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Physical realizations (continued) Lecture 11 May 2021 09:30 - 11:00 Event Pierre-Louis Lions First eigenvalues and eigenfunctions (5) Lecture 11 Dec 2020 09:00 - 11:00 Series Control and self-organization of morphogenetic processes Thomas Lecuit, chair Dynamics of Living Systems Symposium This colloquium expands on the themes covered in this year's lectures, and illustrates the importance of mechano-chemical self-organization processes in the development of a wide variety of organisms, including the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum, … 22 Mar 2019 Series Urgence(s) d'écrire, rêve(s) d'habiter Yanick Lahens, chair French-speaking worlds Opening lecture Yanick Lahens presents her lecture in the series les courTs du Collège de France Yanick Lahens is the first person to occupy this chair, created in partnership with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF). The Collège de France and the AUF aim … 21 Mar 2019 Event Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa, conversation with Antoine Compagnon Special events Access more information on the event's news page … 23 Nov 2017 18:30 - 19:30 Event Pap Ndiaye Civilizations as seen from the United States : the birth and decline of an imperial notion Symposium Abstract Since the end of the 19th century , the idea of a world divided into great civilizations has been central to the academic and political worlds of the United States. During the Cold War, the "free world", as seen from the United States, placed the … 23 Oct 2020 16:45 - 17:20 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge et Lluis Quintana-Murci Conclusions Symposium Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, chair Religion, History and Society in the Ancient Greek World Lluis Quintana-Murci, chair Human Genomics and … 23 Oct 2020 17:20 - 18:00 Event Samantha Besson The international law of civilizations or how to institute their concertation Symposium Abstract In many respects, the history of international law is intertwined with that of the concept, indeed the standard, of civilization(s) in the West. Indeed, civilization has marked the evolution of this law: from a "right of civilization" of other … 23 Oct 2020 15:15 - 16:00 Event Dario Mantovani Is law civil ? Civilization as word and story Symposium Abstract The word "civilization" seems to have a precise place and date of birth, namely the French language and Victor Riqueti de Mirabeau's treatise L'Ami des hommes (1756, publ. in 1757). Émile Benveniste's study ("Civilisation. Contribution à … 23 Oct 2020 14:30 - 15:15 Event Jean-Pierre Poulain Food studies, civilizations and identities Symposium Abstract What does the humanities and social sciences approach to food ( food studies ) owe to the concepts of civilization and identity? In an attempt to answer this question, three scientific movements will be explored: (1) Norbert Elias's "process of … 23 Oct 2020 12:15 - 13:00 Event Thomas Lecuit Laws of cell proportions Lecture Documents and media Download support … 8 Dec 2020 10:00 - 11:30 Event Raphaëlle Chaix Mythical ancestors, biological ancestors ? How culture shapes human genetic diversity Symposium Abstract Human populations are highly culturally diverse. What influence do these cultural variations have on human genetic diversity? To answer this question, I'll take the example of social organization. For example, the rule of filiation, which … 23 Oct 2020 11:30 - 12:15 Event Anne Cheng Is China (still) a civilization ? Symposium Abstract This is the question that will be the subject of my new lecture at the Collège de France. It has been prompted by the year 2020, so unexpected and unprecedented in the history of our world, which in the space of a few weeks has found itself … 23 Oct 2020 10:15 - 11:00 Event François Héran Slavery and engagement : models of forced and semi-forced migration Lecture 4 Dec 2020 10:30 - 12:30 Event Anne-Marie Moulin Medicine through the prism of civilizations Symposium Abstract Medicine is one of the world's oldest professions, and the aspiration to health is often presented as universal. However, the history of both prevention and therapy reveals stormy and passionate exchanges between the West and the East (China and … 22 Oct 2020 17:15 - 18:00 Event Jean-Jacques Hublin Cultural and biological entities in Paleolithic times Symposium Abstract The first chronologies of Paleolithic times were based on the recognition of a succession of techno-complexes. These chronologies, largely inspired by those established by emerging geology, made abundant use of the "master fossil" concept. A … 22 Oct 