Louis Dautais

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).