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Abstract The law of international watercourses has been the subject of various codification efforts at regional and universal levels, envisaging international waters as shared natural resources. These instruments apply various principles and rules to the …

Mathematicians know that a vector space can be decomposed into orthogonal subspaces. Does the brain exploit this property ? The answer seems positive : distinct populations of neurons, or orthogonal vectors carried by the same neurons, often code for …

Abstract Greek and Roman thought developed two notions - epieikeia and aequitas - which are often translated, in modern languages, by a single term " l'équité ". Is this really a single notion ? This seminar explores epieikeia and aequitas - in the …

The seminar on January 19, 2023 is cancelled. An additional session will be held on Thursday, February 2 (usual times and room). …

A reminder of the Central Asian silver with Homeric subjects, co-studied with Anca Dan and seen last year. Sketch of new avenues of interpretation : moral lessons adapted to the local context ? A new example added to the debate : the Freer Gallery …

Abstract Challenges are proposed by public services, companies or scientific laboratories, and are based on real-life problems. Participants submit the results of their classification or prediction algorithms, which are then put into competition via the …

Abstract Statistical physics revolutionized the understanding of the macroscopic properties of physics by linking them to microscopic interactions. This made it possible to unify separate branches of 19th  century physics, such as mechanics, …

Abstract A parallel can be drawn between history and literature in the 18th   century through the paradigm of the foundling. At that time, a third of children were abandoned, mainly for reasons of poverty, illegitimacy or because their mother had died in …

Abstract In addition to the " avant-dire " (drafts and preparatory essays) of the Cours de poétique , and notes taken by the public, including a few shorthand transcriptions, the editor of the Cours found in the immense Valéry collection at the …

Abstract The mid-Rhône Valley is well known for its role in long-distance trade and commercial networks between the Mediterranean basin and Inner Gaul. It is within these same networks that the infrastructures and players of a day-to-day economy are …

Abstract I will discuss the problem of unreasonable effectiveness of random matrix theory for description of spectral fluctuations in extended quantum lattice systems. A class oflocally interacting spin systems has been recently identified where the …

This second session is devoted to setting the scene for the meeting, on the eve of Wallis and Bougainville's arrival in Tahiti, by nuancing the usual opposition between Europeans driven by scientific curiosity and a spirit of adventure, and Tahitians …

Defining the family is no easy task : we'll start by comparing Babylonian terminology with current anthropological approaches. We will then outline the various sources available, whether from archaeology (architecture, physical anthropology, etc.) or …

Many systems have a phase in the complex temperature plane in which the partition function has a uniform density of zeros, and the thermodynamic free energy is non-analytical in temperature. The first example, which has been studied in depth analytically, …

The January 16 event will be held at the Louvre in the Michel Laclotte auditorium, from 10 h to 18 h (free admission). Program 10 h - 10 h 20 Welcome address His Excellency Sardor Rustambaev, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to France and Gayane …

Abstract The first part of the diptych she forms with " Are You My Mother? ", " Fun Home " by Alison Bechdel is one of the world's most recognized autobiographical comics. In it, the American author questions the circumstances surrounding the death of her …

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, thanks to the Benday technique, American newspapers welcomed large-format supplements in vibrant colors every Sunday. For Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman and Frank King, color was free and poetic, freed from …

Ceremony program Hosted by Nora Hamadi, journalist. Welcome by Thomas Römer, Administrator of the Collège de France Collège de France Hugot Foundation Prize Winner : Stefan Harmansa, presented by Pr. Thomas Lecuit Winner : Pauline Guillemet, presented by …

The seminar is integrated with the lecture, and the two are combined in a single session. Watch the video of the seminar and lecture …