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Isabelle Ratié
The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India
Isabelle Ratié
The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India
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Abstract Philosophy, a Greek invention, is the prerogative of the West - this once triumphant certainty has long since been shaken, and India is now conceding a philosophical tradition of its own. However, both in the West and in India, efforts are still …
18:00 to 19:00
Antoine Lilti
Tabarin's theorem
Antoine Lilti
Tabarin's theorem
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Abstract The criticism of bad doctors in the name of reason and knowledge, which appeared in the Hippocratic corpus and Galen's work, continued into the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The authority of Greek medicine was passed on by Persian and Arab …
14:30 to 15:30
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Abstract The polynomial method is a recent approach for establishing optimal spectral gaps that has led to new progress on various problems surrounding spectral gaps of random graphs and hyperbolic surfaces, and strong convergence of group …
11:00 to 11:50
Quantum diffraction : art and science in dialogue
Jean Dalibard, chair Atoms and Radiation
Quantum diffraction : art and science in dialogue
Jean Dalibard, chair Atoms and Radiation
Symposium
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Chadi Abo/Convergences Créations. If the dogma of the existence of " two cultures " (C.P. Snow) that everything opposes has had its day, collaborations between the arts and sciences invite us to question what unites these different " ways of making …
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Abstract Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are vibrations propagating on the surface of a material, widely used in classical electronics. In recent years, they have attracted growing interest as a means of linking distant quantum systems, such as spins or …
15:45 to 16:45
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Abstract If, as we have tried to show, humanist architecture is defined less by its relationship with antiquity than by its relationship with rhetoric, then we must try to define the architectural eloquence of places of power. This involves an …
14:00 to 15:00
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Documents and media Download support Abstract The efficient generation of single and entangled photons represents a major technological challenge for many applications, from communications to quantum computers. In this lecture, we present two main …
14:00 to 15:30
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Osiris as a pillar-djed . Theban necropolis, tomb of Djehoutymose (TT 295). Knowledge of ancient Egyptian essential. The seminar aims to define possible anthropological approaches to the Osirian image, considered within the general framework of a study of …
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A Palestinian woman pleads with an IDF soldier to allow her and her children to cross a checkpoint in Hebron, 31 oct 2001 This lecture is audio …
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Abstract I shall give an overview of basic definitions and results related to weak convergence of manifold/spaces with Ricci curvature bounded from below. A main message I want to convey is that in this situation not only we have spectral convergence, but …
10:00 to 10:50
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Abstract This first lecture will present the general context of research on the influence of immune signals, in particular cytokines, on behavior. It will focus on recent work showing how circulating or local immune signals act on specific brain nuclei to …
16:00 to 18:00
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15:45 to 16:45
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Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Cuvelier D, Chiaruttini N, Bassereau P, Nassoy P. Pulling long tubes from firmly adhered vesicles. Europhys Lett. Sept 2005;71(6):1015-21. Derényi I, Jülicher F, Prost J. Formation and …
14:00 to 15:30
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Documents et médias Télécharger le support Abstract Based on my experience as a psychotherapist working with exiles and my research into the history of mental health projects at MSF, I will focus on the clinical framework proposed by associative and …
11:15 to 12:15
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Documents and media Download support Abstract While people who leave their environment to settle elsewhere, whether in their own country or by crossing borders, are on average healthier than those who stay in their country of origin or already live in the …
10:00 to 11:00
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Alain Papaux is invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Samantha Besson. Alain Papaux …
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collège de France. The conference is recorded in audio only. …
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Tiktaalik , a fossil from the Devonian period. Field Museum, Chicago. CC BY-SA 3.0. Neil Shubin is invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Denis Duboule. Neil Shubin Presentation 380 million years ago, our fish ancestors …
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Renata Landgráfová is invited by the assembly of the Collège de France, on the proposal of Professor Laurent Coulon, Chair of The Civilization of Pharaonic Egypt Renata Landgráfová Presentation The discovery of sumptuously decorated tombs from the end of …
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