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Abstract Origin and evolution of the Osirian statue. Large groups of Osirid statues and pillars in temple lecture halls. Evolution of the mummiform type of accoutrement; transition from shroud to ceremonial costume. Representation of the god in royal …

Round table moderated by Antoine Lilti, Collège de France, with the participation of Marlene Daut, Yale University, Délide Joseph, Université de la Guyane, and Chelsea B. Stieber, Tulane …

Go to Emmanuel Sander Emmanuel Sander is Professor in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Geneva. A member of the Conseil Scientifique de l'Education Nationale, his research focuses on the analysis of mental …

Abstract How does a biological system set up a body plan to produce a final organism with everything in the right place and orientation? I will discuss a developmental system (parhyale) that exploits activity and cell division to establish four-fold …

Abstract To conclude the lecture series, we will explore the perceptions and concepts developed by the ancient Mesopotamians themselves to account for the complex relationships between societies and environments. In particular, we will focus on the motif …

Abstract The theater, as a space where people speak to a collective body, is by its very nature a place where power is exercised. This tripartite power emanates from the text, the artists and the audience. It is within this three-tiered billiard …

Abstract The study of different types of statuary groups allows us to glimpse, when we know their exact position in a given part of a temple, the role and interference of the figures represented. King and deities For the most part, the statuary group …

Abstract Thermalized elastic membranes show strong scale-dependence of their elastic moduli. A beautiful realization is in the physics of thermalized 2D metamaterials, such as graphene, where thermal effects already set in at microscopic length scales. …

Abstract Faced with the growing success of discourses that make climate change the driving force behind the successes and (above all) the failures of ancient societies, we need to give a voice to the actors -   humans and non-humans alike   - of …

Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is …