchers and academic staff funded by the programme, The Jaussen and Savignac Archaeological Research Center brings together all members of the five participating research units who are involved in its research themes and activities.
The following list is still provisional:
 

ArScAn :

• Pr Gaëlle TALLET, Professor of Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Pr Pascal BUTTERLIN, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

HICSA (for the RSCB) :

• Claire BETELU, Associate Professor in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage [RSCB] (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Clotilde PROUST, Associate Professor in Conservation–Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specializing in Archaeology and Art Objects (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Thierry LALOT, Professor in Conservation–Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).

Orient et Méditerranée :

• Pr Dominique PIERI, Professor of Byzantine Archaeology (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Pr Jean-Pierre VAN STAËVEL, Professor of the Archaeology of the Islamic World (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

TEMPS :

• Marianne CHRISTENSEN, Associate Professor with Habilitation to Supervise Research in Prehistoric Archaeology (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Trajectoires :

• François GILIGNY, Professor of Methods and Theories in Archaeology (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• François BOSTYN, professor in protohistory (Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)