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Abstract In this seminar, I propose a uniformitarian perspective according to which language contact feeds a process of grammatical hybridization necessary for linguistic change and language evolution. According to this approach, we can paraphrase Alain …

Abstract Based on a socio-historical and economic examination of the emergence of Creole languages, we reflect on the differential evolution of French, showing how this can be explained by the different styles of colonization that led to population …

Abstract The following reflections develop the thesis that Europe's " identity " cannot be defined in essentialist terms, and can only be illuminated by a political-dramaturgical study. The aim here is to refute the myth of the " decadence of Rome ". As …

Abstract In the final lecture, I will talk about the ways in which parts of the scientific enterprise are trying to create a world in which the opportunities to be a scientist and to share the benefits of science are available everywhere. I will talk …

Abstract The invention of modern sport at the end of the 19th  century is consubstantial with the question of migrations and circulations, since the codification of universally accepted sporting rules should make it possible to pit competitors of all …

Abstract I will talk about how scientists inform others about their results, with emphasis on the rise of scientific journals and the often excessive importance conferred upon work that appears in a few especially prestigious venues. A central element of …