Antoinette Ferrand

CV

Positions

09/2024 – Present

Research fellow

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

Project: “Egypt and its Indian Horizon (1860s–1960s): Egyptian Ethnology and Diplomacy in India”

Education

09/2020 – 06/2024

Ph.D. in Modern History of Muslim and Arab Societies

Sorbonne University Paris, France

Thesis: "Définir le juste milieu : histoire du concept de « classe moyenne » dans l'Égypte de Nasser (1952-1970)"
Supervisor: Prof. Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen
CNU “Qualification” in History obtained in 2025
DOI 10.70675/f4d43398z5e23z4225zb0e0z791d55d42573

09/2019 – 07/2021

BA in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Dialect

National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco) Paris, France

09/2018 – 07/2019

Training courses in Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic

French Institute (DEAC) Cairo, Egypt

09/2015 – 07/2020

Élève normalienne

École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Lyon, France

  • M2 “al-Kātib, a Nasserist socialist journal (1961-1967)”, Prof. Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen (in French)
  • M1 “The Syriac Orthodox Diaspora of Jerusalem (1831–1948): Pilgrims, Refugees, and Community Building in the Ottoman and Mandate Periods”, Prof. Bernard Heyberger (in French).
  • Agrégation (Competitive exam for teaching), successful candidate in 2018
  • BA in History (Lyon 3)
09/2013 – 07/2015

Classe préparatoire AL (Hypokhâgne-Khâgne)

Lycée Ste-Marie Lyon, France

Two-year intensive foundation degree in literature and human sciences preparing for the national competitive exam for entry to the ENS. Successful candidate in 2015.

Honors / Grants

03/2026

Shortlisted and ranked second after interview, for tenure-track professorship in Contemporary Middle East Studies

Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium

09/2025

Thesis Prize in Social History

Fondation Mattei Dogan and Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) Paris, France

06/2025

Mention of the jury for the Thesis Prize “Islam, Middle East and Muslim Worlds”

IISMM and GIS-MOMM Paris, France

01/2023 – 02/2023

Monthly research grant

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

10/2022 – 10/2023

DAAD Research Scholarship

One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates

Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) Berlin, Germany

01/2022 – 02/2022

Monthly research grant

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

Teaching

10/2026

Co-instructor for the PredicMO Summer School

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

“Decompartementalizing the Study of Religion. The Middle East and Its Diasporas (late 19th – 21st centuries). Lexis, Mapping and Staging” (ANR PredicMO)

04/2026 – 05/2026

National examiner for the history examination

École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Lyon, France

04/2026

Instructor

Cours de l'

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

“L’islam soufi dans l’Égypte khédiviale et monarchique: spiritualité élitiste ou piété populaire?”

04/2026

Instructor

University Certificate in Islamic Studies

Dominican Institute of Oriental Studies (Idéo) Cairo, Egypt

A French-language programme offered to Egyptian students at Master's level, in partnership with the French Institute of Islamic Studies (IFI).

12/2025 – 06/2026

Co-instructor

“Writing Modern History”

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

2nd Edition of the workshop for Egyptian graduate and postgraduate Students (in Arabic)
with Amr Khairy & Dina Bakhoum

03/2025

Instructor

“De l’étrangeté familière : l’horizon indien de l’Égypte (1870-1964)”

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

01/2025 – 06/2025

Co-instructor

“Writing Modern History”

French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Ifao) Cairo, Egypt

1st Edition of the workshop for Egyptian graduate and postgraduate Students (in Arabic)
with Amr Khairy & Dina Bakhoum

01/2024 – 04/2024

Instructor

BA Students’ Tutorials

Sorbonne University Paris, France

“History of Modern Islam: Women and Families in the Middle East (17th-21th century)”

09/2023 – 12/2023

Instructor (BA Students’ Tutorials)

“Socio-Economic History of the Modern Maghreb and Middle East (20th century)”

Sorbonne University Paris

09/2021 – 12/2021

Instructor (BA Students’ Tutorials)

“The Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire (17th – 19th Century)”.

Sorbonne University Paris

09/2020 – 12/2020

Co-Instructor (MA Students)

"Writing the Social and Cultural History of the Middle East”

Sorbonne University Paris

Service to the profession

07/2025

Co-organizer of the young scholars’ network

“New Perspectives on South-Asian and Middle Eastern Connections in the 20th Century”

with Simon Conrad

09/2025

Alternate Representative of the Research Fellows at Ifao

speciality: Open Science and Website

Ifao Cairo

04/2022

Editorial Secretary of the Mélanges de l’Institut dominicain d’études orientales

Mideo

01/2022 – 01/2024

Alternate Representative of the Ph.D. Students in the Doctoral School

“Histoire moderne et contemporaine” (ED 188).

01/2021 – 01/2023

Webmaster for the Halqa

association of Ph.D Students Specialists of the Modern and Contemporary Muslim Worlds.

01/2020 – 01/2022

Member of the organizing committee of the Doctoriales

du Centre d’Histoire du XIXe siècle

2 edited issues of the Centre’s journal, Page 19

01/2019 – 01/2021

Free-lance editor for Dygest

reviews of more than twenty books in social sciences and Islamic studies.

Languages

  • French (Native), English (C1), Arabic (Modern Standard and Egyptian - B2), German (B2)