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... and letters: scribes and copyists (1)
Jean-Luc Fournet

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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
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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" Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Qohelet and his perception of the world
Markus Saur

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Guest lecturer
Nothing new ? Four lessons on the book of Qohelet
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The world is full of charlatans
Antoine Lilti

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Lecture
Charlatans ! Knowledge, media and politics
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Imagining law as a living body : an introduction to Roman legal metaphors
Dario Mantovani

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The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Life stages and sacrificial practices : a comparative approach between Islam and cuneiform sources
Hocine Benkheira

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Seminar
Comparative sacrifices (2)
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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"The most frequent and by far the most beautiful trick". Greek and Roman theories of metaphor
Laurent Pernot

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Seminar
Put Another Way: What Is Metaphor?
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Life stages and sacrificial practices : a comparative approach between Islam and cuneiform sources
Anne-Caroline Rendu-Loisel

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Seminar
Comparative sacrifices (2)
Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture (6)
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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Lecture
In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (1)
Stéphane Feuillas et Claude Romano

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Seminar
Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions
Salle 4, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)
Thomas Römer

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Lecture
The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Can power in Assyria be illegitimate ?
Lionel Marti

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Seminar
Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Fayoum merchant archives: testimony to the culture of merchant circles in Tulunid Egypt
Naïm Vanthieghem

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Seminar
Unpublished papyri or papyrological novelties
Salle 1, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Aššur and Ekallatum
Dominique Charpin

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Lecture
Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIIIth century BC: portrait gallery (continued)
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Political stories about trees
Patrick Boucheron

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Lecture
Places of power
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Indian versions of the cogito?
Isabelle Ratié

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Lecture
Consciousness and identity: the Indian dispute over the self
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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... and letters: scribes and copyists (2)
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
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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" There is a time for everything. " (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Qohelet and his understanding of time
Markus Saur

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Guest lecturer
Nothing new ? Four lessons on the book of Qohelet
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The quackery of scientists
Antoine Lilti

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Lecture
Charlatans ! Knowledge, media and politics
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The fruit and the profit : a metaphor that may not be a metaphor at all
Dario Mantovani

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Lecture
The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Sacrifice and oath : poetic overture (2)
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

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Lecture
In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (2)
Thierry Meynard, Jia Bingwei et Haun Saussy

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Seminar
Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions
Salle 4, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Saul, a cursed king? David's arrival at Saul's court (continued)
Thomas Römer

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Lecture
The origins of the Israelite monarchy: Saul, David and Solomon
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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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Seminar
Unpublished papyri or papyrological novelties
Salle 1, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Portrait of the philosopher as charlatan
Antoine Lilti

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Lecture
Charlatans ! Knowledge, media and politics
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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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)
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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