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Abstract How is the tragic link between intimacy and history articulated  ? When everything is in pieces and the image is lost, how can we rebuild  ? How can we rebuild from the notion of failure, writing, crossing out, rewriting, crossing out again? How …

Résumé Comment, en 1314, le scandale des brus du roi devient-il l’affaire de la Tour de Nesle   ? En s’intéressant aux réécritures légendaires d’un épisode qu’on pourrait juger mineur, on cherche à interroger les rapports entre ce genre décrié qu’est la « …

Abstract We have no Templar archives in the kingdom of Mari : so it's in the texts from the palace that we find the elements that enable us to reconstruct the lives of the priests in charge of the sanctuaries. Two other categories of religious personnel …

Abstract In 1994, BRCA1, the emblematic breast cancer predisposition gene, was identified thanks to the contribution of families with multiple cases. Thirty   years later, with a dozen other genes identified and tens of thousands of tests carried out …

Abstract This lecture lays the historical and methodological foundations for answering a fundamental question  : how much of our biological diversity is attributable to genetics  ? Following a retrospective of Mendel's work on heredity, it will look at …

Abstract Detection of enhancers by epigenetic and chromatin structure approaches, multiome approach, mechanisms of enhancer function to initiate transcription of a target gene. In this third   lesson, the different approaches to epigenetic profiling are …

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Abstract Diffusion models can be used to synthesize samples with complex distributions and have many applications in data generation. Recently, they have been used as priors for solving Bayesian inverse problems. This presentation provides an overview of …

Abstract The interaction of light with matter is extremely rich. In chemistry and biology, the photon is used as a reagent in a wide range of preparative and analytical scientific developments. As this seminar will illustrate, however, the use of photons …

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Abstract In this talk I introduce a new papyrus from the necropolis of Ancient Philadelphia (Fayoum Egypt) that yields hitherto unknown passages from Euripides'  Ino  and  Polyidos . I explain how these passages advance our knowledge of the plays and …

Abstract After the first divine speech to Joshua, the conquest is "delayed" by the visits of two spies to a Canaanite prostitute. This story reflects the link between war and prostitution. But Rahab's story also introduces a dose of subversion, as this …

Abstract In addition to the sacrifices offered in Pylos by Nestor and the feasting of the suitors, the Odyssey also features more modest meals, such as the one offered by the pig keeper Eumaeus to his master, whom he has not yet recognized (Canto XIV). …

Abstract The talk on March 6   2025 aims to tackle one of the major contemporary challenges  : the democratic challenge. Whereas just fifteen years ago, it was thought that the democratic "   model   " was, if not established everywhere, at least desired …

Abstract The third lecture will discuss the Erdös-Ginzburg-Ziv Problem in discrete geometry, and show how (at least in high dimension) it can be reformulated as a problem in F_p^n. Specifically, this leads to the question of asking about the maximum …