Yemen: Christian Julien Robin (born 12 May 1943) is a French orientalist and scholar specializing in the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula.
[1][2] In 2011, Robin was appointed as one of the head directorial executives at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
[3][4] Robin has also headed overseas archaeological expeditions since 2005 in Saudi Arabia, specifically the town of Najran.
[2] Currently, Robin holds a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies and is the president of the Société des Archéologues, Philologues et Historiens de l'Arabie, succeeding Jean Schneider in 2017.
[1][2] Robin has contributed to entries in the Oxford Handbook of Classical Antiquity.