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Various diplomatic and judicial mechanisms … 24 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00 Event Emeline Zougbede Unaccompanied minors or the right to protection Seminar 10 Jan 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Event Nathan Carlig The " Empedocles of Cairo " : new verses from the Physica in a Greek papyrus from the end of the 1st century CE Seminar Abstract Preserved at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, the papyrus presented here contains the hitherto unknown remains of thirty verses by the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles of Agrigento ( 5th century BC), and is … 23 Feb 2023 15:30 to 17:00 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Singing Demeter : theHomeric Hymn (2) Lecture The analysis of the theogonic components of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter continues with the figure of Demophon, the young child of the rulers of Eleusis whom the goddess undertakes to immortalize. The episode depicts the first consequence of Demeter's … 23 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Series Climate change : transition and adaptation Jean-Marie Tarascon, chair Chemistry of Materials and Energy Special events Colloquium organized as part of the " Avenir Commun Durable " initiative. It's a given : we're going to have to face up to the climate change we've caused or exacerbated. But beyond the imperatives of adaptation and transition, we need to ask ourselves … 17 Nov 2021 Event Samantha Besson The common law of international representation Lecture 23 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:30 Event Tristan Garcia Phoenix, by Osamu Tezuka Seminar Abstract The presentation of an episode from Osamu Tezuka's immense Phoenix saga, produced over the course of his career, will provide an opportunity to read and see a certain conception of metamorphosis, of the forms taken by life, and of comics as the … 13 Dec 2022 11:45 to 12:30 Event Jean-Luc Fournet Introduction : School is everywhere... you just have to find it ! (2) Lecture Abstract School documentation : its biases and limitations (2) The biggest hurdle facing anyone wishing to work on schooling from papyri is whether or not they are dealing with a school text. This brings us to a review of the criteria for belonging to … 22 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Event Valentin De Bortoli Maximum entropy image synthesis Seminar Abstract Recent years have seen a boom in neural network-based techniques for image synthesis. These methods are most often based on the minimization of a function, for which the minimizers are assumed to be the solutions of the synthesis problem. In this … 22 Feb 2023 11:15 to 12:30 Event Stéphane Mallat Entropy increase and macrocanonical assemblies Lecture Abstract The entropy rate of a Markov chain is calculated as a function of its transition matrix. It is shown that the Kullback-Liebler distance (relative entropy) always decreases for two probability distributions evolving along a Markov chain. If the … 22 Feb 2023 09:30 to 11:00 Event Benoit Coasne Adsorption and fluid transport in nanoporous materials Seminar Abstract Due to their nanometric porosity and high specific surface area, nanoporous materials are at the heart of fundamental research aimed at studying the role of nanoconfinement and surface forces on thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Moreover, by … 22 Feb 2023 15:30 to 17:00 Event Lydéric Bocquet Fluctuations at nanoscales : transport and fluctuating surfaces Lecture As Feynman remarked, " Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms ". At nanometric scales, fluctuations become predominant. How do they affect transport, and can we take advantage of them for … 22 Feb 2023 14:00 to 15:30 Event François-Xavier Fauvelle To Ethiopia with Cosmas (6th c.), Benjamin (12th c.), Marco (13th c.) (4) Lecture 21 Feb 2023 10:30 to 12:00 Event Serge Slama The Constitutional Council's position on expulsion measures Seminar 21 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00 Event Michael Hayward Topochemical Synthesis as a Route to Novel Electronic Materials Seminar 20 Feb 2023 17:00 to 18:00 Event Jean-Marie Tarascon Other vanadium-based polyanionic phosphates or fluosulphates LiVPO4Fand others Lecture 20 Feb 2023 16:00 to 17:00 Event Dominique Charpin Special case of nuns and priestesses Lecture In elite families, daughters were sometimes vowed to the local deity : the best known are the nun-nadîtum , particularly those of the god Šamaš in Sippar. Princesses could also become priestesses, like those dedicated to Sin in Ur or Šamaš in … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Event Laure Ségurel The evolutionary history of humans : what DNA has taught us Seminar Abstract Population genetics is the discipline of tracing the evolutionary history of populations and species by analyzing their DNA sequences. This alternative to archaeology enables us to better understand the movements of past populations, their … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Event Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo How DNA sequences have changed our view of the living world Lecture The sequencing and comparison of DNA sequences has made it possible to discover important phenomena in living organisms that were previously hidden from our senses. Reconstruction of kinship links between species, biogeography, evolution of character … 20 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00 Event Tamsir Ndiaye The experience of cooperation in the management of a transboundary watercourse : the case of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) Seminar Abstract The Organization for the Development of the River Senegal (OMVS) is unique in many respects. The organization has enabled its member states to pool their financial and human resources to invest in the construction of major development … 17 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00 Event Edouard Bard Sea level at the Last Glacial Maximum Lecture 17 Feb 2023 15:00 to 16:30 Event Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Dams and other hydraulic structures : between tension and cooperation Lecture Abstract The construction of dams and other hydraulic structures can be a source of tension and dispute between riparian states. International law attempts to dispel them through confidence-building measures, based in particular on the communication of … 17 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00 Series Biology by the Numbers Thomas Lecuit, chair Dynamics of Living Systems Guest lecturer Presentation My plan for the great privilege of teaching at the College de France is to develop several key themes in Physical Biology. Specifically, 1 plan to have an opening lecture on biology by the numbers, followed in turn by three lectures showing … 09 May 2022 → 30 May 2022 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 207 Page 208 Page 209 Page 210 Page 211 Page 212 Page 213 Page 214 Page 215 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Event Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Water at the heart of international crises and disputes Lecture Abstract Disputes may arise over the distribution of water resources or over the increasing scarcity of access to these resources. It is important to prevent tensions and conflicts from arising in these areas. Various diplomatic and judicial mechanisms … 24 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00
