Tribute to Jacques de Morgan, archaeologist and engineer
Mines Paris – PSL pays tribute to Jacques de Morgan.
Jacques de Morgan (1857-1924), a former student at the École des Mines de Paris, trained as an engineer and qualified as an explorer, prehistorian and diplomat, is best known as a pioneer of the archaeological adventure, a founding figure in Egyptian prehistory and a key figure in the excavations at Susa. His work in Malaysia, the Caucasus and Iran also revealed major aspects of these Eastern civilisations to the world.
Programme :
The Mines Paris – PSL library and Mines Paris – Alumni would like to pay tribute to Jacques de Morgan on the occasion of the centenary of his death, with a conference evoking three stages in his career and life:
- Christine Lorre, Honorary General Curator of the comparative archaeology collection at the Musée d’Archéologie nationale – Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- François Bridey, Curator, Department of Oriental Antiquities, Musée du Louvre, specialist in Iran
- Charles-Armand Klein, biographer of Jacques de Morgan, author of Jacques de Morgan, archéologue. Le réveilleur d’empires.
The conference will be accompanied bya round table discussion moderated by Frédéric Mathieu, member of the Mines Paris Alumni Board of Directors, with the participation of the speakers as well as:
- Pascal Butterlin, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Director of Studies at the Chair of Archaeology and Anthropology of Sacred Spaces in the Ancient Near East, Religious Sciences Section, EPHE-PSL.
- Julien Cuny, curator, archaeologist, Department of Oriental Antiquities, Musée du Louvre. Collections from ancient Iran, from the Iron Age to the Sassanids
- Antonio Guerreiro, anthropologist, linguist, museographer, member of the Institut de Recherches Asiatiques (IRAsia, UMR 7306 CNRS-Aix Marseille Université), honorary researcher MNHN -Musée de l’Homme.
An exhibition of archive documents and works from the library’s collections will accompany the event, shedding light on Jacques de Morgan’s training and early years as an engineer, alongside his publications as an archaeologist.
Practical information
- 13 March 2025, from 6.30pm to 8pm
- 60 Bd Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris – Rer B (stop Luxembourg), métro line 4 (stop Odéon), bus line 38 (stop Luxembourg)
A travel journal written by Jacques de Morgan: Voyage en Belgique. Geology, Paleontology, Mining, Metallurgy. Report on the metal mines and factories around Liège, 1880. Call number: CR 1880 (265). 82 pages (including cover and 4th cover) measuring 38 x 25.5 cm.
