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Proust's morals
Antoine Compagnon, chair Modern and contemporary French literature: history, criticism, theory
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Ottoman Istanbul, a diplomatic crossroads (15th-18th centuries)
Gilles Veinstein, chair Turkish and Ottoman history
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The working methods of ambassadors at the Porte through requests and writings from the 18th century
Gilles Veinstein, chair Turkish and Ottoman history
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Proust's morals
Antoine Compagnon, chair Modern and contemporary French literature: history, criticism, theory
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For the second year running, the lecture focused on Proust's work, but, after "Proust: Memory of Literature" in 2006-2007, on a new and completely different subject, "Proust's Morals", a risky subject from both sides: on the moral side, as morality has …
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Modalities of figuration (continued)
Philippe Descola, chair Anthropology of nature
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Poetry as narrative (continued). News of love
Michel Zink, chair Literatures of medieval France
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Elaine Fuchs
Christine Petit, chair Genetics and cell physiology
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The remarkable ability to generate an embryo from a single fertilized oocyte, to periodically replace dying cells within tissues and to repair tissues damaged during injury, is a direct consequence of stem cells, nature's gift to multicellular …
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Reason in politics
Jon Elster, chair Rationality and social sciences
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Michael A. Gimbrone
Vascular Endothelium, Biomechanical Forces, and the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
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The localization of atherosclerotic lesions to regions of disturbed blood flow associated with certain arterial geometries, in humans and experimental animals, suggests an important role for hemodynamic forces in the pathobiology of atherosclerosis. There …
4:00 - 5:00pm

The annals of Thutmosis III (continued)
Nicolas Grimal, chair Pharaonic civilization : Archaeology, Philology, History
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The Temple of Amon-Ra at Karnak : Heliopolis and the Empire (continued)
Nicolas Grimal, chair Pharaonic civilization : Archaeology, Philology, History
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Climate history from the earliest ages of the Earth to the Tertiary Era
Edouard Bard, chair Climate and Ocean Evolution
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This year's lecture was devoted to the history of the Earth's climate from its earliest origins, at least from the earliest deposits enabling us to trace environmental conditions back to the earliest …

The Temple of Amon-Ra at Karnak : Heliopolis and the Empire
Nicolas Grimal, chair Pharaonic civilization : Archaeology, Philology, History
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Variations on the spectral theme
Alain Connes, chair Analysis and geometry
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This year I gave my lecture at the Newton Institute in Cambridge as part of a six-month program on noncommutative geometry. Most of my mathematical activity has consisted in completing the book written with Matilde Marcolli and entitled : " Noncommutative …

Christian Pfister
Record Breaking Hot and Dry Years-A Comparison of 2003 and 1540 in Western and Central Europe
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2:30 - 3:30pm

Sandro Stringari
Novel Superfluid Features in Ultra Cold Atomic Gases (2)
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Abstract Second sound and superfluid density of the unitary Fermi gas. Documents and media Download support …
5:00 - 6:00pm

Ctirad Uher
A review of skutterudites
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10:00 - 11:30am

Konrad Vössing
Hunéric - " the persecuting king " ?
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Two fundamental questions were posed concerning King Genseric (AD 428-477). Firstly, we wondered how the most prominent of the six Vandal kings of Africa had managed not only to conquer the region, but also to establish himself there for a long time, …
2:30 - 3:30pm

Alberto Cantera
Zoroastrian long liturgy (2)
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Materials for a new edition. Documents and media Download support (1) Download support (2) …
10:00 - 11:00am

Brett Finlay
The role of the microbiota in enteric infectious diseases
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Normally, when it comes to host-pathogen interactions, we're talking about the actual host. But it has recently been discovered that the gut microbiota plays a major role in the infectious process. We have studied the role of the microbiota in enteric …
12:00 - 12:30pm

Michael A. Gimbrone
Understanding vascular endothelium: nature's container for blood
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The entire cardiovascular system, from the chambers of the heart to the smallest capillaries of peripheral tissues, is lined by a single-cell-thick continuous layer-the vascular endothelium. For many years, this gossamer membrane was thought to function …
4:00 - 5:00pm

Michel Benoit
Sizing coastal infrastructures in a context of climate change
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2:30 - 3:00pm

Vincent Viguié
The economic and social challenges of rising sea levels
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3:00 - 3:30pm

Christian Pfister
The Little Ice Age in the Alps and its impact on societies, 1300-1860
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2:30 - 3:30pm