Marcel Piérart

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Marcel Piérart (born October 25, 1945 in Tertre, Saint-Ghislain ) is a Belgian classical philologist and ancient historian .

Life

He obtained a degree in Philology Classique from the Université de Liège in 1967 , the Agrégé Enseignement Secondaire supérieur in 1968 and a doctorate in Philosophy et Lettres in 1972 . In Liège he carried out research from 1968 to 1972 at the Fonds de la recherche scientifique and from 1972 to 1976 at the École française d'Athènes . In Freiburg im Üechtland he taught as a professor of classical philology (1976–1989) and ancient history (1989–2015). He retired on August 1st, 2015 . At times he was Visiting Mellon Professor ( Institute for Advanced Study , 1994–1995). Visiting professor ( Leuven February – March 1998), Visiting professor Poznań (May 1994, May 1998, May 2003).

He was Vice Rector , 1983–1987, Dean of the Humanities, 1982–1983, 2001–2003 President of the Commission romande des 3e cycles des lettres (1990–1998) and member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss National Science Foundation , 1999–2007. Since 1974 he took part in the excavations of the French Archaeological School in Argos .

He is a member of the editorial board of Les Etudes Classiques ( Namur ) and Ancient society (Leuven). In 1973 he received the Prix ​​de l'Académie royale de Belgique .

The son of Pol and Gabrielle (Smal) Piérart was married to Christiane Thonnard (children: Isabelle, Geneviève, Dominique, Anne) from May 8, 1969 until the divorce in February 2007 and married Isabelle Tassignon on August 9, 2008.

Fonts (selection)

  • Platon et la Cité grecque. Théorie et réalité dans la Constitution des "Lois" (= Mémoire de la Classe des Lettres. Académie Royale de Belgique. Ser. 2. Volume 62,3). Académie Royale de Belgique, Brussels 1974, OCLC 470839759 (also dissertation, Liège 1972).
    • Platon et la Cité grecque. Théorie et réalité dans la Constitution des "Lois" (= Anagôgê. Volume 3). 2nd edition, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-251-18107-3 (also dissertation, Liège 1972).
  • as editor with Olivier Curty: Historia testis. Mélanges d'épigraphie, d'histoire ancienne et de philologie. Offers à Tadeusz Zawadzki (= Seges. Études et textes de philologie et littérature. NF. Volume 7). Ed. Univ. Friborg Suisse, Friborg 1989, ISBN 2-8271-0440-7 .
  • as editor: Polydipsion Argos. Argos de la fin des palais mycéniens à la constitution de l'Etat classique; Friborg Suisse, May 7–9, 1987. Études. (= Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Supplément. Volume 22). de Boccard, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-86958-041-X .
  • as editor: Aristote et Athènes. Friborg (Suisse) May 23-25, 1991. Aactes de la Table Ronde Centenaire de l'Athēnaiōn Politeia. Aristotle and Athens . Séminaire d'histoire ancienne de l'Université de Friborg, Friborg 1993, ISBN 2-7018-0073-0 .
  • with Gilles Touchais : Argos. Une ville grècque de 6000 ans . CNRS Ed., Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84272-003-2 .
  • as editor with Véronique Dasen : Idia kai dēmosia. The cadres "privés" and "publics" de la religion grecque antique. Actes du IXe colloque du Center International d'Étude de la Religion Grecque (CIERGA), tenu à Friborg du 8 to 10 September 2003 (= Kernos . Supplementary volume 15). Center International d'Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Liège 2005, OCLC 185213815 .

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personal data
SURNAME Piérart, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian classical philologist and ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Tertre, Saint-Ghislain