UMR 5648 CIHAM - History, Archaeology, Literature of the Medieval Christian and Muslim Worlds

Activities

The medievalists of Avignon include 5 teacher-researchers (2 PR and 3 MCF), 1 CNRS research engineer, 1 archaeologist and 1 contractual doctoral student. Their research fields cover the three disciplines of the laboratory: history, archaeology and medieval literature.
They participate in the laboratory's research activities, which are structured around five thematic axes and a transversal axis devoted to Digital Humanities.

The five main areas of focus are:

• territories, margins and borders ;
• power and authority in the East and West;
• construction and communication of knowledge ;
• writings, books, translations ;
• people, goods and markets.

On the Internet: https://ciham.cnrs.fr/

ORGANISATION

Trustees of the UMR

• Avignon University
• CNRS
• Lyon 2
• EHESS
• ENS Lyon
• Lyon 3

Direction
Marilyn Nicoud (AU)

Deputy Director

Cyrille AILLET (Lyon 2)
Pascal BURESI (CNRS, EHESS)
Nicolas CARRIER (Lyon 3)

The CIHAM will have in 2020 :

• 56 researchers or teacher-researchers
• 11 staff or administrative
• 60 PhD students

Courses offered

• Master's degree "Public Spaces. Culture and Politics", Master's degree in history, research course.
• Master's degree in history, "Heritage and historical archives", professional course.
• Master "Literature, Theatre, Arts and Culture".
• Master MEEF, delivered by the ESPE of the Academy of Aix-Marseille.
   
• Doctorate in History (Doctoral School 537)

Research activities

Specific research themes in Avignon

• Research in history, archaeology and heritage, particularly in Avignon and the lower Rhône valley.
• History of the papacy, the ecclesiastical institution and the papal archives.
• History of medicine and health.
• History of medieval nobility.
• History of urban societies, institutions and cultures.
• History of books and libraries.
• French-language literature of the late Middle Ages.

Partnerships

• Partnership with the Town Hall of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue: archaeological excavations; study of the Tour d'Argent island and the Saint-Andéol chapel in Velorgues.
• Partnership with the PACA Region and the Grand Avignon in the framework of the ANR Pavage.
• Agreement with the Archives Départementales de Vaucluse and the Ecole française de Rome.
• Collaboration with the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, as part of the drafting of its strategic development project.

Further information

Research projects, contracts and cooperation

• Founding member of the Equipex Biblissima, Observatory of the written heritage of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, hosted by the Campus Condorcet.
• ANR Pavage programme (MAP, leader): History, archaeology, geomorphology and 3D reconstruction of the Pont d'Avignon in collaboration with : Cerege, LA3M, EVS, Service archéologique de Vaucluse, Archives départementales de Vaucluse, Archives Municipales d'Avignon, DRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, Compagnie du Rhône.
• ANR GEMMA programme (supported by CIHAM): Medieval genesis of an administrative method. Forms and practices of princely accounting (Savoy, Dauphiné, Provence, Venaissin) between the 13th and 16th centuries, in collaboration with Aix-Marseille University, Univ. Chambéry, Grenoble, Geneva, UQAM, Univ. Moncton, Departmental Archives of Bouches du Rhône, Isère, Drôme, Rhône, Haute Savoie, Savoie, Vaucluse.
• GIS Sourcem (Sources of European and Mediterranean Culture) editing and publication: of textual and iconographic corpora, construction of a virtual heritage of sources and a digital documentary network; in collaboration with BnF, CESR, CESCM, UPR76, Ecole nationale des Chartes, IRHT, FR33, LEM, LAMOP, Orient et Méditerranée, Centre de Médiévistique Jean Schneider, Centre Paul Albert Février, GAHOM
• Research programme "The Ancient in the Modern", contemporary rewritings of medieval literary and cultural objects in collaboration with Aix-Marseille University.

Skills and know-how

• Analysis of medieval archival production and manuscript books.
• Paleography, diplomacy and codicology.
• Excavation techniques, building studies, analysis of field data.