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Abstract Over the past three years, negotiations under the parallel processes of the Post-Cotonou and African Union-European Union Agreements, initiated following the AU-EU Abidjan Summit in November 2017, have adopted a cynical and unproductive tone. …

Abstract From childhood through to research, the back-and-forth between concrete problems and abstraction enables the discovery and understanding of new mathematical concepts. In practice, it's difficult to extend the manipulative approaches deployed in …

Abstract Is there a right way to say verse  ? In a house like the Comédie-Française, which relies on a permanent troupe where the art of telling is passed down from one generation to the next, on stage and in the corridors, there are many different …

Abstract In 1994, BRCA1, the emblematic breast cancer predisposition gene, was identified thanks to the contribution of families with multiple cases. Thirty   years later, with a dozen other genes identified and tens of thousands of tests carried out …

Abstract Detection of enhancers by epigenetic and chromatin structure approaches, multiome approach, mechanisms of enhancer function to initiate transcription of a target gene. In this third   lesson, the different approaches to epigenetic profiling are …

Abstract This lecture lays the historical and methodological foundations for answering a fundamental question  : how much of our biological diversity is attributable to genetics  ? Following a retrospective of Mendel's work on heredity, it will look at …

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Abstract In this talk I introduce a new papyrus from the necropolis of Ancient Philadelphia (Fayoum Egypt) that yields hitherto unknown passages from Euripides'  Ino  and  Polyidos . I explain how these passages advance our knowledge of the plays and …

Abstract Slavery was part of Roman society. Not only were slaves plentiful, but slavery was an essential component of Rome's economic success in the last few centuries B.C. and the first two centuries A.D. Willem Jongman aims to demonstrate that the …

Abstract After the first divine speech to Joshua, the conquest is "delayed" by the visits of two spies to a Canaanite prostitute. This story reflects the link between war and prostitution. But Rahab's story also introduces a dose of subversion, as this …

Abstract The talk on March 6   2025 aims to tackle one of the major contemporary challenges  : the democratic challenge. Whereas just fifteen years ago, it was thought that the democratic "   model   " was, if not established everywhere, at least desired …

Abstract In addition to the sacrifices offered in Pylos by Nestor and the feasting of the suitors, the Odyssey also features more modest meals, such as the one offered by the pig keeper Eumaeus to his master, whom he has not yet recognized (Canto XIV). …

Abstract Diffusion models can be used to synthesize samples with complex distributions and have many applications in data generation. Recently, they have been used as priors for solving Bayesian inverse problems. This presentation provides an overview of …

Abstract The interaction of light with matter is extremely rich. In chemistry and biology, the photon is used as a reagent in a wide range of preparative and analytical scientific developments. As this seminar will illustrate, however, the use of photons …

Abstract In the inter-war period, the universalist legacy of the Enlightenment was not confined to the colonialist discourse advocating Europe' s civilizing mission . It was used in other ways, from a European perspective, to defend democracy, oppose …