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This freedom has two dimensions: internal, linked to the ability to think about what is right, and external, linked to the possibility of acting in … 18 Mar 2026 17:00 to 18:00 Series Light-based quantum technologies Pascale Senellart, chair Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Symposium Light plays a special role in quantum technology, just as it does today in information technology. Indeed, light itself can serve as a vector for quantum information, over long distances, while largely preserving coherence. It thus plays a key role in the … 16 Apr 2026 Event Isabelle Ratié The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India Opening lecture Abstract Philosophy, a Greek invention, is the prerogative of the West - this once triumphant certainty has long since been shaken, and India is now conceding a philosophical tradition of its own. However, both in the West and in India, efforts are still … 29 Jan 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Event Louis Jonker Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa Guest lecturer Abstract In the first lecture the issue of changing biblical interpretation in the South African context since the 1990s when Nelson Mandela was released and the ANC party unbanned, and since 1994 when the first democratic post-apartheid elections were … 26 May 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Event Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th c. AD) (2) Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30 Event Samantha Besson Sovereignty, solidarity & cooperation Lecture 19 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture (7) Lecture 19 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Event Thomas Römer Saul at the necromancer's in En-Dor Lecture Abstract This strange tale tells of a tormented king who, in the absence of communication with his tutelary deity, goes in disguise to a necromancer so that she can bring Samuel up from Sheol. She succeeds, but Samuel's message is not what Saul … 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Event Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (2) Seminar 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 17:00 Event Anne Cheng Freedom and political capacity Lecture 29 Jan 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Event Axel Bühler Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Event Csaba A. La'da New Texts from Old Codices: Some Recent Classical Discoveries from the Bibliothèque nationale de France Seminar Abstract As is widely known, the Bibliothèque nationale de France houses one of the world's largest and most important collections of Greek and Latin manuscripts. It is also one of the most intensely studied collections where manuscripts have been … 19 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00 Event Louis Jonker Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa Guest lecturer Abstract The second lecture will focus on the book Chronicles as a rewriting of older historical traditions in changed and changing imperial-political environments. It will be shown that Chronicles was (and is) "reforming history" that contributed … 1 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Event Jean-Jacques Hublin Sapiens replaces Neandertal (4) Lecture 28 Jan 2026 17:00 to 18:30 Event Denis Duboule Hox genes and tail formation ; a global approach Lecture Abstract In the third lesson, an alternative approach will be presented, using a technology to search for associations between genetic loci and a particular morphological trait, in this case tail length. This more global and, therefore, less … 20 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Event Antoine Lilti Tabarin's theorem Lecture Abstract The criticism of bad doctors in the name of reason and knowledge, which appeared in the Hippocratic corpus and Galen's work, continued into the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The authority of Greek medicine was passed on by Persian and Arab … 28 Jan 2026 14:30 to 15:30 Event Petra Sijpesteijn From petitions to letters: an integrated appeal system Guest lecturer Abstract Arab petitions have been studied as a distinct genre, combining diplomatic elements (formulas, layout, medium, writing) and a moral framework ("circle of justice"). Yet letters of request on papyrus show that polite petitions, even outside the … 2 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00 Event Ramon van Handel Geometry and spectrum of large objects (2) Symposium Abstract The polynomial method is a recent approach for establishing optimal spectral gaps that has led to new progress on various problems surrounding spectral gaps of random graphs and hyperbolic surfaces, and strong convergence of group … 28 Jan 2026 11:00 to 11:50 Event Edouard Bard Climates and human societies over the past two thousand years (continued) (4) Lecture 20 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:30 Event Audrey Bienfait Manipulating single phonons with superconducting qubits Seminar Abstract Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are vibrations propagating on the surface of a material, widely used in classical electronics. In recent years, they have attracted growing interest as a means of linking distant quantum systems, such as spins or … 27 Jan 2026 15:45 to 16:45 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Event Antoine Lilti Charlatans! Scholars and philosophers in the public arena (11) Lecture 18 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00
