Alexandre Farnoux

Alexandre Farnoux
Nationality French
Alma mater French School at Athens
Occupation Historian, Minoan archaeologist

Alexandre Farnoux is a French historian, a specialist on the Minoan civilisation and Delos.[1]

Career

Alexandre Farnoux studied at the French School at Athens, he became director of this institute in September 2011.[2][3]

He is professor of Greek archaeology at Paris-Sorbonne University[4] and also teaches Greek history at the University of Strasbourg. He conducts research in Crete on the Minoan civilisation and is director of the excavation of a residential quarter in the Minoan city of Mallia.[5]

Selected publications

As author
  • Cnossos : L'archéologie d'un rêve, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 175), série Archéologie. Éditions Gallimard, 1993
    • UK edition – Knossos: Unearthing a Legend, 'New Horizons' series. Thames & Hudson, 1996
    • US edition – Knossos: Searching for the Legendary Palace of King Minos, "Abrams Discoveries" series. Abrams Books, 1996
  • Homère : Le prince des poètes, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 555), série Littératures. Éditions Gallimard, 2010
As contributor
  • Sophie Basch, Delvaux and Antiquity, Exhibitions International, 2010
As editor
  • With Nicoletta Momigliano, Cretomania: Modern Desires for the Minoan Past, Routledge, 2016
  • With Katherine Harloe and Nicoletta Momigliano, Hellenomania, Routledge, 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Alexandre Farnoux (Biblio)". bibliomonde.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  2. ↑ Marioli, Georgia (2017-05-05). "L'École Française d'Athènes : Interview avec le directeur Alexandre Farnoux". grecehebdo.gr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. ↑ "La Direction de l'École". efa.gr (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Alexandre Farnoux". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  5. ↑ Farnoux, Alexandre (1996). Knossos: Unearthing a Legend. 'New Horizons' series. Translated by Baker, David J. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-500-30069-5. About the author
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