2020 16:30 - 17:15 Event Étienne Patin Human population(s) : barriers, flows and mixing Symposium Abstract A central concept in genetics, the population is defined as a set of inter-fertile individuals evolving in time and space. Theory predicts that its size, structure and isolation from other populations affect its genetic diversity. At the end of … 22 Oct 2020 15:15 - 16:00 Event Aparecida Vilaça Colonization and epidemics : long-term infections Symposium Abstract After having harshly defended the idea of the multiplicity of civilizations in Race and History , Lévi-Strauss once again tackles the theme at the heart of a reflection on the future of art. To describe our civilization's mode of action, he uses … 22 Oct 2020 14:30 - 15:15 Event Henry Laurens Civilization versus civilizations Symposium Abstract The idea of civilization seems so self-evident that we forget that it emerged only recently, in the second half of the 18th century. For a long time, the antonym of "barbarian" was "policed", and what we consider "cultural areas" were simply … 22 Oct 2020 11:30 - 12:15 Event François Héran Civilizations and migrations Symposium Abstract Civilizations, cultures, societies, races, castes, classes, milieus, ethnic groups, religions, systems of thought, customs, habitus... The categories that are supposed to differentiate human groups and their ways of thinking and acting favour … 22 Oct 2020 12:15 - 13:00 Event Francesco d'Errico The fault of civilizations Symposium Abstract For the prehistorian in me, the word "civilization" is somewhat disturbing. I'm sure I'll have a feeling of déjà vu when reading about Egyptian and Aztec civilizations, and I'll willingly accept the arguments of those who tell us about a Cardial … 22 Oct 2020 10:45 - 11:30 Event Céline Spector The emergence of the concept of civilization in the Age of Enlightenment Symposium Abstract The second half of the 18th century saw the emergence of theories of "civilization", based on the rationalization of morals brought about by L'Esprit des lois . 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Event Henry Laurens Crises in the East : the failure of Arab unity from 1956 onwards (7) Lecture 9 Dec 2020 11:30 - 12:30
Series Computational Neuroscience of Elemental Cognition Stanislas Dehaene, chair Experimental Cognitive Psychology Guest lecturer Invited by the Teachers' Assembly, at the suggestion of Professor Stanislas Dehaene . Xiao-Jing Wang Xiao-Jing Wang is Distinguished Global Professor of Neural Science, director of the Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, adjunct professor of … 04 Feb 2019 → 25 Feb 2019
Event Antoine Georges Exact symmetries and diagonalizations. Physical realizations (continued) Lecture 11 May 2021 09:30 - 11:00
Series Control and self-organization of morphogenetic processes Thomas Lecuit, chair Dynamics of Living Systems Symposium This colloquium expands on the themes covered in this year's lectures, and illustrates the importance of mechano-chemical self-organization processes in the development of a wide variety of organisms, including the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum, … 22 Mar 2019
Series Urgence(s) d'écrire, rêve(s) d'habiter Yanick Lahens, chair French-speaking worlds Opening lecture Yanick Lahens presents her lecture in the series les courTs du Collège de France Yanick Lahens is the first person to occupy this chair, created in partnership with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF). The Collège de France and the AUF aim … 21 Mar 2019
Event Mario Vargas Llosa Mario Vargas Llosa, conversation with Antoine Compagnon Special events Access more information on the event's news page … 23 Nov 2017 18:30 - 19:30
Event Pap Ndiaye Civilizations as seen from the United States : the birth and decline of an imperial notion Symposium Abstract Since the end of the 19th century , the idea of a world divided into great civilizations has been central to the academic and political worlds of the United States. During the Cold War, the "free world", as seen from the United States, placed the … 23 Oct 2020 16:45 - 17:20
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge et Lluis Quintana-Murci Conclusions Symposium Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, chair Religion, History and Society in the Ancient Greek World Lluis Quintana-Murci, chair Human Genomics and … 23 Oct 2020 17:20 - 18:00
Event Samantha Besson The international law of civilizations or how to institute their concertation Symposium Abstract In many respects, the history of international law is intertwined with that of the concept, indeed the standard, of civilization(s) in the West. Indeed, civilization has marked the evolution of this law: from a "right of civilization" of other … 23 Oct 2020 15:15 - 16:00
