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Yves Bonnefoy's poetry for the 21st century Carlo Ossola, Yves Bonnefoy 06 Oct 2023 Symposium 06 Oct 2023 2022 - 2023 Pier Paolo Pasolini, a legacy Carlo Ossola 11 Oct 2022 Symposium 11 Oct 2022 2021 - 2022 Mondays at the Collège de France in Aubervilliers Carlo Ossola 05 Nov 2021 15:00 - 17:30 Symposium The " Lundis du Collège de France à Aubervilliers " Jack Ralite's speeches Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Nov 2021 15:00 - 17:30 2020 - 2021 NodesFigures of the essential Carlo Ossola 09 Dec 2020 18:30 - 20:30 Closing lecture Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 09 Dec 2020 18:30 - 20:30 2019 - 2020 " Vita nova " from Dante to Roland Barthes Carlo Ossola 15 Jan 2020 → 19 Feb 2020 Lecture 15 Jan 2020 → 19 Feb 2020 Forgotten masters Carlo Ossola 06 Feb 2020 → 20 Feb 2020 Seminar 06 Feb 2020 → 20 Feb 2020 2018 - 2019 In praise of description Carlo Ossola 09 Jan 2019 → 20 Mar 2019 Lecture 09 Jan 2019 → 20 Mar 2019 Éloge de la description - Speculum naturale : allegories of description Carlo Ossola 24 Jan 2019 → 14 Feb 2019 Seminar 24 Jan 2019 → 14 Feb 2019 In Praise of Description - Giuseppe Ungaretti, European poet Carlo Ossola 21 Feb 2019 → 21 Mar 2019 Seminar 21 Feb 2019 → 21 Mar 2019 " Hail Joseph " Carlo Ossola 17 May 2019 → 18 May 2019 Symposium 17 May 2019 → 18 May 2019 2017 - 2018 The work of Gilbert Dagron Carlo Ossola 15 Dec 2017 14:30 - 15:30 Not recorded Seminar Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 15 Dec 2017 14:30 - 15:30 The tradition of classics : how to inherit Carlo Ossola 10 Jan 2018 → 26 Mar 2018 Lecture 10 Jan 2018 → 26 Mar 2018 How to inherit, how to bequeath Carlo Ossola 18 Jan 2018 → 08 Mar 2018 Seminar 18 Jan 2018 → 08 Mar 2018 Indesinenter commendo vobis.. Carlo Ossola 04 May 2018 Symposium 04 May 2018 2016 - 2017 Paradigms for a metaphorology III : Invisible landmarks Carlo Ossola 18 Jan 2017 → 29 Mar 2017 Lecture 18 Jan 2017 → 29 Mar 2017 The other side of the visible Carlo Ossola 26 Jan 2017 → 30 Mar 2017 Seminar 26 Jan 2017 → 30 Mar 2017 2015 - 2016 Paradigms for a metaphorology II : Words of ice and snow Carlo Ossola 27 Jan 2016 → 30 Mar 2016 Lecture 27 Jan 2016 → 30 Mar 2016 Somewhere in the unfinished Carlo Ossola 04 Feb 2016 → 24 Mar 2016 Seminar 04 Feb 2016 → 24 Mar 2016 2014 - 2015 Julio Cortázar : readings Carlo Ossola 20 Nov 2014 Symposium 20 Nov 2014 The arts of simplicitas. Rome at the end of the Renaissance Carlo Ossola 26 Nov 2014 Symposium 26 Nov 2014 Paradigms for a metaphorology I : " The plant is man's model " Carlo Ossola 21 Jan 2015 → 08 Apr 2015 Lecture 21 Jan 2015 → 08 Apr 2015 Word trees Carlo Ossola 12 Feb 2015 → 26 Mar 2015 Seminar 12 Feb 2015 → 26 Mar 2015 2013 - 2014 Spanish and European Baroque Carlo Ossola 15 Jan 2014 → 26 Mar 2014 Lecture 15 Jan 2014 → 26 Mar 2014 Baroque myths and figurations Carlo Ossola 23 Jan 2014 → 13 Mar 2014 Seminar 23 Jan 2014 → 13 Mar 2014 2012 - 2013 The Renaissance of Alberto Tenenti (1924-2002) : intellectual portrait of a Franco-Italian historian Carlo Ossola 09 Nov 2012 → 10 Nov 2012 Symposium 09 Nov 2012 → 10 Nov 2012 Erasmus and Europe : from Johan Huizinga to Marcel Bataillon Carlo Ossola 16 Jan 2013 → 27 Mar 2013 Lecture 16 Jan 2013 → 27 Mar 2013 Erasmism, Hesuchism, Nicodemism in the light of the paradoxical Renaissance