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Summary This lesson looks at the life of French from its various neo-Latin ancestors in Gaul to its status as the national language of France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland  ; then we look at its contact with English, and the Amerindian and African …

Abstract The third and fourth lectures will focus on the role of activity in the construction of cortical circuits, from the maturation and migration of different populations of neurons, the roles of transient neurons and circuits, to the integration and …

Abstract Best-seller of antiquity, Homer is the Greek author most often attested by papyrological documentation, and the Iliad is two or three   times more frequently attested than the Odyssey . One of the reasons for this is that Homer was the "   …

Abstract We are interested in quasi-linear parabolic systems, in which the diffusion matrix is not uniformly elliptic, but verifies a condition, known as the Petrovskii condition, of positivity of the real part of the eigenvalues. The locally …

Abstract Discovered by Edmond Becquerel in 1839, the photovoltaic effect transforms sunlight into electrical power. Spectacular advances in this field have made solar cells emblems of the energy transition. However, although these objects have become …

Abstract The increasing use of digital technologies is often described as a revolution. In this session, we will challenge this assumption by exploring how digital technologies, and in particular algorithmic governance techniques, under the guise of …

Abstract In the second   part of the lecture, attention turns to electrodes designed for neural stimulation, a crucial technique for modulating nerve activity in therapeutic and research contexts. As with the recording of neural activity, electrochemical …

Abstract France really embarked on its colonial adventure in the 17th   century, following the establishment of trading posts in North America and on the coast of Senegal. This marked the beginning of the spread of French throughout the world, as well as …

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Abstract Why did Yhwh decide to destroy his creation, and how did he go about it  ? The intertwining of two   different accounts of the flood in Gn   6-7 provides several answers to these questions. Documents and media Download …

Abstract This lecture will review two concepts that now feature prominently in environmental histories of the modern world and in global change science: The Great Acceleration and the Anthropocene. It will present evidence, drawn mainly from …

Abstract The physical climate is a complex system. Because of the feedbacks that can stabilize or destabilize the climate, change is not linear. Human societies are also complex systems, and history can help us describe the possible tipping points that …

Lecture plan 2.3. and the papyri  Exercises delivered by monasteries (continued) 2.3.2. The case of the Epiphanius monastery 2.3.2.1. A teacher in …

Abstract To tackle a legal problem, you first need concepts to make it manageable, then solve it in the light of value criteria deemed preferable. The jurist P. Alfenus Varus, consul in 39 BC and a leading figure on the Roman political and cultural scene, …

Abstract Esther Duflo will open the Agir pour l'éducation seminar cycle with an introduction to the lecture series. She will take the opportunity to present her books for children, which aim to raise awareness of poverty issues among young people. During …

Abstract In the foreword to his Histoire de la Révolution française , Michelet evokes this "   singular trait of France   ", whose people would only have understood politics "   as devotion and love   ". As late as the end of the 20th   century, the …