Event Emeline Zougbede Unaccompanied minors or the right to protection Seminar 10 Jan 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Event Nathan Carlig The " Empedocles of Cairo " : new verses from the Physica in a Greek papyrus from the end of the 1st century CE Seminar Abstract Preserved at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, the papyrus presented here contains the hitherto unknown remains of thirty verses by the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles of Agrigento ( 5th century BC), and is … 23 Feb 2023 15:30 to 17:00
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Singing Demeter : theHomeric Hymn (2) Lecture The analysis of the theogonic components of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter continues with the figure of Demophon, the young child of the rulers of Eleusis whom the goddess undertakes to immortalize. The episode depicts the first consequence of Demeter's … 23 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Series Climate change : transition and adaptation Jean-Marie Tarascon, chair Chemistry of Materials and Energy Special events Colloquium organized as part of the " Avenir Commun Durable " initiative. It's a given : we're going to have to face up to the climate change we've caused or exacerbated. But beyond the imperatives of adaptation and transition, we need to ask ourselves … 17 Nov 2021
Event Samantha Besson The common law of international representation Lecture 23 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:30
Event Tristan Garcia Phoenix, by Osamu Tezuka Seminar Abstract The presentation of an episode from Osamu Tezuka's immense Phoenix saga, produced over the course of his career, will provide an opportunity to read and see a certain conception of metamorphosis, of the forms taken by life, and of comics as the … 13 Dec 2022 11:45 to 12:30
Event Jean-Luc Fournet Introduction : School is everywhere... you just have to find it ! (2) Lecture Abstract School documentation : its biases and limitations (2) The biggest hurdle facing anyone wishing to work on schooling from papyri is whether or not they are dealing with a school text. This brings us to a review of the criteria for belonging to … 22 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Event Valentin De Bortoli Maximum entropy image synthesis Seminar Abstract Recent years have seen a boom in neural network-based techniques for image synthesis. These methods are most often based on the minimization of a function, for which the minimizers are assumed to be the solutions of the synthesis problem. In this … 22 Feb 2023 11:15 to 12:30
Event Stéphane Mallat Entropy increase and macrocanonical assemblies Lecture Abstract The entropy rate of a Markov chain is calculated as a function of its transition matrix. It is shown that the Kullback-Liebler distance (relative entropy) always decreases for two probability distributions evolving along a Markov chain. If the … 22 Feb 2023 09:30 to 11:00
Event Benoit Coasne Adsorption and fluid transport in nanoporous materials Seminar Abstract Due to their nanometric porosity and high specific surface area, nanoporous materials are at the heart of fundamental research aimed at studying the role of nanoconfinement and surface forces on thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Moreover, by … 22 Feb 2023 15:30 to 17:00
Event Lydéric Bocquet Fluctuations at nanoscales : transport and fluctuating surfaces Lecture As Feynman remarked, " Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms ". At nanometric scales, fluctuations become predominant. How do they affect transport, and can we take advantage of them for … 22 Feb 2023 14:00 to 15:30
Event François-Xavier Fauvelle To Ethiopia with Cosmas (6th c.), Benjamin (12th c.), Marco (13th c.) (4) Lecture 21 Feb 2023 10:30 to 12:00
Event Serge Slama The Constitutional Council's position on expulsion measures Seminar 21 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00
Event Michael Hayward Topochemical Synthesis as a Route to Novel Electronic Materials Seminar 20 Feb 2023 17:00 to 18:00
Event Jean-Marie Tarascon Other vanadium-based polyanionic phosphates or fluosulphates LiVPO4Fand others Lecture 20 Feb 2023 16:00 to 17:00
Event Dominique Charpin Special case of nuns and priestesses Lecture In elite families, daughters were sometimes vowed to the local deity : the best known are the nun-nadîtum , particularly those of the god Šamaš in Sippar. Princesses could also become priestesses, like those dedicated to Sin in Ur or Šamaš in … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Event Laure Ségurel The evolutionary history of humans : what DNA has taught us Seminar Abstract Population genetics is the discipline of tracing the evolutionary history of populations and species by analyzing their DNA sequences. This alternative to archaeology enables us to better understand the movements of past populations, their … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Event Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo How DNA sequences have changed our view of the living world Lecture The sequencing and comparison of DNA sequences has made it possible to discover important phenomena in living organisms that were previously hidden from our senses. Reconstruction of kinship links between species, biogeography, evolution of character … 20 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00
Event Tamsir Ndiaye The experience of cooperation in the management of a transboundary watercourse : the case of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) Seminar Abstract The Organization for the Development of the River Senegal (OMVS) is unique in many respects. The organization has enabled its member states to pool their financial and human resources to invest in the construction of major development … 17 Feb 2023 11:00 to 12:00
Event Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Dams and other hydraulic structures : between tension and cooperation Lecture Abstract The construction of dams and other hydraulic structures can be a source of tension and dispute between riparian states. International law attempts to dispel them through confidence-building measures, based in particular on the communication of … 17 Feb 2023 10:00 to 11:00
Series Biology by the Numbers Thomas Lecuit, chair Dynamics of Living Systems Guest lecturer Presentation My plan for the great privilege of teaching at the College de France is to develop several key themes in Physical Biology. Specifically, 1 plan to have an opening lecture on biology by the numbers, followed in turn by three lectures showing … 09 May 2022 → 30 May 2022
