Nolwenn Guedeau, M.A.

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Ph.D. dissertation Project

“Smoking in the Ottoman Empire, from Kurdistan to Algeria. Clay pipes: identity marker and instrument of sociability“, 

Supervisor: Bethany Walker (Islamic Archaeology Unit, Bonn) & dir. Véronique François (LA3M, Aix-en- Provence)

Education

• 2020-today – PhD (bi-national) – Aix-Marseille University & Rheinische Friedrisch-Wilhems-Univerität Bonn, 
• 2020/2021 – University Diploma : Archives and Archives Works – Poitiers University, France
• 2017/2019 – Master's Degree in Humanities (History, Civilisation, Heritage, specialisation ancient worlds)  – Poitiers University, 2018 thesis : “Les musiciennes des Empires perses“, (dir. Philippe Mainterot & Alexandre Vincent, Herma), 2019 thesis : “Étude préliminaire des pipes ottomanes de la région du Khabur-Est, l'exemple de Bassetki et Muqable“, (dir. Séverine Lemaître, Herma)
• 2016/2017 – Erasmus – Eberhard Karl Universität Tübingen, Germany – Philosophische Fakultät, Voderasiatische Archäologie
• 2013/2016 –  Bachelor' Degree in Humanities (Art History & Archaeology) – Poitiers University, France

Professional experiences

• 12/2021-today – Research Associate, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies
• 08/2021-09/2021 – Trench Supervisor – Mission Araxe – CNRS – Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
• 05/2020-06/2020 – Ceramic Specialist – Archaïos, Al-Ula, Saoudi Arabia
• 02/2020-08/2020 – Research Assistant – Muqable Project – Francfort University, Germany
• 02/2020-10/2020 – Research Assistant – Qatna Project – Tübingen University, Germany
• 02/2020-03/2020 – Ceramic Specialist – Kugamid Project, Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq
• 11/2019-12/2019 – Trench Supervisor – Qarara Cemetery, Necropolis of Sharuna, Egypt – dir. Béatrice Huber (Ägyptologisches Institut, Universität Tübingen)
• 06/2019-07/2019 – E-Archivist (internship) – Institut français des Études Anatoliennes, Istanbul, Turkey
• 02/2018-04/2018 – Trench Supervisor – Al-Khashbah, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Oman – dir. Conrad Schmidt (IANES Tübingen)
• 2017-2019 – Trench Supervisor – Muqable III, Bassetki A & C, Kurdistan, Iraq – dir. Peter Pfälzner & Ivana Pulijz (KUGAMID, IANES Tübingen)
• 08/2016 – Junior Archaeologist – Le Trésor, Barzan, Charente-Maritime, France – dir. Bastien Gissinger (INRAP)
• 07/2016 – Junior Conservator (internship) – Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Parthenay, France
• 06/2016 – Junior Conservator (internship) – Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers, France
• 01/2016-04/2016 – Gallery Assistant (internship) – Galerie Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
• 07/2013 –  Junior Archaeologist  – Ferme gallo-romaine, Jonzac, France – dir. Karine Robin (INRAP)

Publications & conferences

• GUEDEAU Nolwenn, “Destruction et trafic illicite des biens culturels en Irak : l'exemple de Khorsabad“, Patrimoine d'Orient, Online Publications, 2020, https://patrimoinedorient.org/index.php/2020/11/27/destruction-et-trafic-illicite-des-biens-culturels-en-irak-lexemple-de-khorsabad/
• GUEDEAU Nolwenn, « Ottoman « prestigious » smoking pipes from the Museum of Boulogne-sur-mer, France », Ceramics from Islamic Lands, 2021, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Scholarship

• 2021 – Aide à la Mobilité Internationale (AMI), Institut Français du Proche-Orient (IFPO) Département des études arabes, médiévales et modernes, Beirut, Lebanon

Languages

• French (Native)
• German (Professional)
• English (Professional)
• Arabic (Elementary)