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Lectures at the Collège de France are free and open to all, subject to availability. The public is advised to arrive at least 30 minutes before the lecture starts. Places cannot be reserved and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers
Axel Bühler

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Seminar
Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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New Texts from Old Codices: Some Recent Classical Discoveries from the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Csaba A. La'da

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Not recorded
Seminar
Unpublished papyri or papyrological novelties
Room 1, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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In the theater of the world, the search for base and summit
Patrick Boucheron

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High turnout
Lecture
Places of power
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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How does the self become an other for itself?
Isabelle Ratié

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Lecture
Consciousness and identity: the Indian dispute over the self
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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... and letters: scribes and copyists (3)
Jean-Luc Fournet

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Lecture
The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word
Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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" Vanity of vanities, says Qohelet. " (Ecclesiastes 1,2). Qohelet and the sapiential discourse of the Persian and Hellenistic eras
Markus Saur

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Guest lecturer
Nothing new ? Four lessons on the book of Qohelet
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Portrait of the philosopher as charlatan
Antoine Lilti

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Lecture
Charlatans ! Knowledge, media and politics
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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In what sense is capital a fate ? Roman figures of the consumer loan
Dario Mantovani

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Lecture
The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Kill, Butcher, Feast: understanding and recreating Greek animal sacrifice
Gunnel Ekroth & Jake Morton

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Seminar
Comparative sacrifices (2)
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Metaphors : plurality in unity
Michele Prandi

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Seminar
Put Another Way: What Is Metaphor?
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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In Margine. The Philology of Paratexts and Its Implications. Law, literature, religion
Dario Mantovani

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Symposium
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Sacrifice and oath : the epic matrix
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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Lecture
In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (3)
Robert F. Campany

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Seminar
Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions
Jacques-Glowinski Room, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Authenticity, Authentification and Transmutation in Late Classical and Early Medieval China
Robert F. Campany

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Guest lecturer
Jacques-Glowinski Room, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Saul, David and Jonathan (continued)
Thomas Römer

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Lecture
The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Davidic dynasty and the temple
Jan Rückl

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Seminar
Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (4)
Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram

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Not recorded
Seminar
Unpublished papyri or papyrological novelties
Room 1, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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In Margine. The Philology of Paratexts and Its Implications. Law, literature, religion
Dario Mantovani

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Symposium
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Please have a seat
Patrick Boucheron

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High turnout
Lecture
Places of power
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Languages...: serving a multilingual state
Jean-Luc Fournet

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Lecture
The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word
Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Papinien and the bed of Ulysses and Penelope : poetry for thinking about law
Dario Mantovani

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Lecture
The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Sacrifice and oath : from theIliad to classical Athens
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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Lecture
In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Saul with the necromancer of En-Dor and David's kingship
Thomas Römer

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Lecture
The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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King Solomon : a review of the texts and their history
Emanuelle Pastore

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Seminar
Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (5)
Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram

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Not recorded
Seminar
Unpublished papyri or papyrological novelties
Room 1, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th c. AD) (6)
Frantz Grenet

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Lecture
The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th c. AD)
Guillaume-Budé Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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... and formulas: notaries
Jean-Luc Fournet

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Lecture
The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The will as a pledge : reasoning through metaphorical lines of force
Dario Mantovani

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Lecture
The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Animal sacrifice, between Mesoamerica and China
Vincent Goossaert & Sylvie Peperstraete

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Seminar
Comparative sacrifices (2)
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The life and career of metaphors in specialized discourse: a diachronic approach
Micaela Rossi

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Seminar
Put Another Way: What Is Metaphor?
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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