Claude Calame


Claude Calame is a Swiss writer on Greek mythology and the structure of mythic narrative from the perspective of a Hellenist trained in semiotics and ethnology as well as philology. He is a professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Lausanne and Director of Studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, in Paris.
Among his works, several have been translated into English.
In an article of November 13, 2018 in the newspaper Le Courrier, Claude Calame expresses the opinion that Shlomo Sand issues a "fair criticism based on the myth of the Jewish people" while the latter relies on the presumed theory of the Khazar origin of the Ashkenazim, which is the source of controversies. He adds that Professor of Judaism History Jacques Ehrenfreund was chosen "after a disputed candidacy imposed on the Faculty of Theology", which is totally refuted on November 21, 2018 by the Professor Pierre Gisel and also on 5 December 2018 by Marc de Perrot, Secretary General of the University of Lausanne.