Member of LEM’s cluster 3 : Ancient, medieval
and modern philosophies and theologies, Christophe Grellard is professor at the EPHE, in the Department of religious studies, and a fellow
of the LEM, UMR 8584. His chair is entitled “Medieval systems of thoughts and beliefs”. He is specialized in the history of medieval philosophy, in particular in epistemology and ethics.
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Fields of research
History of medieval philosophy.
Anthropology of religious beliefs.
Nominalism and theology in late Middle-Ages.
History of skepticism in the Middle-Ages.
Topics of research
The problem of heterodoxy in the Middle-Ages (disbelief, dissidence, religious alterity, idolatry, atheism).
Birth of the moral conscience at the end of the Middle-Ages and at
the beginning of early Modern Times.
Certainty and probabilism.
Religion and rituals from Antiquity to the end of the Middle-Ages.
Current projects
Co-organization, since 2014, of the workshop “Comparative anthropology of beliefs” (with Frédéric Fruteau de Laclos, U. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne).
Studies in preparation
1) Translation and commentary of Pierre Abélard, Les Entretiens (Collationes) ;
2) Preparation of a book on the question of invincible ignorance, from Peter Abelard to Las Casas ;
3) Translation of the Policraticus (in collaboration with F. Lachaud, Y. Sassier, C. Giraud, E. Marguin, J.-Y. Tilliette and D. Poirel), to be published by the Belles-Lettres.
Research seminar
Medieval systems of thoughts and beliefs
1. Prédication et exégèse au XIIe siècle : autour des sermons de Pierre Abélard (with Cédric Giraud).
2. Chaucer et la philosophie (with Marco Nievergelt).
Fridays, 14h - 17h, Campus Condorcet, 8-14 cours des Humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers
4 november 2022 au 2 june 2023
Lecturer : Francesco SIRI,
Le Commentaire de Pierre Abélard à l’Épître aux Romains
Selected books
Genèses antiques et médiévales de la foi
With Ph. Hoffmann et L. Lavaud (dir.),
Turnhout, Brepols-Institut d’études augustiniennes, 2019.
Miroir de l’amitié, Paris, Payot, 2018.
De la certitude volontaire. Débats nominalistes sur la foi à la fin du Moyen Âge, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2014.
With F. Lachaud, A Companion to John of Salisbury, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2014.
Jean de Salisbury et la renaissance médiévale du scepticisme, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2013.
Croire et savoir. Les principes de la connaissance selon Nicolas d’Autrécourt, Paris, Vrin, 2005.
Traduction : Nicolas d’Autrécourt, Correspondance. Articles condamnés, introduction, transl. and notes by C. Grellard, Paris, Vrin, coll. « Sic et Non », 2001.
