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Abstract The majority of quantitative traits, such as height or blood pressure, and common diseases, such as type   2 diabetes or COVID-19, result from the combined effects of many genes. This lecture will examine methods for identifying the genetic bases …

Abstract This first   conference will focus on the historiography of the Enlightenment. It will review research on the subject over the last few decades, and highlight the enormous expansion of public participation in literary and intellectual life …

Abstract Stage and auditorium, interior and exterior, stage curtain and iron curtain - these are all relationships that can be found both in the theater building and in the object of the performance given there. What, then, is this cramped, rough, black …

Abstract Ecology is the science of interactions between living beings and their environment ; this environment is itself made up of other living beings, themselves interacting with their environment, and other living beings. It's clear from the definition …

Abstract The grammateus project, currently under development at the University of Geneva, aims to provide an overview of the various types of documents written on papyrus by Greek-speaking scribes in Egypt. It is based on a database containing not only …

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Abstract As the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice occupies a unique place in the landscape of international institutions and jurisdictions. It is the only universal international court with general …

Abstract The story of the walls of Jericho, which collapsed without military intervention but as the result of a ritual, emphasizes the importance of divine intervention. Archaeologically, the search for these walls was a failure. No doubt the place was …

Abstract The Homeric Hymn to Demeter depicts the goddess' anger at the abduction of her daughter by Hades, with Zeus' consent. The poem is fully in keeping with the theme of sacrificial culture : the strike by Demeter, withdrawn to her temple at Eleusis, …

References to works cited in the lecture Oswald de Andrade, Manifeste anthropophage , Dijon, Les presses du réel, 2011 [1928]. David Armitage, The Declaration of Independence: A Global History , Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Press, 2009. Jean …

Abstract Why recount the world if not to restore it each time and transpose it  ? Even the cruellest works carry within them, by the very fact of their writing, an act of generosity. Writing to repair, to patch up, to put amputations back together and …

Abstract How writing, even the cruellest, carries the seeds of love. Passing on wounds. Transmitting them again. Speaking the words of others. Write "   for   ". "   Pour   " in the sense of "   à l'adresse de   " but also in the sense of "   à la place …