Michel Kaplan Explained

Michel Kaplan
Birth Date:15 April 1946
Birth Place:Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Byzantinist, historian
Years Active:1976–2015

Michel Kaplan (born 15 April 1946) is a French medieval historian, docteur d'État, professor emeritus and former president of Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[1] He is a Byzantinist specialising in history of mentalities, rural space and hagiography of the Eastern Roman Empire.[2]

Career

In his early years, Kaplan followed the courses taught by Paul Lemerle.[3] He began his career as an assistant professor and then lecturer at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), where he defended his thèse d'état (doctoral dissertation) French: Les hommes et la terre à Byzance du VI<sup>e</sup> au XI<sup>e</sup> siècle : propriété et exploitation du sol in 1987. He then became a professor of medieval history at Paris I since 1988 and had been president of this university from 1999 to 2004.[4] Since 2003, his research had encompassed the history of Byzantine mentalities.[5] He retired from his job in 2015. On 13 November 2018, a lecture given by Kaplan took place at the Athens Concert Hall in Greece.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michel Kaplan, Athens, November 13 . . 11 November 2018 . . Kathimerini Publishing S.A. . 2 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Le saint, le moine et le paysan : Mélanges d'histoire byzantine offerts à Michel Kaplan . . 2016 . editions-sorbonne.fr . fr . 2 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Le plus célèbre des historiens français de Byzance . Bonnet . Sylvain . 5 July 2017 . salon-litteraire.linternaute.com . fr . 2 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Curriculum vitae de Michel KAPLAN (Comité français des Études Byzantines) . . cfeb.org . fr . 2 December 2018.
  5. Book: Kaplan, Michel . 2003 . 1991 . Tout l'or de Byzance . Collection "Découvertes Gallimard" . 104 . 6th . Paris . Éditions Gallimard . fr . 10 . 978-2-07-053119-6 . About the author.