Chrzanovski Laurent

I am an archaeologist, specialized in the field of illumination techniques and artefacts. I made my PhD at the University of Lausanne and Postoctoral Studies at the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca branch. At the moment I am PhD co-director at Lyon II University and Privat-Dozent at Cluj and Sibiu Universities. I also work as a specialist for different universities/museums/government bodies, mostly in Switzerland and Romania.  I led excavations at Ostia Antica, and participated in many excavations, mostly in Italy, Libya and Crimea. My main interests are lychnology – I'm founder and secretary-general of the International Lychnological Association – but also ethno-archaeology and cultural projects design & management.

Selected recent publications
• L. Chrzanovski, LVMEN EST OMEN. Arta, istoria şi spiritualitatea iluminatului artificial, Cluj-Napoca (Argonaut) 2013
• L. Chrzanovski, De Prométhée à la Fée Electricité, Pour une sociologie de l'éclairage à travers les âges, les croyances et les continents, Cluj-Napoca (Academia Româna) 2013
• L. Chrzanovski, La transition lychnologique byzantino-arabe en Egypte et au Proche-Orient: lampes coptes et musulmanes de la collection Bouvier, in Peuce N.S. XI (2013), pp. 179-230
• L. Chrzanovski (dir. & red.), A la tombée de la nuit. Art et histoire de l'éclairage, Milan (5Continents) 2012
• L. Chrzanovski (dir. & red.), Facéties lumineuses. Lampes-statuettes antiques d'Alexandrie du musée de Genève et du Louvre, Milan (Edizioni ET) 2011
• L. Chrzanovski, Lampes tardo-antiques et byzantines, in M. Martiniani-Reber (éd.), Antiquités paléochrétiennes et byzantines. Collection du Musée d'art et d'histoire – Genève, Milan 2011, pp. 264-330
• L. Chrzanovski, Les lampes romaines rectangulaires à plusieurs becs, entre Egypte et Dacie. Quelques éléments de discussion issus de l’étude d’une collection alexandrine inédite, in Peuce N.S. IX (2011), pp. 217-224
(for a full biblio, see : http://www.archeophile.com/rw-bibliographie-chrz.htm)

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