Louis Dautais
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Louis DAUTAIS
French Institute for Oriental Archaeology • PhD students Section
37 al-Sheikh Aly Yussef • B.P Kasr al-Ainy 11562 • Cairo, Egypt 11411
louisdautais@gmail.com • +33 (0) 612253553
Dual-PhD Candidate in Egyptology (UPVM3) & in Aegean Protohistory (UCLouvain)
Historian and Archaeologist of the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
EDUCATION
Since Oct. 2019 International Dual PhD Candidate in Egyptology & in Aegean Archaeology within the framework of a PhD Program between UPVM3 and UCLouvain. Dissertation title: Egypt and the Aegean world (17th-12th c. BCE): A holistic and diachronic approach to their interactions. Supervisors: Dr. Prof. Marc Gabolde and Dr. Prof. Charlotte Langohr.
UPVM3 = University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry” (Montpellier, France)
UCLouvain = Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
2018 Master of Arts, Ancient Worlds – Egyptology.
M.A. Thesis: Thutmose III and the Aegean World. A Reassessment of Egypto-Aegean Relations during the 15th c. BCE (2 vols. – 580 p. with annexs, catalogs and plates). Evaluation Committee: Prof. Marc Gabolde (supervisor), Prof. Bernard Mathieu (reviewer) and Prof. Frédéric Servajean (reviewer)
University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry” (Montpellier, France)
2016 Bachelor of Arts, Classical Archaeology – Egyptology.
University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry” (Montpellier, France)
2013 A-Levels, Sciences Major (Geology & Physics), Humanities Minor (History & Classics).
Pierre Mendès France High School (La-Roche-sur-Yon, France)
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS (UNPAID)
2019-present PhD student member, French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (Cairo, Egypt).
2019-present PhD student member, Research Lab Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (ASM) – Team Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne (ENiM).
University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry” (Montpellier, France)
2019-present PhD student member, Research Lab Institut des Civilisations, Arts et Lettres (INCAL) – Team Aegean Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS-CEMA).
Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
2022-2023 Visiting PhD student member, Research Lab Institut des Civilisations, Arts et Lettres (INCAL) – Team Ancient Egypt Historical Studies (EGYP-CIOL).
Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
FIELD RESEARCH
Since 2018 French Archaeological Project at Kom el-Nogous – Plinthine (Mareotis Area, Egypt), dir. Dr. Bérangère REDON (CNRS – HiSoMA). Trench Supervisor: excavations of two wine presses from Saitic and Ptolemaic times and of a Late Period tower within the Pharaonic town of Plinthine.
2018-2022 French Archaeological Project at Tell Qilah – Qiltu (Cisjordania, Palestinian Territories), dir. Dr. Prof. Sylvie BLÉTRY (UPVM3 – CRISES). Trench Supervisor: surveys and excavations of the fortification system (Middle Bronze Age Cyclopean wall and Iron Age glacis) surrounding the Canaanite City-State.
2016-2019 Belgian Archaeological Project at Kephali Hill – Sissi (Crete, Greece), dir. Dr. Prof. Jan DRIESSEN (UCLouvain – INCAL). Trench Assistant: excavations in the Neopalatial central courtyard and northeast wing (Area 6, MM III) and the Protopalatial necropolis (Area 9, MM IB-II).
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROGRAMS
2020-present Collaborator. Action Research Council program TALOS: Santorini Eruption – Comparative anthropological and volcanological research of an archaeological case study (PI: Jan Driessen, Pierre Delmelle and Frédéric Laugrand), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Award
2023 Winner of the Young Scholar Prize (€5,800), Section “Antiquity and Archaeology” awarded by the Fondation des Treilles (Tourtour, Var).
Grants
2023 (March) Mobility Joint-Grant (€500) from the Institute of Civilisations, Arts and Letters (INCAL) and the Study Center of Ancient Worlds (CEMA). Funding of my travel and accommodation in London during my research stay (1 week) to study unpublished archives at the British Museum and at the Egypt Exploration Society’s headquarters.
