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Princesses could also become priestesses, like those dedicated to Sin in Ur or Šamaš in … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00 Event Tristan Garcia Phoenix, by Osamu Tezuka Seminar Abstract The presentation of an episode from Osamu Tezuka's immense Phoenix saga, produced over the course of his career, will provide an opportunity to read and see a certain conception of metamorphosis, of the forms taken by life, and of comics as the … 13 Dec 2022 11:45 - 12:30 Event Laure Ségurel The evolutionary history of humans : what DNA has taught us Seminar Abstract Population genetics is the discipline of tracing the evolutionary history of populations and species by analyzing their DNA sequences. This alternative to archaeology enables us to better understand the movements of past populations, their … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00 Event Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo How DNA sequences have changed our view of the living world Lecture The sequencing and comparison of DNA sequences has made it possible to discover important phenomena in living organisms that were previously hidden from our senses. Reconstruction of kinship links between species, biogeography, evolution of character … 20 Feb 2023 10:00 - 11:00 Event Tamsir Ndiaye The experience of cooperation in the management of a transboundary watercourse : the case of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) Seminar Abstract The Organization for the Development of the River Senegal (OMVS) is unique in many respects. The organization has enabled its member states to pool their financial and human resources to invest in the construction of major development … 17 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00 Event Edouard Bard Sea level at the Last Glacial Maximum Lecture 17 Feb 2023 15:00 - 16:30 Event Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Dams and other hydraulic structures : between tension and cooperation Lecture Abstract The construction of dams and other hydraulic structures can be a source of tension and dispute between riparian states. International law attempts to dispel them through confidence-building measures, based in particular on the communication of … 17 Feb 2023 10:00 - 11:00 Series Reimagining our interactions with the digital world Wendy Mackay, chair Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Opening lecture 24 Feb 2022 Series Extreme climates and present-day analogues : the Holocene and Tardiglacial periods Edouard Bard, chair Climate and Ocean Evolution Lecture Greenland © Edouard Bard. … 25 Feb 2022 → 01 Apr 2022 Event Jean-Luc Fournet A curious wooden tablet from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Seminar Abstract The public will be asked to consider the functions of a wooden tablet containing a contract written in Greek on one side, dating from the 7th century AD. The reverse, containing a text in Coptic, may provide the … 16 Feb 2023 15:30 - 17:00 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Singing Demeter : theHomeric Hymn (1) Lecture The Hymn " Homeric " to Demeter has been preserved as part of a collection of thirty-three hymnal pieces in honor of a whole series of divinities, whose hexametric form has associated them with Homer's name. Both the date and length of these poems vary. … 16 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00 Series Translation of texts from the story of Jacob Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts Seminar Knowledge of Biblical Hebrew essential. … 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 Series The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts Lecture Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Jacob's struggle with the angel (1865), Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'art Roger-Quillot … 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 Series International law and the public/private distinction Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Lecture Is it legal, or even legitimate, for the WHO's budget to be mostly covered by private donations? Can the International Organization for Migration and the European Union legally and legitimately privatize the control of their member states ' maritime … 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 Event Jean-Luc Fournet Introduction : School is everywhere... you just have to find it ! (1) Lecture Abstract The centrality of schools The centrality of the school explains why the State and the Church were particularly interested in it during the period we're looking at. The former paid increasing attention to teaching, and for this reason was the … 15 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00 Series From Development to Neurodegeneration: Roles of Microglia and Other Immune Brain Cells Sonia Garel, chair Neurobiology and the Immune System Symposium Interaction between microglia and neurons … 12 May 2022 → 13 May 2022 Series What is life? Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory Guest lecturer Paul Nurse is a guest professor at the Collège de France, at the suggestion of Prof. Edith Heard, Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory . Paul Nurse Four lectures in English will be given, the first two aimed at the general public and the other two at … 25 Feb 2022 → 20 May 2022 Event Bruno Loureiro Statistical physics and neural networks Seminar Abstract Despite the rapid evolution in the development and deployment of machine learning methods in almost all areas of society, our theoretical understanding of the mechanisms behind this success remains rather limited. As discussed several times in … 15 Feb 2023 11:15 - 12:30 Event Stéphane Mallat Ergodicity and Markov chains Lecture Abstract The Shannon-MacMillan-Breiman theorem proves the asymptotic equipartition property in typical sets, as soon as the process is ergodic. The notion of ergodicity and Birkhoff's theorem are introduced, but not proved. The main argument of the proof … 15 Feb 2023 09:30 - 11:00 Event Nikita Kavokine Quantum plumbing: where fluid dynamics meet condensed matter physics Seminar Abstract Liquids are usually described within classical physics, whereas solids require the tools of quantum mechanics. I will show how in nanoscale systems this distinction no longer holds. At these scales, liquid flows may in fact exhibit quantum … 15 Feb 2023 15:30 - 17:00 Event Lydéric Bocquet Flow, from hydrodynamic slip to quantum friction Lecture At nanometric scales, surface effects obviously become predominant. Wall friction effects play a key role, impacting all transport processes - fluid, ionic, etc. They originate in molecular friction at the interface between the fluid, e.g. water, and the … 15 Feb 2023 14:00 - 15:30 Event Laurence Plazenet Handwriting pathologies in the classical age Seminar Abstract Seventeenth-century authors say almost nothing about their own writing practice or their conception of their work, even though it was during this period that the advent of the author took place. This is because writing is linked to the … 14 Feb 2023 18:00 - 19:00 Event William Marx " What will become of Europe's intellectual capital ? " Lecture Abstract Valéry's schema of the two mountains presupposes a hierarchy between works, according to the degree of exigency they carry. From this stems an essential problem : how do we know what type of aesthetic requirement is carried by a work ? What … 14 Feb 2023 17:00 - 18:00 Series Biodiversity dynamics and evolution Tatiana Giraud, chair Biodiversity and ecosystems Seminar 21 Feb 2022 → 11 Apr 2022 Pagination First page Previous page … Page 152 Page 153 Page 154 Page 155 Current page 156 Page 157 Page 158 Page 159 Page 160 … Next page Last page
Event Dominique Charpin Special case of nuns and priestesses Lecture In elite families, daughters were sometimes vowed to the local deity : the best known are the nun-nadîtum , particularly those of the god Šamaš in Sippar. Princesses could also become priestesses, like those dedicated to Sin in Ur or Šamaš in … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Event Tristan Garcia Phoenix, by Osamu Tezuka Seminar Abstract The presentation of an episode from Osamu Tezuka's immense Phoenix saga, produced over the course of his career, will provide an opportunity to read and see a certain conception of metamorphosis, of the forms taken by life, and of comics as the … 13 Dec 2022 11:45 - 12:30
Event Laure Ségurel The evolutionary history of humans : what DNA has taught us Seminar Abstract Population genetics is the discipline of tracing the evolutionary history of populations and species by analyzing their DNA sequences. This alternative to archaeology enables us to better understand the movements of past populations, their … 20 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Event Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo How DNA sequences have changed our view of the living world Lecture The sequencing and comparison of DNA sequences has made it possible to discover important phenomena in living organisms that were previously hidden from our senses. Reconstruction of kinship links between species, biogeography, evolution of character … 20 Feb 2023 10:00 - 11:00
Event Tamsir Ndiaye The experience of cooperation in the management of a transboundary watercourse : the case of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) Seminar Abstract The Organization for the Development of the River Senegal (OMVS) is unique in many respects. The organization has enabled its member states to pool their financial and human resources to invest in the construction of major development … 17 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Event Laurence Boisson de Chazournes Dams and other hydraulic structures : between tension and cooperation Lecture Abstract The construction of dams and other hydraulic structures can be a source of tension and dispute between riparian states. International law attempts to dispel them through confidence-building measures, based in particular on the communication of … 17 Feb 2023 10:00 - 11:00
Series Reimagining our interactions with the digital world Wendy Mackay, chair Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Opening lecture 24 Feb 2022
