Introduction
Originally from France, I studied Arabic and History at the Sorbonne (BA, 2016) before specialising in early Islamic history (MA, 2018). I recently completed a joint PhD between Sorbonne University and the University of Lausanne (2025), entitled The Genesis of Mālikism in Ifrīqiya (7th-10th centuries): Social, Textual, and Memorial Dynamics. My doctoral work examined the development of Mālikī legal thought through a close study of unpublished manuscripts from Kairouan. I joined The Queen’s College in 2025 as a Junior Research Fellow. My work broadly focuses on Islamic manuscript culture and intellectual history, with a particular interest in the legal, social, and material history of premodern North Africa.
Teaching
I have taught Arabic language, Islamic history, and Islamic Studies at both the University of Lausanne and Sorbonne Nouvelle University. These experiences included language instruction as well as seminars and lectures on the intellectual, legal, and social history of the premodern Islamic world.
Research
My research explores the manuscript culture of premodern North Africa, especially Kairouan (in present-day Tunisia) between the 9th and 11th centuries. My current project, The Manuscripts of Kairouan: The Material Culture of Early Muslim Scholarship, investigates manuscripts not just as texts but as historical artefacts—focusing on scribal practices, materiality, and scholarly use. Combining codicology, palaeography, legal history, and social history, my work seeks to shed new light on the material foundations of Islamic scholarship.
Publications
For a list of publications, please see my faculty website