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Round-table discussion moderated by Myriam Cottias, CNRS, CIRESC, with the participation of Catherine Porter, New York Times, Magali Bessone, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and Carlo A. Celius, …

Abstract In Greek tragedy, divine entities are not represented, but presentified through the performative power of the spoken word: this particular relationship with the invisible invites us to question theater as a form of interpretation. Contemporary …

Abstract In today's progressive, decolonial reading regime, readers can never forget who they are or where they're reading from. We are witnessing the end of the idea of an impersonal reading of works, which dominated formalist literary criticism, i.e. a …

Abstract If belief in the emancipatory power of sexual liberation has waned today, it may be because the very concept of freedom seems politically compromised. This, at least, is Maggie Nelson's proposal, which we propose to follow here, in a concluding …

Abstract Trance, madness, insanity, angels, intangibility, the shattering of reality, like a fly stubbornly clinging to the invisible pane of metaphysics. The act of leaning towards the vertigo of irrationality as the primary foundation of the shadows …

Abstract Using Jean Rouch's work as a starting point, explore the gaps where reason finds its way out. Drawing on Henry Corbin's notion of the imaginal , enter into the cadence between waking and sleeping to see the interstice where writing meets its …

Abstract Focus on the current situation regarding the safeguarding of Ebla textual data. Discussion of the isolation of the texts in the Eblaite archives, so ancient in the Semitic context and so original in their writing compared with the Mesopotamian …

Documents and media Download the presentation by Clémentine Bosch-Bouju Abstract of Clémentine Bosch-Bouju's presentation Biomimetic polymers as allies of neuroscience in the development of neurotechnologies Many brain pathologies remain poorly treated, …

Abstract The publication of letters from the time of Zimri-Lim began with the corpus of governors' letters : Kibri-Dagan in Terqa and Bahdi-Lim in Mari, then Yaqqim-Addu in Saggaratum. Since then, the dossier has become both richer and more complex : …

Lecture outline  : russell type theory  ; church's λ-calculus notation for functions   ; simple type theory and the HOL system   ; introduction to dependent types, AUTOMATH system   ; uniform treatment of mathematical objects and proofs   ; proof checking …

Abstract In many cases, biodiversity managers have learned the hard way that eliminating an invasive alien species can have unexpected, counter-intuitive and harmful chain effects. This surprise effect is difficult to study without taking great risks for …

Abstract Why conserve nature? This question is far from simple. Although the first national conservation initiatives date back to the 17 th   century, initially focused on forest management, the methods and motivations behind nature conservation have …

Abstract Using the skin as an example, this lecture will present the direct interactions between sensory neurons and immune cells, illustrating how these dialogues participate in inflammation and the regulation of local immunity. It will highlight the …

Abstract Occupational illnesses are under-reported and under-recognized in France, as in other industrialized countries. They mainly affect people at the bottom of the social ladder and ethno-racial minorities. Recognition of an occupational disease is a …