Series Extreme climates and present-day analogues : the Holocene and Tardiglacial periods Edouard Bard, chair Climate and Ocean Evolution Lecture Greenland © Edouard Bard. … 25 Feb 2022 → 01 Apr 2022
Event Jean-Luc Fournet A curious wooden tablet from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Seminar Abstract The public will be asked to consider the functions of a wooden tablet containing a contract written in Greek on one side, dating from the 7th century AD. The reverse, containing a text in Coptic, may provide the … 16 Feb 2023 15:30 - 17:00
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Singing Demeter : theHomeric Hymn (1) Lecture The Hymn " Homeric " to Demeter has been preserved as part of a collection of thirty-three hymnal pieces in honor of a whole series of divinities, whose hexametric form has associated them with Homer's name. Both the date and length of these poems vary. … 16 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Series Translation of texts from the story of Jacob Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts Seminar Knowledge of Biblical Hebrew essential. … 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022
Series The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob Thomas Römer, chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts Lecture Alexandre-Louis Leloir, Jacob's struggle with the angel (1865), Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'art Roger-Quillot … 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022
Series International law and the public/private distinction Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Lecture Is it legal, or even legitimate, for the WHO's budget to be mostly covered by private donations? Can the International Organization for Migration and the European Union legally and legitimately privatize the control of their member states ' maritime … 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022
Event Jean-Luc Fournet Introduction : School is everywhere... you just have to find it ! (1) Lecture Abstract The centrality of schools The centrality of the school explains why the State and the Church were particularly interested in it during the period we're looking at. The former paid increasing attention to teaching, and for this reason was the … 15 Feb 2023 11:00 - 12:00
Series From Development to Neurodegeneration: Roles of Microglia and Other Immune Brain Cells Sonia Garel, chair Neurobiology and the Immune System Symposium Interaction between microglia and neurons … 12 May 2022 → 13 May 2022
Series What is life? Edith Heard, chair Epigenetics and Cellular Memory Guest lecturer Paul Nurse is a guest professor at the Collège de France, at the suggestion of Prof. Edith Heard, Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory . Paul Nurse Four lectures in English will be given, the first two aimed at the general public and the other two at … 25 Feb 2022 → 20 May 2022
Event Bruno Loureiro Statistical physics and neural networks Seminar Abstract Despite the rapid evolution in the development and deployment of machine learning methods in almost all areas of society, our theoretical understanding of the mechanisms behind this success remains rather limited. As discussed several times in … 15 Feb 2023 11:15 - 12:30
Event Stéphane Mallat Ergodicity and Markov chains Lecture Abstract The Shannon-MacMillan-Breiman theorem proves the asymptotic equipartition property in typical sets, as soon as the process is ergodic. The notion of ergodicity and Birkhoff's theorem are introduced, but not proved. The main argument of the proof … 15 Feb 2023 09:30 - 11:00
Event Nikita Kavokine Quantum plumbing: where fluid dynamics meet condensed matter physics Seminar Abstract Liquids are usually described within classical physics, whereas solids require the tools of quantum mechanics. I will show how in nanoscale systems this distinction no longer holds. At these scales, liquid flows may in fact exhibit quantum … 15 Feb 2023 15:30 - 17:00
Event Lydéric Bocquet Flow, from hydrodynamic slip to quantum friction Lecture At nanometric scales, surface effects obviously become predominant. Wall friction effects play a key role, impacting all transport processes - fluid, ionic, etc. They originate in molecular friction at the interface between the fluid, e.g. water, and the … 15 Feb 2023 14:00 - 15:30
Event Laurence Plazenet Handwriting pathologies in the classical age Seminar Abstract Seventeenth-century authors say almost nothing about their own writing practice or their conception of their work, even though it was during this period that the advent of the author took place. This is because writing is linked to the … 14 Feb 2023 18:00 - 19:00
Event William Marx " What will become of Europe's intellectual capital ? " Lecture Abstract Valéry's schema of the two mountains presupposes a hierarchy between works, according to the degree of exigency they carry. From this stems an essential problem : how do we know what type of aesthetic requirement is carried by a work ? What … 14 Feb 2023 17:00 - 18:00
Series Biodiversity dynamics and evolution Tatiana Giraud, chair Biodiversity and ecosystems Seminar 21 Feb 2022 → 11 Apr 2022