tradition Carlo Ossola 17 Jan 2013 → 21 Mar 2013 Seminar 17 Jan 2013 → 21 Mar 2013 Bruissements. The inarticulate in mysticism and music Carlo Ossola 22 Feb 2013 Symposium 22 Feb 2013 Languages and Enlightenment. Around the " Dictionnaire impérial des quatre langues ", 1700 Carlo Ossola 19 Apr 2013 15:00 - 18:00 Symposium Languages and Enlightenment. Around the " Dictionnaire impérial des quatre langues ", 1700 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 19 Apr 2013 15:00 - 18:00 2011 - 2012 Lectura Dantis III : Paradise Carlo Ossola 18 Jan 2012 → 04 Apr 2012 Lecture 18 Jan 2012 → 04 Apr 2012 Mystical paradises, intellectual paradises, artificial paradises : introduction Carlo Ossola 26 Jan 2012 → 08 Mar 2012 Seminar 26 Jan 2012 → 08 Mar 2012 Concert-dialogue : Michel Butor, writer and Jean-François Heisser, pianist Michel Butor et Jean-François Heisser 02 Mar 2012 17:00 - 19:00 Lecture Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 02 Mar 2012 17:00 - 19:00 2010 - 2011 Lectura Dantis II: Purgatory Carlo Ossola 12 Jan 2011 → 06 Apr 2011 Lecture 12 Jan 2011 → 06 Apr 2011 Modern interpreters of Dante's Purgatory Carlo Ossola 13 Jan 2011 → 03 Mar 2011 Seminar 13 Jan 2011 → 03 Mar 2011 Mystique Continuation of a project : texts and collections Carlo Ossola 07 Jun 2011 → 08 Jun 2011 Symposium 07 Jun 2011 → 08 Jun 2011 2009 - 2010 Dante at the Collège de France Carlo Ossola 04 Dec 2009 → 28 Jan 2010 Seminar 04 Dec 2009 → 28 Jan 2010 Lectura Dantis: Hell Carlo Ossola 13 Jan 2010 → 07 Apr 2010 Lecture 13 Jan 2010 → 07 Apr 2010 Franz Cumont returns to the Collège de France John Scheid et Carlo Ossola 31 Mar 2010 09:30 - 17:00 Symposium Franz Cumont returns to the Collège de France Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 31 Mar 2010 09:30 - 17:00 2008 - 2009 Around the work of Michel Butor Carlo Ossola 17 Nov 2008 Symposium 17 Nov 2008 2007 - 2008 Renaissance and creation Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2007 Lecture 01 Sep 2007 Renaissance and creation : texts and rereadings Carlo Ossola 23 Oct 2007 → 11 Jun 2008 Seminar 23 Oct 2007 → 11 Jun 2008 2006 - 2007 Bringing life to life. The iconic novel Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2006 Lecture 01 Sep 2006 2005 - 2006 Leopardi : thought and poetry Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2005 Lecture 01 Sep 2005 2004 - 2005 " En pure perte " : renunciation and gratuit (texts from the 19th and 20th centuries) Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2004 Lecture 01 Sep 2004 2003 - 2004 The " Secretum " and Petrarch's poetry Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2003 Lecture 01 Sep 2003 2002 - 2003 Michelangelo's poetry : idea and grace Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2002 Lecture 01 Sep 2002 2001 - 2002 A lume spento : Dante in the 20th century (from Pound to Borges) Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2001 Lecture 01 Sep 2001 2000 - 2001 " This exact and tense apprehension " : Le Tasse, from Montaigne to Rousseau Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 2000 Lecture 01 Sep 2000 1999 - 2000 " Illic Roma fuit ". The Roman idea in the 19th and 20th centuries Carlo Ossola 01 Sep 1999 Lecture 01 Sep 1999 Modern literature of Neolatin Europe Carlo Ossola 07 Jan 2000 18:00 - 19:00 Opening lecture 07 Jan 2000 18:00 - 19:00