Event Dario Mantovani Is law civil ? Civilization as word and story Symposium Abstract The word "civilization" seems to have a precise place and date of birth, namely the French language and Victor Riqueti de Mirabeau's treatise L'Ami des hommes (1756, publ. in 1757). Émile Benveniste's study ("Civilisation. Contribution à … 23 Oct 2020 14:30 - 15:15
Event Jean-Pierre Poulain Food studies, civilizations and identities Symposium Abstract What does the humanities and social sciences approach to food ( food studies ) owe to the concepts of civilization and identity? In an attempt to answer this question, three scientific movements will be explored: (1) Norbert Elias's "process of … 23 Oct 2020 12:15 - 13:00
Event Thomas Lecuit Laws of cell proportions Lecture Documents and media Download support … 8 Dec 2020 10:00 - 11:30
Event Raphaëlle Chaix Mythical ancestors, biological ancestors ? How culture shapes human genetic diversity Symposium Abstract Human populations are highly culturally diverse. What influence do these cultural variations have on human genetic diversity? To answer this question, I'll take the example of social organization. For example, the rule of filiation, which … 23 Oct 2020 11:30 - 12:15
Event Anne Cheng Is China (still) a civilization ? Symposium Abstract This is the question that will be the subject of my new lecture at the Collège de France. It has been prompted by the year 2020, so unexpected and unprecedented in the history of our world, which in the space of a few weeks has found itself … 23 Oct 2020 10:15 - 11:00
Event François Héran Slavery and engagement : models of forced and semi-forced migration Lecture 4 Dec 2020 10:30 - 12:30
Event Anne-Marie Moulin Medicine through the prism of civilizations Symposium Abstract Medicine is one of the world's oldest professions, and the aspiration to health is often presented as universal. However, the history of both prevention and therapy reveals stormy and passionate exchanges between the West and the East (China and … 22 Oct 2020 17:15 - 18:00
Event Jean-Jacques Hublin Cultural and biological entities in Paleolithic times Symposium Abstract The first chronologies of Paleolithic times were based on the recognition of a succession of techno-complexes. These chronologies, largely inspired by those established by emerging geology, made abundant use of the "master fossil" concept. A … 22 Oct 2020 16:30 - 17:15
Event Étienne Patin Human population(s) : barriers, flows and mixing Symposium Abstract A central concept in genetics, the population is defined as a set of inter-fertile individuals evolving in time and space. Theory predicts that its size, structure and isolation from other populations affect its genetic diversity. At the end of … 22 Oct 2020 15:15 - 16:00
Event Aparecida Vilaça Colonization and epidemics : long-term infections Symposium Abstract After having harshly defended the idea of the multiplicity of civilizations in Race and History , Lévi-Strauss once again tackles the theme at the heart of a reflection on the future of art. To describe our civilization's mode of action, he uses … 22 Oct 2020 14:30 - 15:15
Event Henry Laurens Civilization versus civilizations Symposium Abstract The idea of civilization seems so self-evident that we forget that it emerged only recently, in the second half of the 18th century. For a long time, the antonym of "barbarian" was "policed", and what we consider "cultural areas" were simply … 22 Oct 2020 11:30 - 12:15
Event François Héran Civilizations and migrations Symposium Abstract Civilizations, cultures, societies, races, castes, classes, milieus, ethnic groups, religions, systems of thought, customs, habitus... The categories that are supposed to differentiate human groups and their ways of thinking and acting favour … 22 Oct 2020 12:15 - 13:00
Event Francesco d'Errico The fault of civilizations Symposium Abstract For the prehistorian in me, the word "civilization" is somewhat disturbing. I'm sure I'll have a feeling of déjà vu when reading about Egyptian and Aztec civilizations, and I'll willingly accept the arguments of those who tell us about a Cardial … 22 Oct 2020 10:45 - 11:30
Event Céline Spector The emergence of the concept of civilization in the Age of Enlightenment Symposium Abstract The second half of the 18th century saw the emergence of theories of "civilization", based on the rationalization of morals brought about by L'Esprit des lois . In France and Scotland, these emerging theories inherited Montesquieu's … 22 Oct 2020 10:00 - 10:45
