Present professional status
- "Emeritus Director of Research", French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris CNRS-ENS, UMR 8546, Archéologies d’Orient et d’Occident.
- "Corresponding Member” of the French academy of ‘Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres’
Previous positions
- "Former Adjunct Professor of Central and South Asian Art, Archaeology, and Numismatics, University of California, Berkeley since January 1st 2016.
- "Former Visiting Professor and Member of the Ecole Doctorale 6 (ED 124), University Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), since November 1998.
- "Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies", University of California, Berkeley, from January 10th to May 30th 2015.
- 'Visiting Professor’ of Central Asian and South Asian art, Art History Department, University of California, Berkeley from January 10th to May 30th 2012.
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‘Trung Lam Visiting Scholar’ in Central Asian Art and Archaeology (2010-2012) at the University of California, Berkeley.
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‘Visiting Professor’ of Central Asian and South Asian art, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University, New Haven. August24th 2009 to June 4th 2010.
- ‘Visiting Senior Lecturer’ of Central Asian and Indian Numismatics, école du Louvre, Louvre Museum, Paris (1-11-1992 — 30-6-1994).
- Visiting Senior Lecturer’ of Greek History, Department of ancient history, University of Charles De Gaulle Lille III (France) (1-9-1991 — 30-6-1992).
- ‘Junior Fellow’, Centre for Hellenic Studies affiliated with Harvard University (1-9-1988 — 15-8-1989).
- ‘Research Assistant’, École Pratique des Hautes Études IVth section (Sorbonne), 1-1-1988 — 31-8-1988).
- ‘Research Assistant’, Guimet Museum, Paris, (1-7-1987 — 31-8-1988).
- French Government Scholarship Holder (1-4-1981 — 30-6-1987).
Titles
Director, French Mission of Archaeological Co-operation in Sri Lanka, Since 1-7-1994.
Corresponding Member, American Numismatic Society.
Life Member, Polish Numismatic Society.
Life Member, Hellenic Numismatic Society (Athens).
Membre titulaire, Société française de numismatique, Paris.
Member, Oriental Numismatic Society, London.
Member, Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists.
Member, Centre de Recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient de Paris-Sorbonne (CREOPS).
Honorary Member of the Advisory Board, Indo-Hellenic Research Centre, New Delhi.
Member of the Advisory Board, Indicopleustoi: Archaeologies of the Indian Ocean. Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen. Lyon.
Member, Société Asiatique, Paris.
Member, Association pour l’avancement des études iraniennes.
Member of the Editorial Board, Ancient West & East. An International Journal on the Black Sea, Central and Eastern Europe & Anatolia (Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden).Honourable Member of the Alexandros Philippou Makedon Association, designated on November 26th 2006, Athens.
Corresponding Member, American Numismatic Society.
Life Member, Polish Numismatic Society.
Life Member, Hellenic Numismatic Society (Athens).
Membre titulaire, Société française de numismatique, Paris.
Member, Oriental Numismatic Society, London.
Member, Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists.
Member, Centre de Recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient de Paris-Sorbonne (CREOPS).
Honorary Member of the Advisory Board, Indo-Hellenic Research Centre, New Delhi.
Member of the Advisory Board, Indicopleustoi: Archaeologies of the Indian Ocean. Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen. Lyon.
Member, Société Asiatique, Paris.
Member, Association pour l’avancement des études iraniennes.
Member of the Editorial Board, Ancient West & East. An International Journal on the Black Sea, Central and Eastern Europe & Anatolia (Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden).
Honourable Member of the Alexandros Philippou Makedon Association, designated on November 26th 2006, Athens.
Personal Details
Name : Christie Osmund Flavian Bopearachchi
Date of Birth : 4th December 1949
Place of Birth : Negambo, Sri Lanka
Citizenship at birth : Sri Lankan
Date of Birth : 4th December 1949
Place of Birth : Negambo, Sri Lanka
Citizenship at birth : Sri Lankan
Contact Details
CNRS-ENS,
45 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
Telephone :(33 - 1) 44 - 32- 37-82
Fax :(33 - 1) 44 32 30 60.
45 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
Telephone :(33 - 1) 44 - 32- 37-82
Fax :(33 - 1) 44 32 30 60.
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