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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Guest lecturer 2 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn Memory, History, The Missing : writing the Shoah for the next generation Special events 3 Mar 2026 18:30 to 19:30 Gaëlle Choisne & Patrick Boucheron Figuring out music Guest lecturer 9 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn The Odyssey and its migrations: displacement, wandering, identity Guest lecturer 16 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn Cavafy and the eroticism of loss Guest lecturer 17 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Kenichi Abe Kenzaburô Ôé's world of manuscripts Guest lecturer 24 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Kenichi Abe Translations of Japanese literature during the Cold War Guest lecturer 25 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn Antigone in Krakow Special events 31 Mar 2026 18:30 to 19:30 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thompson & l’Orchestre de Paris What symphony concerts for tomorrow ? Next 7 series Filters Event type Event type (-) Lecture (7) Seminar (6) Symposium (3) Opening lecture (1) Special events (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (1) 2024 - 2025 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (1) Active filters Lecture 2025 - 2026 Lecture No lectures this year William Marx 01 Sep 2025 01 Sep 2025 2024 - 2025 Lecture How to read (continued) William Marx 14 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025 14 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture How to read William Marx 09 Jan 2024 → 19 Mar 2024 09 Jan 2024 → 19 Mar 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture Valéry or Literature William Marx 10 Jan 2023 → 28 Mar 2023 10 Jan 2023 → 28 Mar 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture In search of lost works William Marx 04 Jan 2022 → 05 Apr 2022 04 Jan 2022 → 05 Apr 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Invisible libraries William Marx 19 Jan 2021 → 13 Apr 2021 19 Jan 2021 → 13 Apr 2021 2019 - 2020 Lecture The library of new stars William Marx 05 Feb 2020 → 19 May 2020 05 Feb 2020 → 19 May 2020
Guest lecturer 2 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn Memory, History, The Missing : writing the Shoah for the next generation
Guest lecturer 9 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Daniel Mendelsohn The Odyssey and its migrations: displacement, wandering, identity
Guest lecturer 24 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Kenichi Abe Translations of Japanese literature during the Cold War
Special events 31 Mar 2026 18:30 to 19:30 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thompson & l’Orchestre de Paris What symphony concerts for tomorrow ?
