Sur les Routes d'Arabie

Presentation

The international symposium “Sur les routes d'Arabie: itinéraires terrestres et maritimes” is organized by the inter-university association Routes de l'Orient in partnership with the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Archaïos company. It will be held at the Institut du Monde Arabe on December 12, 13 and 14, 2024.

The aim of the symposium is to study the land and maritime routes of the Arabian Peninsula and the exchanges they facilitated through archaeology, history, philology, religious studies and the life sciences. This approach will be taken in the long term, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. The symposium will also explore the networks of exchanges with border regions such as the Indian subcontinent, the Horn of Africa and Egypt, as well as with the empires of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman empires.

This vast topic, whose strength lies in its interdisciplinary and diachronic approach, will be of interest to researchers and doctoral students from various French and foreign laboratories. It is also intended as a meeting place for experienced researchers, young researchers and students. This multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach will encourage exchanges between disciplines during the symposium, in line with current scientific approaches.