Mediterranean and Orient Research Centre - Jean Pouilloux The Mediterranean and Orient Research Centre Jean Pouilloux (MOM), the research federation CNRS - University Lumière Lyon 2, is a member of the national Humanities Centre (MHS) network. It was founded in 1975 by Jean Pouilloux, one of the professors at the University. The MOM unites and houses research units which concentrate mainly on the study of civilisations in the Mediterranean, the Near and Middle East, of both antiquity and the modern age. » Read on