ARCHEOLOGICAL MISSIONS :

- Palaeontological and palaeanthropological research in Tihama
Roberto Macchiarelli, Stéphane Peigné (Team for Palaeoanthropology and digital Palaeobiology, UMR CNRS 6046-Lab. GBPH, University of Poitiers), Alfredo Coppa (University La Sapienza de Rome)

- Mission Qatabân
Christian Robin (LESA, Collège de France), Mounir Arbach (LESA, Collège de France), Hédi Dridi (LESA, Collège de France)

- Archeological and epigraphical mission in the region of High Yafi‘ and in the region of al-Baydâ'
Iwona Gajda (CNRS, Institut des Etudes Sémitiques-Collège de France ).

- French archeological mission in Jawf-Hadramawt
Anne Benoist (CNRS/ArchéOrient Lyon)

- Mission Sharma, Hadramawt
Axelle Rougeulle (CNRS-Université Paris I-Sorbonne)

- Mission Exploitation of silver mines in Jabali
Florian Téreygeol (CNRS, UMR 5060 IRAMAT-LMC, Belfort et UMR 9956 LPS, CEA-Saclay)

 

RESEARCH PROGRAMS ON ISLAMIC HISTORY :

- Preservation of the manuscripts of the private collections of Zabîd
Anne Regourd ( University of Leeds , UK )
www.anne.regourd.org

- French German project for the maintenance and study of manuscripts heritage in Yemen
Coordination Eric Vallet (University Paris I) and Tomislav Klaric (University Göttingen)

- Balnéorient. Historical and architectural studies of Yemeni hammams
Balanorient. Thermal baths and hammams , 25 centuries of public baths ( Near East , Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula ). Under the direction of: Marie-Françoise BOUSSAC (MOM, Lyon), Michel TUCHSCHERER MMSH ( University of Provence , Univ. Aix-Marseille, CNRS)

 

RESEARCH PROGRAMS ABOUT CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY :

- Yemen after septembre 11th. Political changes, new local, regional and international challenges
François Burgat (CNRS/IREMAM-MMSH Aix-en-Provence)

- Project « From the Arab-Persian Gulf to Europe : Between violence and counter-violence »
François Burgat (CNRS/IREMAM-MMSH Aix-en-Provence)

- Associations in Yemen (1991-2004): Emergence or continuities of a civil society?
Juliette Honvault, Jean Lambert (CEFAS)

- Archives of French diplomatic representations in Yemen and in Arabia
Patrice Chevalier (CEFAS), Alexis Allais (internship)

- Child and Youth literature in Yemen (ENS- CEFAS)
Houda Ayoub (resp.), Jassas Annam, Carole Boisdin, Julien Dufour, Mathilde Lévêque, Hanan Maaloum, Muhammad Othman Child and mother Oral Literature (CNS, Mil al-Dhahab Center, CEFAS) Houda Ayoub, Fatima al-Baydani, Jean Lambert

- Linguistic research project in the Red Sea- Indian Ocean region
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle (UMR CNRS 8135-LLACAN, scientific referent of the ILD (Language Institute of Djibouti) and Research Center of Djibouti (CERD).

- Identity Markers in Yemen History, from the Antique Kingdoms to the Modern State
Jérémie Schiettecatte (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre d'Anthropologie), Vincent Martignon (CITERES/EMAM- Université de Tours), Patrice Chevalier, (IEP de Lyon, CEFAS)

- Contemporary Yemenite Literature: between the tradition of poetry and the emergence of the novel
Houda Ayoub (ENS), Luc Deheuvels (INALCO,Carma) , Geraldine Jenvin (INALCO)

- Ethnomusicology and oral literature in Yemen
Jean Lambert (CEFAS), Jaber Ali Ahmed , Samir Mokrani ( Center of Musical Heritage in Yemen ).