Philippe Leveau | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1940-01-04) 4 January 1940 Angoulême, France |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Provence - Aix-Marseille I |
| Thesis | Caesarea of Mauretania and its territory |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | history and archaeology |
| Institutions | Lycée Louis-BarthouUniversity of Algiers 1Aix-Marseille University |
| Main interests | ancient history |
Philippe Leveau (born 1940 in Angoulême) is a 20th-century French historian and archaeologist, a specialist of the ancient world.[1]
As a student in Bordeaux, where he carried out research on the political ideology of the Julian (emperor), Philippe Leveau obtained the Agrégation d'histoire in 1963 (ranked 36th).[2] Assistant in ancient history at the University of Algiers for six years (1966-1972), he began researching the area around Caesarea in Mauretania. From 1972 to 1984, Philippe Leveau was a lecturer at the Aix-Marseille University, where in 1979 he defended a post-graduate thesis under the supervision of Paul-Albert Février: Caesarea de Maurétanie et son territoire (Caesarea of Mauretania and its territory). Contribution à l'étude des rapports ville-campagne dans l'Empire romain. It was published in 1984 by the Presses de École française de Rome. The same year, he was elected Professor of National Antiquities at the Aix-Marseille University, where he ended his career in 2002, having been awarded emeritus status. Since then, he has remained very active in the field of research, through his publications and his presence at scientific events.
He was a member of the Conseil national de la recherche archéologique from March 13, 1995 to March 13, 1999, and a member of the Commission pour les fouilles sous-marines, elected by the Commission interrégionale de la recherche archéologique Sud-est.