2018 (April) Mobility Grant (€650) from the University Agency of the Francophonie (AUF). Funding of my travel and insurance costs for my first fieldwork season (1 month) within the research team of the Taposiris Magna and Plinthine Archaeological Project, Egypt (CNRS and Ifao).
Scholarships
2023 (March) Research Scholarship (1 month, £250 + travel & accommodation costs) from the French House of Oxford (MfO, United Kingdom) for the study of objects (protohellenica) kept in the Ashmolean Museum, the consultation of books in the Bodleian Libraries and the analysis of archives housed at the Griffith Institute.
2022 (April) Research Scholarship (1 month, €700) from the French School at Athens (EfA, Greece) for the study of objects (aegyptiaca) in the Mycenaean collections from a dozen Greek museums.
2021 (October) Research Scholarship (1 month, €1,000) from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (Ifao, Egypt) for the continuation of the PhD work in the Ifao, DAIK and Chicago House libraries: collection of data and bibliographical references. Study of objects (protohellenica) kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
2021 (April) Research Scholarship (1 month, €700) from the French School at Athens (EfA, Greece) for the continuation of the PhD work in the EfA, BSA and ASCSA libraries: collection of data and bibliographical references.
Fellowships
2019-2022 A unique 3-years PhD Fellowship (40 months, €56,000) from the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and the French Schools Overseas Network (ResEFE) focused on international cooperation actions (France-Belgium-Greece-Egypt) in partnership with the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (Ifao, Cairo).
2023 A 1-year PhD Fellowship (12 months, €12,000) from the Gandur Foundation for Art (Geneva, Switzerland).
TEACHING RECORD
Courses taught
Undergraduate
Minoan Civilization: Bronze Age in Crete (3 two-hour sessions) – Department of Art and Archaeology, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”. Montpellier, France. 2020.
Mycenaean Civilization: Late Bronze Age in Mainland Greece (3 two-hour sessions) – Department of Art and Archaeology, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”. Montpellier, France. 2020.
Egyptian New Kingdom: Foreign Policy and Pharaonic Architecture (18 two-hour sessions) – Department of Art and Archaeology, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”. Montpellier, France. 2020.
Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbours: War, Trade and Diplomacy (2 two-hour sessions) – Department of Art and Archaeology, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”. Montpellier, France. 2020.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Professional societies
Société française d’Égyptologie (SfÉ, Collège de France – Paris), since 2020.
Société française d’Archéologie classique (SfAc, Institut national d’histoire de l’art = INHA– Paris), since 2020.
Société des Professeurs d’Histoire Ancienne de l’Université (SoPHAU, INHA – Paris), since 2020.
Committees
General Scientific Board, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”, PhD student member, 2020-2022.
Improvement Board, Art and Archaeology Department, University of Montpellier 3 “Paul-Valéry”, B.A. then M.A. student member, 2015-2018.
Public engagement and outreach
Cultural mediator at the archaeological site of Lattara (South of France). European Heritage Days, 2015-2017.
Webmaster of AEGIS Team website, 2020-2022.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
14 April 2023 Closing Study Day « Ipse Dixit » – Historiography of Sciences of the Ancient Mediterranean (collab. É. Grau and S. Marchand) – UPVM3 Site Saint-Charles 2 (Montpellier, France). Publication of the proceedings of the “Ipse Dixit” Lecture series 2021-2023 in the Dialogues d’histoire ancienne Suppl. collection (DHA, Besançon).
26-30 Sept. 2022 International Conference « Current Research in Egyptology 2022 » (collab. L. Chapon, M. Claude, M. Danilova and M. Valerio) – UPVM3 Site Saint-Charles 2 (Montpellier, France). Publication of the proceedings of the Current Research in Egyptology 2022 in the Archaeology Access collection (Archaeopress, Oxford).
2021 and 2022 Lecture Series « Ipse Dixit » – Historiography of Sciences of the Ancient Mediterranean (collab. É. Grau and S. Marchand) – UPVM3 Site Saint-Charles 2 (Montpellier, France).
