French historian
Jean Andreau is a French historian, former student of the École normale supérieure (1960) and former member of the École française de Rome. As of 2016, he is research director at the EHESS.
He was a student of both Pierre Grimal, Julien Guey and Claude Nicolet.
His research work focusses on economy and society in the ancient Roman world, and above all from the 3rd B.C to the 3rd A.C, and thinking about the old economy and the historical pre-industrial economies.
- La dette publique dans l’Histoire, J. Andreau, G. Béaur et J.-Y. Grenier (dir.), Paris, CHEFF, 2006.
Coordination du dossier "Quoi de neuf en histoire ancienne ?", Cahiers du Centre de recherches historiques, n° 37, April 2006.
- Participation à la coordination du Dictionnaire de l’Antiquité, under the direction of J. Leclant, Paris, P.U.F., 2005.
Symposia
- Under his direction in collaboration with Hinnerk Bruhns, Parenté et stratégies familiales dans l'antiquité romaine : actes de la table ronde des 2-4 octobre 1986, Paris, EFR, Rome, 1990
- Under his direction in collaboration with Erik Aerts and Peter Ørsted, Models of regional economies in Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the 11th century: Session B-11: proceedings, Tenth International Economic History Congress, Leuven, August 1990, Leuven University Press, Louvain, 1990
- Under his in collaboration with Pierre Briant and Raymond Descat, Les échanges dans l'Antiquité : le rôle de l'État. Entretiens d'archéologie et d'histoire, 6 and 7 May 1994, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Musée archéologique départemental, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 1994
- Under his direction in collaboration with Pierre Briant and Raymond Descat Économie antique : prix et formation des prix dans les économies antiques :Rencontres sur l'économie antique, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 1996, Musée archéologique départemental, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 1997
- Under his direction in collaboration with Pierre Briant and Raymond Descat Économie antique : la guerre dans les économies antiques : 3rd rencontres sur l'économie antique, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 6-8 mai 1999, Musée archéologique départemental, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, 2000
- Under his direction in collaboration with Catherine Virlouvet L'information et la mer dans le monde antique, EFR, Rome, 2002
- Under his direction in collaboration with Hinnerk Bruhns Sociologie économique et économie de l'antiquité : à propos de Max Weber, Centre de recherches historiques, Paris, 2004
- Under his direction in collaboration with Jérôme France and Sylvie Pittia, Mentalités et choix économiques des Romains, de Boccard, Paris, 2004
- Under his direction in collaboration with Véronique Chankowski, Vocabulaire et expression de l'économie dans le monde antique, de Boccard, Paris, 2007
- Under his direction in collaboration with Wladimir Berelowitch, Michel Ivanovitch Rostovtzeff, Edipuglia, Bari, 2008
Edition of sources
- In collaboration with Henri Broise and Fiorenzo Catalli, Musarna. 1, Les trésors monétaires, EFR, Rome, 2002