Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url Search results Search 24277 results Filters Content type Content type (-) Lessons (24277) News (1820) People (1402) Editions (734) Chair (360) Page (230) Research (27) Library (14) Annual Chair (12) Award (6) Active filters Lessons Event Markus Saur " Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Qohelet and his perception of the world Guest lecturer Documents and media Download support Abstract The book of Qohelet is a collection of reflections on human beings and their abilities. But the book of Qohelet also deals with the world and its stability and persistence. Thus, Qohelet does not begin his … 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Series Critical reason and the legacy of the Enlightenment: rethinking socialism in the XXIst century Lea Ypi, chair The Invention of Europe through languages and cultures Lecture A single blow and everything collapses , excerpt from the book Histoire des deux carrés : conte suprématiste en six figures , El Lissitzky, 1922. Public domain. Presentation The aim of this year's lectures is to re-elaborate the concept of moral socialism … 18 Feb 2026 → 06 May 2026 Series Power and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIIIth century B.C. Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization Symposium Mari Palace, passage between Sales 69 and 117. Photo: Mission archéologique de Mari (A. Parrot) Presentation The " Power and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIII th century B.C. " is at the crossroads of the research undertaken by Dominique … 18 Jun 2026 → 19 Jun 2026 Series The calamus and the cross: the Christianization of writing and the fate of classical culture in Late Antiquity (7). Schools (4): Vocational training in the written word Jean-Luc Fournet, chair Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology Lecture Left: a monk learning the craft of copyist practises drawing book decorations (7th century). © Coptic Museum, Cairo. Right: an apprentice copyist practises his scales (5th/7th century). © IFAO. Presentation Our investigations of monastic and Coptic … 18 Feb 2026 → 15 Apr 2026 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 Rients de Boer Sumhu-rabi, wartime governor of Saggaratum Symposium Abstract This paper provides an overview of Sumhu-rabi's correspondence, comprising some fifty letters, most of which have been previously unpublished. A former servant of Yasmah-Addu who rallied to Zimrî-Lîm, Sumhu-rabi was appointed governor (šâpiṭum ) … 18 Jun 2026 18:00 to 18:30 Event Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure Trashification Guest lecturer Documents and media Download poster Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Samantha Besson. Abstract Post-Rawlsian egalitarianism has been shaped by two main currents. Distributive … 19 May 2026 17:00 to 18:00 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 Edouard Bard Roman Climate Optimum Lecture 20 Mar 2026 15:00 to 16:30 Event Claude Grison Ecocatalysis, a green and sustainable revolution in chemistry Lecture Abstract Faced with an alarming ecological diagnosis, we urgently need to change our modes of operation and production towards mutual and harmonious growth of the economy and natural ecosystems. We show how solutions inspired by, or even based on, nature, … 19 May 2026 10:00 to 11:00 Event Didier Fassin Truth Lecture 19 May 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Event Sandra Lavorel Ecosystem services Lecture Abstract This lecture will introduce the concept of nature's contributions to human populations, or ecosystem services. It will show how functional ecology approaches enable ecosystem services to be quantified on the basis of biodiversity. These … 19 May 2026 14:00 to 15:30 Event Denis Duboule Hox genes and tail formation ; a global approach Lecture Documents and media Download support Abstract Tbxt and the disappearance of the tail in great apes and humans. Targeted approach. Hox genes and tail formation. Global analysis of intraspecific evolutionary variants. This third lesson begins with a brief … 20 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:30 Event Judith Revel Strapped to a tiger's back. Michel Foucault and truth Seminar 19 May 2026 16:30 to 18:00 Event Dominique Charpin The alliance between Zimri-Lim of Mari and Yarim-Lim of Aleppo Symposium Abstract The alliance between the Aleppo king Yarim-Lim and his Mari counterpart Zimri-Lim was a key element in the international politics of their time. Yet the number of texts directly documenting this alliance is relatively limited. In 1972, Maurice … 19 Jun 2026 10:00 to 10:30 Event Ilya Arkhipov Accusations against Mukannišum, Mari's palace steward Symposium Abstract Fragment ARM 25 725, recently re-edited by M. Guichard, contains accusations of theft against Mukannišum, the omnipresent steward of the palace of Mari during the Zimri-Lim period. This exceptional text has never been the subject of specialized … 19 Jun 2026 10:30 to 11:00 Event Laurent Colonna d’Istria Power and written culture : the case of Mari liver models Symposium Abstract During the 1935-1936 excavation campaign at the Mari-Tell Hariri site in Syria, thirty-two models of livers bearing oracular statements were discovered in room 108 of the Grand Palais Royal. Epigraphic and linguistic analysis of these … 19 Jun 2026 11:30 to 12:00 Event Antoine Jacquet Cult organization and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIIIth century BC in the light of the Mari archives Symposium Abstract In the spirit of the PCEHM project, which articulates the notions of power and written culture by studying the reciprocal influences of these two phenomena in Upper Mesopotamia of the XVIII th century BC, it seemed interesting to consider the … 19 Jun 2026 12:00 to 12:30 Event Francesca Nebiolo Tell Yelkhi texts, 40 years of publications and future prospects Symposium Abstract Excavated from 1977 onwards by the Italian mission of the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin as part of the salvage operations in the Hamrin basin, Tell Yelkhi has proved to be one of the major sites in the region. For the … 19 Jun 2026 12:30 to 13:00 Event Denis Lacambre The early reign of Samsī-Addu and the establishment of the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia : an attempt at chronology Symposium Abstract Several sources provide us with information on the early reign of Samsī-Addu before the capture of Mari, such as the eponymous Chronicles of Mari , the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) or a few rare documents from Aššur, Tell Leilan (the ancient … 19 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:00 Event Regine Pruzsinszky Tigunanum, from Zimri-Lim to Hattusili I Symposium Abstract In the 1990s, Mirjo Salvini published the Labarna letter and the Ḫabiru prism, providing the first glimpse into the 'Dark Age', a period in the mid-second millennium characterized by significant gaps in the historical record. Both cuneiform texts … 19 Jun 2026 15:00 to 15:30 Event Eva von Dassow Power without writing, or the constitution of a secondary state formation Symposium Abstract The political geography of Southwest Asia was transformed by non-state actors during the second quarter of the second millennium BC. These were often mercenaries or militias engaged beyond the borders of established territorial states, who rarely … 19 Jun 2026 15:30 to 16:00 Event Charlotte Fernandes Written culture at Emar, between the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze : rupture, continuity or documentary bias ? Symposium Abstract When the Émar site was discovered in 1972, specialists hoped to discover the city mentioned in the Mari sources in the Amorite period, and thus document a new major Middle Bronze urban center on the Euphrates. However, after six excavation … 19 Jun 2026 16:30 to 17:00 Event Lionel Marti Writing history in Upper Mesopotamia, from the Paleo-Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian periods Symposium Abstract The writing of history is by definition conditioned by the sources available. The history of Upper Mesopotamia is no exception to this rule. The various political groupings that developed there are documented by sources whose nature varies … 19 Jun 2026 17:00 to 17:30 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
