Prof. Henri-Paul Francfort

Prof. Henri-Paul Francfort

Archaeologist. Specialist of Central Asia from Protohistory to Antiquity.

Academician: Member of the Institut de France (Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres).

Senior researcher (emeritus) at CNRS (National Centre for Scientific research);

Email: Henri-paul.FRANCFORT@cnrs.fr


Dr. Elena Paskaleva

Dr. Elena Paskaleva

Assistant Professor 

Critical Heritage Studies

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Researcher in “Turks, Texts and Territory: Imperial Ideology and Cultural Production in Central Eurasia” (2016-2022) project funded by the Dutch Research Council

Coordinator of the Asian Heritage Cluster at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

Chair of the Double Degree Programme in Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe, a collaboration among Leiden University, National Taiwan University and Yonsei University.

Email: elpask@gmail.com


Prof. Shahin Mustafayev

Prof. Shahin Mustafayev

Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies. Full member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. IICAS Corresponding Member

E-mail: mustafayevsm@gmail.com


Dr. Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento

Dr. Julio Bendezu-Sarmiento

Archaeologist & bioanthropologist. Specialist of ancient population studies in Central Asia. Senior researcher at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific research) & MNHN (National Museum of Natural History), Musée de l’Homme, Paris. Foreign correspondent of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI-Berlin). Co-director of the Franco-Turkmen Archaeological Mission.

E-mailJulio.Bendezu-Sarmiento@mnhn.fr