Islamic history and culture up to the Mongols, especially the transition from late antiquity to Islam
Elected 2013
Oral history and copyright in a dominant context of orality in Sub-Saharan Africa; Sahelians’ migration to South-East Asia; development anthropology
The anthropology and history of art and material culture, especially in equatorial Africa and the western Indian Ocean; comparative work on themes such as memory, miniaturisation, and the experience of the environment
Egyptology