France Orain

France Orain is a PhD candidate in Islamic Art History at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, supervised by Prof. Jean-Pierre Van Staëvel and Prof. Sandra Aube Lorain. She is affiliated with UMR 8167 Orient et Méditerranée and CeRMI, UMR 8041. France’s dissertation focuses on the wooden art that adorned and furnished Timurid monuments (r. 1370-1506) across Iran and Central Asia, from a technical, structural, and socio-cultural perspective. Her doctoral research sheds new light on the sociocultural history of the Timurids, by exploring the variety of techniques and ornamental repertoire in the wooden arts, and by reconstructing the networks of artisans and patrons involved in their production. France is a member of the Young Researchers Board (BJC) of the GIS MOMM (Groupement d’intérêt scientifique - Moyen Orient et Mondes Musulmans) and is a member of the research department at APAMI (Association for the Promotion of Islamic Art).