The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (1) Henry Laurens Lecture 4 Nov 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (2) Henry Laurens Lecture 18 Nov 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (3) Henry Laurens Lecture 25 Nov 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (4) Henry Laurens Lecture 2 Dec 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (5) Henry Laurens Lecture 9 Dec 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century (6) Henry Laurens Lecture 16 Dec 2026 10:00 to 12:00 High turnout Historiography of the Arab World Henry Laurens Symposium 30 Apr 2027 09:00 to 18:00 Twenty Years Later (1) Henry Laurens Closing lecture 3 May 2027 18:00 to 19:00 Next 52 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (24) Seminar (15) Symposium (11) Opening lecture (1) Closing lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2026 - 2027 (3) 2025 - 2026 (1) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (3) 2022 - 2023 (3) 2021 - 2022 (3) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (4) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (2) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) 2010 - 2011 (2) 2009 - 2010 (2) 2008 - 2009 (3) 2007 - 2008 (3) 2006 - 2007 (1) 2005 - 2006 (1) 2004 - 2005 (1) 2003 - 2004 (2) 2026 - 2027 The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2026 → 16 Dec 2026 High turnout Lecture 04 Nov 2026 → 16 Dec 2026 Historiography of the Arab World Henry Laurens 30 Apr 2027 09:00 - 18:00 Symposium Historiography of the Arab World Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 30 Apr 2027 09:00 - 18:00 Twenty Years Later (1) Henry Laurens 03 May 2027 18:00 - 19:00 Closing lecture Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 03 May 2027 18:00 - 19:00 2025 - 2026 Crisis in the East, 1970, the Palestine question from 2001 onwards Henry Laurens 29 Oct 2025 → 03 Dec 2025 Lecture 29 Oct 2025 → 03 Dec 2025 2024 - 2025 Eastern crises 1967-1970 Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2024 → 08 Jan 2025 Lecture 20 Nov 2024 → 08 Jan 2025 Genocide: The Law and History of the Crime of Crimes Samantha Besson, Henry Laurens 13 Jun 2025 Symposium 13 Jun 2025 2023 - 2024 The crises in the East, 1964-1968 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 Lecture 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 1979 in the Middle East Henry Laurens 20 Feb 2024 Symposium 20 Feb 2024 Eastern despotisms, from near to far Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 27 Jun 2024 Symposium 27 Jun 2024 2022 - 2023 Crises in the East Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2022 → 14 Dec 2022 Lecture 09 Nov 2022 → 14 Dec 2022 Penser les sciences humaines et sociales dans les mondes arabes : productions, circulations et réceptions contemporaines des savoirs Henry Laurens 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023 Symposium 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023 2001-2003 : the years of danger Henry Laurens 22 Mar 2023 Symposium 22 Mar 2023 2021 - 2022 Colonial/post-colonial, the proper use of concepts. Crisis in the East : the failure of Arab nationalism (continued) Henry Laurens 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 Lecture 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 The Arab world in French-language comics Henry Laurens 18 Feb 2022 Symposium 18 Feb 2022 Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 Symposium 23 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Crises in the East : the failure of Arab unity from 1956 onwards Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 Lecture 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 2019 - 2020 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Seminar 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Crises in the East : the origins of authoritarianism from 1949 onwards Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Lecture 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Democracies in the making ? Arab countries as a laboratory for new political transformations Henry Laurens 28 Nov 2019 Symposium 28 Nov 2019 French democracy and French Muslims in the face of civil war and upheaval in the Arab and Muslim worlds (1979-2019) Henry Laurens 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020 Seminar 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020 2018 - 2019 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 Seminar 14 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 Crises in the East, British hegemony 1926-1956 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019 Lecture 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019 France and the Middle East (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon) : from violence to hope Henry Laurens, Antoine Compagnon 22 Mar 2019 Symposium 22 Mar 2019 2017 - 2018 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 Not recorded Seminar 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 Crises in the East : the Middle East from 1914 onwards Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 Lecture 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 2016 - 2017 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017 Not recorded Seminar 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017 The Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017 Lecture 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017 2015 - 2016 Contemporary Arab political culture Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 Not recorded Seminar 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 Arab provinces at the end of the Ottoman era Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 Lecture 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 2014 - 2015 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 Not recorded Seminar 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 The question of Palestine, the end of the peace process (August 2000-February 2001) Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 Lecture 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 2013 - 2014 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 Not recorded Seminar 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 The question of Palestine : the failure of the peace process Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 Lecture 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 2012 - 2013 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 Not recorded Seminar 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 The Palestine question from 1993 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 Lecture 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 2011 - 2012 Arab political culture Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012 Not recorded Seminar 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012 The Palestine question from 1985 Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012 Lecture 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012 2010 - 2011 Autobiography and political culture in the contemporary Arab East Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 Not recorded Seminar 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 The Palestine question from 1982 Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 Lecture 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 2009 - 2010 Political autobiography in the Arab world Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 Not recorded Seminar 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 The Palestine question from the October 1973 war onwards Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 Lecture 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 2008 - 2009 Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 Not recorded Seminar 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 The Palestine question from 1969 onwards Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 Lecture 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 Rumors and conspiracy theories in civil wars Jon Elster, Henry Laurens 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009 Not recorded Symposium 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009 2007 - 2008 Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 Not recorded Seminar 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 The Palestine question from 1967 onwards Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 Lecture 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 Historical typology of terrorism and community(ies) of values Mireille Delmas-Marty et Henry Laurens 04 Jun 2008 09:15 - 10:15 Not recorded Seminar 04 Jun 2008 09:15 - 10:15 2006 - 2007 The Palestine question from 1954 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006 Lecture 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006 2005 - 2006 Europe and the Muslim world in the 19th century (continued) Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2005 Lecture 01 Sep 2005 2004 - 2005 Europe and the Muslim world in the 19th century Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2004 Lecture 01 Sep 2004 2003 - 2004 The question of Palestine Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2003 Lecture 01 Sep 2003 Contemporary History of the Arab World Henry Laurens 11 Mar 2004 18:00 - 19:00 Opening lecture Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site 11 Mar 2004 18:00 - 19:00