Event Dario Mantovani The body of law, "Corpus Iuris". Imagining law through bodily metaphors in Roman legal literature (2) (2) Lecture 18 Mar 2026 14:30 to 15:30
Event Lea Ypi How capitalism threatens freedom Lecture Abstract Unlike other animals, human beings experience freedom in relation to moral responsibility. This freedom has two dimensions: internal, linked to the ability to think about what is right, and external, linked to the possibility of acting in … 18 Mar 2026 17:00 to 18:00
Series Light-based quantum technologies Pascale Senellart, chair Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Symposium Light plays a special role in quantum technology, just as it does today in information technology. Indeed, light itself can serve as a vector for quantum information, over long distances, while largely preserving coherence. It thus plays a key role in the … 16 Apr 2026
Event Isabelle Ratié The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India Opening lecture Abstract Philosophy, a Greek invention, is the prerogative of the West - this once triumphant certainty has long since been shaken, and India is now conceding a philosophical tradition of its own. However, both in the West and in India, efforts are still … 29 Jan 2026 18:00 to 19:00
Event Louis Jonker Socio-Political Transformation and Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Post-Apartheid South Africa Guest lecturer Abstract In the first lecture the issue of changing biblical interpretation in the South African context since the 1990s when Nelson Mandela was released and the ANC party unbanned, and since 1994 when the first democratic post-apartheid elections were … 26 May 2026 16:00 to 17:00
Event Frantz Grenet The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th c. AD) (2) Lecture 29 Jan 2026 15:30 to 16:30
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture (7) Lecture 19 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00
Event Thomas Römer Saul at the necromancer's in En-Dor Lecture Abstract This strange tale tells of a tormented king who, in the absence of communication with his tutelary deity, goes in disguise to a necromancer so that she can bring Samuel up from Sheol. She succeeds, but Samuel's message is not what Saul … 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00
Event Anne Cheng Around authenticity: readings, reflections, discussions (2) Seminar 19 Mar 2026 14:00 to 17:00
Event Axel Bühler Politics and statistics : when scribes invented numbers Seminar 19 Mar 2026 15:15 to 16:45
Event Csaba A. La'da New Texts from Old Codices: Some Recent Classical Discoveries from the Bibliothèque nationale de France Seminar Abstract As is widely known, the Bibliothèque nationale de France houses one of the world's largest and most important collections of Greek and Latin manuscripts. It is also one of the most intensely studied collections where manuscripts have been … 19 Mar 2026 15:30 to 17:00
Event Louis Jonker Reforming History: The Book of Chronicles and Its Reception in Post-Apartheid South Africa Guest lecturer Abstract The second lecture will focus on the book Chronicles as a rewriting of older historical traditions in changed and changing imperial-political environments. It will be shown that Chronicles was (and is) "reforming history" that contributed … 1 Jun 2026 16:00 to 17:00
Event Denis Duboule Hox genes and tail formation ; a global approach Lecture Abstract In the third lesson, an alternative approach will be presented, using a technology to search for associations between genetic loci and a particular morphological trait, in this case tail length. This more global and, therefore, less … 20 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:30
Event Antoine Lilti Tabarin's theorem Lecture Abstract The criticism of bad doctors in the name of reason and knowledge, which appeared in the Hippocratic corpus and Galen's work, continued into the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The authority of Greek medicine was passed on by Persian and Arab … 28 Jan 2026 14:30 to 15:30
Event Petra Sijpesteijn From petitions to letters: an integrated appeal system Guest lecturer Abstract Arab petitions have been studied as a distinct genre, combining diplomatic elements (formulas, layout, medium, writing) and a moral framework ("circle of justice"). Yet letters of request on papyrus show that polite petitions, even outside the … 2 Jun 2026 15:00 to 16:00
Event Ramon van Handel Geometry and spectrum of large objects (2) Symposium Abstract The polynomial method is a recent approach for establishing optimal spectral gaps that has led to new progress on various problems surrounding spectral gaps of random graphs and hyperbolic surfaces, and strong convergence of group … 28 Jan 2026 11:00 to 11:50
Event Edouard Bard Climates and human societies over the past two thousand years (continued) (4) Lecture 20 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:30
Event Audrey Bienfait Manipulating single phonons with superconducting qubits Seminar Abstract Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are vibrations propagating on the surface of a material, widely used in classical electronics. In recent years, they have attracted growing interest as a means of linking distant quantum systems, such as spins or … 27 Jan 2026 15:45 to 16:45
