Wednesday 13 May 2026 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot Open to all, subject to availability 14:30 - 15:30 Add this event to my calendar iCalendar (.ics) Google Calendar Microsoft Outlook.com Office 365 Yahoo! Calendar Speaker(s) Dario Mantovani Professor at the Collège de France Events Previous Lecture 11 Mar 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani Imagining law as a living body : an introduction to Roman legal metaphors Lecture 18 Mar 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The fruit and the profit : a metaphor that may not be a metaphor at all Lecture 25 Mar 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani In what sense is capital a fate ? Roman figures of the consumer loan Not recorded Lecture 1 Apr 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani Papinien and the bed of Ulysses and Penelope : poetry for thinking about law Lecture 8 Apr 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The will as a pledge : reasoning through metaphorical lines of force Lecture 15 Apr 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani When forgeries make sense to jurists : paretymologies between puns and metaphors Lecture 6 May 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris".… Lecture 13 May 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris".… Lecture 20 May 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris".… Lecture 27 May 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris".… Lecture 3 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris".… Next See also Dario Mantovani, chair Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)