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Abstract There is no end to the gesture of creating, and yet we have to finish. To declare that here, at this moment, is to end. What's finished  ? How do you recognize the final point  ? How do you stop in time  ? What bursts forth at the moment of …

Abstract Knowing that ending is only an illusion, how can we think of the final point  ? Nothing ends, but is abandoned. So how do we accept abandonment, how do we allow the end to emerge, and the mourning that goes with it  ? How do you submit to the …

Abstract The line defects of three dimensional uniaxial nematics have a simple abelian algebra governing their interactions and so simply pass through one another. I will discuss, instead, biaxial nematics for which the fundamental group is non-abelian. …

Project under the direction of  : Philippe Aghion, chair Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth and Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work . Abstract Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. …

Exceptionally, this conference will be held on a Tuesday. Abstract Here, despite the almost total loss of architectural structures, the remains of this temple have revealed the presence of abundant royal and divine statuary of various types and materials, …

Abstract In the second lecture of the year, we attempted to sketch a portrait of Zimri-Lim. Along the way, we added a number of new features. We will complete this picture, for the most part with elements we have not yet encountered. We'll see how the …

Abstract It is not well known that Japan fought as one of the Allied powers in the First World War, as Japan was a naval alliance partner of Britain from 1902. At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Japan attended it as the fifth largest great power in …

Lecture outline : aczel's translation of set theory into type theory   ; miquel's variation for not necessarily well-founded sets   ; application to the problem of the logical strength of certain type systems, in particular the Lean system (Mario …

Abstract This lecture, based on the work of our research group, will address some particular aspects of biological invasions around the world, in particular how to predict what future invasive alien species will be, and in which regions of the world they …

Abstract Non-native marine species are both witnesses to, and players in, a rapidly changing world. Their establishment in new environments raises a paradox : how do they manage to settle permanently in habitats where they have not evolved ? Yet this …

Abstract This first lecture will trace the evolution of knowledge on the relationship between the immune and nervous systems. From an initial vision of two isolated systems to the recognition of their dynamic interconnections, it will present the major …

Abstract The new 2023 survey "Contexte des sexualités en France" shows that sexual activity continues to diversify, particularly among women, whether we consider the number of sexual partners, same-sex relationships or the practices carried out. But …

Marie Amalric Marie Amalric is a cognitive scientist and post-doctoral associate at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, and the Harvard Department of Psychology, as well as a junior professor at INSERM. Her research focuses on the …

Abstract Sexual and gender minorities are often studied from a health perspective. Their sexual health, in particular, is a central concern. However, the scope and nature of these health issues largely depend on how we define and circumscribe these …