Marie PAULIAT

Marie is Senior FWO Postdoctoral Fellow at the [History of Church and Theology Research Unit, KU Leuven](https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/research_units/ru_church). Her research focuses on Latin sermons of the 4th-6th centuries, combining philological (text transmission, edition, translation), historical (contexts, audiences), exegetical (biblical text and commentaries) and theological (theological content, theology of preaching) approaches: How do (historical, geographical, liturgical) contexts impact the content of the sermons? How do preachers deal with the (gender) diversity of their audiences? She currently works on the “[Vienna Collection](https://research.kuleuven.be/portal/en/project/3H220422)”, 60 Late Antique (maybe) Donatist sermons, for which she was awarded a [FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship](https://www.fwo.be/en/fellowships-funding/postdoctoral-fellowships/senior-postdoctoral-fellowship/). For this project, she crosses historical-critical analysis and digital humanities (digital edition, stylometry). In her previous project, she worked on Caesarius of Arles’s Sermons on the Old Testament (106-143), for which she was appointed by the famous “[Sources chrétiennes](https://sourceschretiennes.org/)” institute. Her commitment to shared and disseminated research can be seen in her participation in several publication projects (*Dolbeau Sermons* and *Enarrationes in Psalmos* by Augustine), her service to three scientific journals ([*Augustiniana*](http://www.augustiniana.net/), *[Augustinianum](https://www.patristicum.org/rivista-augustinianum)*, *[Revue des études augustiniennes](https://www.brepols.net/series/REA)*) and her commitment to science outreach (e.g. [Nuit des Religions 2024](https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/rscs/evenements/nuit-des-religions-0.html)). Over the years, Marie has conducted research at several renowned institutions in Europe. In 2021-2022, she was post-doctoral fellow at the Université catholique de Louvain ([Fondation *Sedes Sapientiae*](https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/theologie/fss.html) fellowship). In January-March 2024, she is visiting scholar at the [Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum](https://csel.at/) (Wien). Previously, she was visiting doctoral researcher at the [Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum](http://www.patristicum.org/en) in Rome (2015, 2016) and at the [École Française de Rome](https://www.efrome.it/) (2014, 2015), where she worked on various aspects of her doctoral project. Marie read classics at the [École Normale Supérieure de Lyon](https://www.ens-lyon.fr/) and catholic theology at the [Lyon Catholic University](https://www.ucly.fr/). She earned her PhD at the [University of Lyon](https://www.universite-lyon.fr/version-anglaise/universite-de-lyon-en-6709.kjsp) (France) in 2017 with a dissertation about the *Sermons on Matthew* of Augustine of Hippo. She is a member of several learned societies, including the [International Association of Patristic Studies](https://www.aiep-iaps.org/). Since the very beginning of her PhD (2012), Marie has been involved in teaching Latin and Greek languages and literature, ancient history and theology, devoting over 1,200 hours to this activity ([Université Lyon 2](https://www.univ-lyon2.fr/), [Université Lyon 3](https://www.univ-lyon3.fr/), [École Normale Supérieure de Lyon](https://www.ens-lyon.fr/), [Université de Pau](https://www.univ-pau.fr/fr/index.html), [UCLouvain](https://uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/theologie)). Since she arrived at KU Leuven, Marie has been involved in teaching and supervising. She teaches [History of the Church and Theology (Ancient Church)](https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be//2023/syllabi/e/A06A8AE.htm#activetab=doelstellingen_idp1136736) for international BA students, and supervises BA and MA students. She also served as an external member of one doctoral dissertation committee.