Michel Kaplan (born 15 April 1946) is a French medieval historian, docteur d'État, professor emeritus and former president of Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[1] He is a Byzantinist specialising in history of mentalities, rural space and hagiography of the Eastern Roman Empire.[2]
Michel Kaplan | |
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Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Byzantinist, historian |
Years active | 1976–2015 |
In his early years, Kaplan followed the courses taught by Paul Lemerle.[3] He began his career as an assistant professor and then lecturer at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), where he defended his thèse d'état (doctoral dissertation) Les hommes et la terre à Byzance du VIe au XIe siècle : propriété et exploitation du sol in 1987. He then became a professor of medieval history at Paris I since 1988 and had been president of this university from 1999 to 2004.[4] Since 2003, his research had encompassed the history of Byzantine mentalities.[5] He retired from his job in 2015. On 13 November 2018, a lecture given by Kaplan took place at the Athens Concert Hall in Greece.[1]
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