BALANDIER CLAIRE

Structure(s)

Component and department

CER History
UFR Humanities and Social Sciences

Research topics

History of the defensive policies and strategies implemented by the classical Greek cities, the Achaemenid Empire and the first Hellenistic kingdoms (Antigonids and Lagids). Particular interest is given to the peripheral regions of the Greek world (firstly the Eastern Mediterranean, then the Black Sea and the Adriatic), where cultural contacts and influences on urban planning, defensive strategies and territorial organisation are studied. Interest in construction techniques and the production of materials (bricks, ashlar) and, at the same time, in the preservation and enhancement of archaeological remains. Following on from my dissertation on the history of the defence of Cyprus from the Archaic period to the Arab invasions, and my post-doctoral research on the defence of Palestine during the Achaemenid and Lagid periods, my current research focuses on the evolution of defensive strategies in Ptolemaic territories outside Egypt (Cyprus, Syria-Phoenicia, Cilicia, Lycia-Pamphylia, Crete and Cyrenaica) through the analysis of archaeological (fortifications) and written (literary and epigraphic testimonies) sources, paying particular attention to the evolution of the maritime policy of the Lagid rulers.

Biography

Biography :

• Former graduate of the Ecole Biblique et Archéologique française de Jérusalem (East), member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (2002-2004)
• Director of the French Archaeological Mission in Paphos (Cyprus) under the aegis of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus.
• DEUG, Licence and Maîtrise in History at the University of Provence (Aix-Marseille I)
• 1990: Master's degree (supervisor: M.-Cl. Amouretti, Aix-Marseille I): "The production and uses of honey in Greco-Roman antiquity".
• 1994: D.E.A. (supervisor: Fr. Croissant, Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne): "Les portes principales de villes à l'époque hellénistique. Historical and archaeological study".
• 1999: Thesis: "Fortification and history of the defence of the territories of Cyprus from the archaic period to the Arab invasions (8th century BC - 17th century AD)" (supervisor: A. Hermary, Aix-Marseille I).

Publications : Publications of C BALANDIER

Further information

External links : Researcher at the Joint Research Unit 8210 "Anthropology and History of Ancient Worlds" (ANHIMA) (formerly the Louis Gernet Centre), in partnership with the Avignon History Laboratory. Associated with the Joint Research Unit 8546-9 "Urban Archaeology of the Hellenised East" directed by Pierre Leriche, CNRS research director (emeritus) at the Archaeology Laboratory ("Archaeology of the East and West" at the Ecole Normale Suéprieure, 45 rue d'Ulm).