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Graeco-Egyptian voces magicae: Historicizing a Cross-Cultural Phenomenon
Panagiota Sarischouli

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Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The daimōn, between polytheism and philosophy
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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From 1968 (September, not May) to 2025. Ebla, from darkness to light
Marco Bonechi

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Guest lecturer
Research into the Ebla cuneiform archives: retrospect and future prospects
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Modern Japanese Sinology As an Imperial Discourse
Takahiro Nakajima

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Guest lecturer
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Japanese War Diaries from the Russo-Japanese War
Naoko Shimazu

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War and Peace: A Global History of Japan, 1904-1943
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Ethical dilemmas of environmental activism
Sylvaine Bulle, Aurélien Bouayad & Alice Canabate

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Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The daimōn, between polytheism and philosophy
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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The Anatolian studies during the 1930s through the lens of Albrecht Goetze's correspondence
Silvia Alaura

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Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Haiti, 1825 : from independence to debt
Antoine Lilti

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The cuneiform limits of our knowledge, or : from Ebla, too much light !
Marco Bonechi

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Guest lecturer
Research into the Ebla cuneiform archives: retrospect and future prospects
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Making of a Heroic War Myth in Modern Japan
Naoko Shimazu

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War and Peace: A Global History of Japan, 1904-1943
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes
Samantha Besson, Henry Laurens

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During the day, jurists and historians specializing in genocide will debate four questions: the prohibition of genocide; the perpetrators of genocide; the conditions of genocide; and justice and the truth of genocide.

Haiti, 1825 : from independence to debt
Antoine Lilti

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Haiti, 1825 : from independence to debt
Antoine Lilti

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What to do with Mesopotamia after Ebla rips the horizon ?
Marco Bonechi

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Guest lecturer
Research into the Ebla cuneiform archives: retrospect and future prospects
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Japan at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
Naoko Shimazu

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Guest lecturer
War and Peace: A Global History of Japan, 1904-1943
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Jules Oppert (1825-1905) and the Assyriology of his time
Dominique Charpin

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To celebrate 2068 : Ebla 2.0 and the pages to write (we won't be seeing them)
Marco Bonechi

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Guest lecturer
Research into the Ebla cuneiform archives: retrospect and future prospects
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Assimilation or integration? The representation of Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang in the parliaments of the Qing Empire and the Republic of China
Egas Bender de Moniz Bandeira

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Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Symbolic Diplomacy: Tojo and the 1943 Tokyo Conference
Naoko Shimazu

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Guest lecturer
War and Peace: A Global History of Japan, 1904-1943
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Sogdiane : state of the art and research in progress
Frantz Grenet

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Sogdiane : state of the art and research in progress
Frantz Grenet

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The garden city revisited : sustainable urbanism in the 21st century
Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, Noëmie Maurin-Gaisne & Benjamin Campech

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Inheriting the future (continued)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Science fiction and climate futures
Dario Mantovani, Simon Bréan & Irène Langlet

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Inheriting the future (continued)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Loki's Children
Neil Price

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The Norse Imaginary: Otherworlds in the Viking Age
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Adapting ecosystems to new climatic conditions
Jean-Marie Tarascon, Nathalie Machon & Robin Goffaux

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Inheriting the future (continued)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Snakes and Demons: Guardians of the Afterlife in the Saite-Persian Tombs at Abusir
Renata Landgráfová

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Renata Landgráfová
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Biotechnologies for ecosystem remediation and restoration
Claude Grison

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Inheriting the future (continued)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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A Ritual of Purification and Protection from the tomb of Iufaa at Abusir: aspects of text tradition and production in the Late Period
Renata Landgráfová

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Renata Landgráfová
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Story-Worlds
Neil Price

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The Norse Imaginary: Otherworlds in the Viking Age
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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