Mireille Corbier (born 24 May 1943) is a French historian of Classical history. Currently Research Director Emerita at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), she has published a number of books and articles, and since 1992 has been editor-in-chief of L'Année épigraphique.[1]
Mireille Corbier | |
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Born | 24 May 1943 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Historian of Classical Antiquity, Epigraphist, Editor-in-Chief of "L'année épigraphique" |
Corbier began her studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure (1962-1966), during which she became a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1967-1972 she taught ancient history at the University of Paris, X Nanterre. From 1972 to 1975 she was a member of the École française de Rome, where she produced her monograph, L'aerarium saturni et l'aerarium militare. Administration et prosopographie sénatoriale (1974).[2] She then joined CNRS in 1975, meanwhile teaching Anthropology at the University of Paris VIII Vincennes.[1]
Corbier is a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite,[3] and a member of several professional associations and learned societies.[1] She gave the M. V. Taylor lecture for the Roman Society in January 2020.[4][5]