Publications
L’Égypte et l’étranger : regards croisés sur les interactions avec les mondes égéen et libyen à l’Âge du Bronze.Séminaire de recherche de l’Ifao (2021-2022), Abbès Zouache et Andrea Pillon, Jan 2022, Le Caire, Égypte
Conference papers
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Of Cretan wood and an Aegean shape, adorned with Quadruple Spirals. On the identity of the Keftiu-ship in the Egyptian records.Meeting the Other: Transfers and cultural interactions around the Nile Valley, Elena Panaïte, Mar 2021, Le Caire, Egypt
Conference papers
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L’Égypte pharaonique et la Grèce « préhellénique » : une redécouverte de leurs interactions au tournant du XXe siècleSéminaire de recherche Ipse Dixit - Historiographie des sciences de la Méditerranée antique, Mar 2021, Montpellier, France
Conference papers
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Les imitations locales de modèles égéens en Égypte durant le Nouvel Empire“Conteneurs” égyptiens de la fin de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire à l’époque ptolémaïque. Imitations, assimilations et transposition de modèles étrangers, Sylvie Marchand et Catherine Defernez, Oct 2021, Le Caire, Égypte
Conference papers
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"Pharaoh built for me a multitude of Keftiu-ships". On the identity of the Cretan Boat Type in the Egyptian recordsAegis Day V, Maud Devolder, Apr 2021, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Conference papers
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For a Global and Diachronic Approach to Egypto-Aegean Interconnections (17th-12th c. BCE): A New MethodologyCurrent Research in Egyptology 2021, Electra Apostola, Anna Kalaitzaki et Christos Kekes, May 2021, Rhodes, Greece
Conference papers
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Synchroniser l’Égypte et le monde égéen. À propos de l’actuelle « Controverse des chronologies absolues » concernant le milieu du IIe millénaire av. n. è. : Back to the beginning ?Journée annuelle non-thématique du séminaire interuniversitaire "Synoikismos", Nov 2020, Bruxelles, Belgique
Conference papers
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Des bateaux crétois dans les chantiers navals de PharaonDétours et retours. Circulation des hommes, des idées et des techniques de l'Antiquité., Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès (PLH-CRATA et PLH-ERASME), May 2019, Toulouse, France
Conference papers
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10 ans de fouille à Sissi (Crète) : résultats et perspectivesJournée d’étude INCAL Humanitas, humanités, humanities en Europe, Mar 2021, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique. 2021
Conference poster
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Interactions entre l’Égypte et le monde égéen sur la longue durée (XVIIe - XIIe s. av. n. è.)Portes ouvertes virtuelles INCAL 2020, Apr 2020, Louvain-la-neuve, France. 2020
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Current Research in Egyptology 2022, 2023, Access Archaeology - CENiM 36, 9781803275833. ⟨10.32028/9781803275833⟩
Books
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Some Late Helladic IIA pottery in the early Thutmosid Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis (Luxor, Egypt)Jan Driessen; Tiziano Fantuzzi. CHRONOS. Stratigraphic Analysis, Pottery Seriation and Radiocarbon Dating in Mediterranean Chronology, Aegis (26), Presses universitaires de Louvain, pp.117-140, 2024, 978-2-39061-451-7
Book sections
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Coupe en or du général Djéhouty2022, https://www.ifao.egnet.net/image/78/
Other publications
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Egypto-Aegean Studies, Années folles et « gratin cairote » : une fête au palais d'Héliopolis en 19272022, https://ipsedixit.hypotheses.org/612
Other publications
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Review of: Peter M. Fischer and Teresa Bürge (eds) 2017. Sea Peoples Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th-11th Centuries BCE (Proceedings of the ESFWorkshop held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 3-4 Nov. 2014)2020, pp. 585-591
Other publications
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Restitution du pressoir à levier et treuil du chai ptolémaïque de PlinthineAix-en-Provence, France. 2022
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Restitution du fouloir du chai ptolémaïque de Plinthine.Aix-en-Provence, France. 2022
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Reconstitution hypothétique de la chaîne opératoire de production du vin au sein du chai ptolémaïque de PlinthineAix-en-Provence, France. 2022
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