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Abstract In the Middle East, water is and always has been a fundamental element in the development of human societies. Studies of past civilizations and those of contemporary times complement and can feed into each other  : they also provide a better …

Abstract Slavery was part of Roman society. Not only were slaves plentiful, but slavery was an essential component of Rome's economic success in the last few centuries B.C. and the first two centuries A.D. Willem Jongman aims to demonstrate that the …

The symposium is co-organized with Sylvain Nascimbene. Speakers:  Leonardo Fallani (U. Florence, Italy), Jean-Noël Fuchs (LPTMC, Paris), Sylvain Nascimbene (LKB, Paris), Julian Sscmitt (U. Heidelberg, Germany), Leticia Tarruell (ICFO, Barcelona, …

Abstract Is there a right way to say verse  ? In a house like the Comédie-Française, which relies on a permanent troupe where the art of telling is passed down from one generation to the next, on stage and in the corridors, there are many different …

Exceptionally, this last session of the seminar will take place on a Friday at 2.30pm. Abstract International lawyers have long downplayed the challenge posed by regional international law, considering it to be little different from the general problem of …

Abstract Photocatalysis has progressed enormously over the last decade, with numerous applications in organic synthesis, where the energy of excited states is used to induce reactions involving intermediates that would be inaccessible by thermal means. …

Abstract Documentation from excavations at the Antinoopolis site testifies to the central role played by this city in education, at all levels : from learning Greek and Latin, through shorthand, to research work in mathematics and medicine. This …

Abstract The book of Joshua curiously concludes with two   farewell speeches by Joshua, who have different functions and come from different production backgrounds. Joshua 23 insists that the conquest will ultimately succeed only if the recipients remain …

Abstract The term Bouphonia refers to a sacrifice performed by Athenians during the Dipolia or Dipoleia, the feast of Zeus Polieus celebrated on the Acropolis of Athens at the beginning of July. Lexically speaking, the name of the ritual associates a …

Abstract Although born of international treaties, the European Union (EU) is fundamentally a legal innovation: not only does it aim to replace national law with European law within each member state, it also aims to replace international law with Union …

Abstract From childhood through to research, the back-and-forth between concrete problems and abstraction enables the discovery and understanding of new mathematical concepts. In practice, it's difficult to extend the manipulative approaches deployed in …

Elected to the Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge chair, Prof. Claudine Tiercelin gave her opening lecture on Thursday May 5, 2011. Over the next fourteen years, her lectures explored a renewed approach to metaphysics, articulating classical …

Abstract There is no end to the gesture of creating, and yet we have to finish. To declare that here, at this moment, is to end. What's finished  ? How do you recognize the final point  ? How do you stop in time  ? What bursts forth at the moment of …