Christian Julien Robin (born 12 May 1943) is a French orientalist and scholar specializing in the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula. He has received three awards, including the Legion of Honour.
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Born | 12 May 1943 (81 years old) Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France |
Occupation | Orientalist |
Language | French, English |
Alma mater | Paris Institute of Political Studies, INALCO, EPHE |
Notable awards | France:
Yemen:
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Biography
editChristian Julien Robin was born on 12 May 1941 in Chaumont.[1][2] He graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1964, INALCO in 1967 and the EPHE in 1978.[1][2] He also worked as a lecturer at the Aix-Marseille University and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.[1][2] In 2011, Robin was appointed as one of the head directorial executives at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[3][4]
Robin has also headed overseas archaeological expeditions since 2005 in Saudi Arabia, specifically the town of Najran.[2] Currently, Robin holds a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies and is the president of the Société des Archéologues, Philologues et Historiens de l'Arabie, succeeding Jean Schneider in 2017.[1][2]
Publications
editRobin has contributed to entries in the Oxford Handbook of Classical Antiquity.[5]
He has also published the following works:
- Robin, Christian J. (2012). Les signes de la prophétie en Arabie à l'époque de Muḥammad (fin du vie et début du viie siècle de l'ère chrétienne). BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-21091-2.
- Robin, Christian J. (1982). Les Hautes-Terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam : Recherches sur la géographie tribale et religieuse de Hawlān Quḍāʿa et du pays de Hamdān. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.
- Robin, Christian J. (2016). Le judaïsme de l'Arabie antique. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols.
- Robin, Christian J. (2014). Les Jafnides : Des rois arabes au service de Byzance. Paris: De Boccard.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Christian Julien Robin". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e "Robin Christian, Julien". Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ Robin, Christian J. (1982). Les Hautes-Terres du Nord-Yémen avant l'Islam : Recherches sur la géographie tribale et religieuse de Hawlān Quḍāʿa et du pays de Hamdān. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.
- ^ "Dr. Christian Julien Robin. "New Milestones in the History of Ancient Arabia" - Darmuseum-Archive". 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald (22 September 2024). The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-027753-6.
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