Byzantine world

The Centre de recherche d’Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance was created in 1972. Upon the Center’s inception, the CNRS asked Paul Lemerle to draw together common research programs, with as many French scholars specializing in that field as possible, in order to mutualize means. Today, the goals remain the same. Under the direction of Gilbert Dagron, the associate research unit URA (Unité de Recherches associée) has grown. On January 1st, 1996, it became a mixed research unit UMR (Unité Mixte de Recherche). Since January 1st, 2006, under the direction of Jean-Claude Cheynet, it has been a part of the newly created UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée, under the name Byzantine world (Monde byzantin).
The research center, now under the direction of Vincent Déroche, has 26 scholars (researchers and academics), 8 engineers, technicians and administrative staff.