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| Association Française d'Archéologie Classique | |
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| Name | Association Française d'Archéologie Classique |
| Native name | Association Française d'Archéologie Classique |
| Formation | 19th century |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Region served | France, Mediterranean |
| Fields | Archaeology, Classical Studies |
Association Française d'Archéologie Classique is a French learned society devoted to the study and promotion of Classical antiquity through archaeological research, publication, and fieldwork in the Mediterranean and beyond. It liaises with national institutions such as the École française d'Athènes, the École française de Rome, and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique while engaging scholars associated with the Université Paris-Sorbonne, the Collège de France, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Founded in the later 19th century during a period marked by the activities of the Société des Antiquaires de France, the association developed alongside institutions like the Louvre Museum and the Musée du Louvre's Department of Antiquities, and in the milieu of figures connected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, the École normale supérieure, and the Institut de France. Early members collaborated with excavators from the British School at Athens, the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens on campaigns in regions linked to the Peloponnesian War, Hellenistic period, and Roman Empire contexts, while publishing in journals comparable to those of the Royal Numismatic Society and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
The association's mission emphasizes field excavation coordination, cataloguing of material culture, and dissemination of research through partnerships with the Musée du Louvre, the Musée national des Antiquités, and university presses such as Presses Universitaires de France and the Cambridge University Press for comparative work. It organizes study tours in territories including Greece, Italy, Turkey, Tunisia, and Egypt and supports conservation initiatives linked to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, and national heritage bodies like the Ministère de la Culture (France). Activities span training of students affiliated with the Université de Lyon, the Université de Provence, and the Université de Bordeaux and collaboration with curators from the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Vatican Museums.
The association issues monographs, excavation reports, and proceedings similar in scope to series published by the Journal of Roman Studies, the American Journal of Archaeology, and the Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Its flagship publications are distributed to libraries including the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Bodleian Library, and the Library of Congress and are cited alongside works by scholars from the École française d'Athènes, the École française de Rome, and the Institut national d'histoire de l'art. It produces catalogues comparable to those of the Ashmolean Museum, chronologies used by researchers focusing on the Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Empire, and illustrated volumes paralleling publications of the Getty Research Institute.
The association convenes annual colloquia that attract participants from the Université de Liège, the University of Oxford, the Harvard University, and the University of Bologna, and hosts themed symposia on topics that intersect with studies of the Archaic Greece, the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman Republic, and archaeological debates akin to those at the British School at Rome and the International Congress of Classical Archaeology. Events often feature keynote speakers affiliated with the Collège de France, the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and the École normale supérieure de Lyon and include roundtables with representatives from bodies such as the European Association of Archaeologists and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Membership comprises academics, professional archaeologists, conservators, and patrons drawn from institutions such as the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Université de Strasbourg, and the École pratique des hautes études, as well as museum staff from the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Quai Branly. The governing council includes figures with affiliations to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, the École française d'Athènes, and university departments at the Sorbonne University, and it coordinates with funding agencies like the Agence nationale de la recherche and the European Research Council.
The association partners with international excavations run by the British School at Athens, the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and national archaeological services in contexts such as Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Syria, and Morocco. It has academic exchange agreements with the École française de Rome, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Chicago and cooperates with conservation programs associated with the World Monuments Fund, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property.
Members have led or contributed to excavations and surveys at sites comparable in significance to Delphi, Olympia, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Aphrodisias, Leptis Magna, Volubilis, Sbeitla, Athens Acropolis, and fieldwork in the Magna Graecia context, collaborating with teams from the École française d'Athènes, the British School at Athens, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Projects emphasize stratigraphic publication akin to those produced for Olynthos and conservation campaigns reminiscent of work at Ephesus and Paestum, and include numismatic, epigraphic, and architectural studies in cooperation with the British Museum, the Numismatic Society of London, and the Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
Category:Archaeological organizations Category:Classical studies organizations Category:Learned societies of France