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While the existence of this system has been deduced from the very form(s) of artistic representation itself, the … 13 Apr 2026 10:15 to 10:50 Event Sépideh Qahéri The Egyptian royal court in the Saite period (664-526 BC) : a society within the state Symposium Résumé Suivant les avancées de la sociologie historique, l’étude de la cour pharaonique en tant qu’institution sociale distincte a introduit, depuis quelques années, un courant nouveau dans les recherches égyptologiques. Basés sur le concept de société de … 13 Apr 2026 11:20 to 11:55 Event Hans-Peter Mathys The royal court in the Old Testament (and its subsequent history) Symposium Abstract The royal court of Jerusalem plays a minor role in the Old Testament ; only that of Solomon is described in greater detail (one king ten). By contrast, the Old Testament takes us to foreign royal courts, those of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar and … 13 Apr 2026 11:55 to 12:30 Event Joachim Quack Lectures on gods and kings from Demotic narrative texts Symposium Abstract In the rich corpus of Demotic narrative texts, there are a considerable number set in the court of a king. The best-known cases are the cycle of Inaros and Petoubastis and the cycle of Setne, but there are many others, such as the story on … 13 Apr 2026 14:00 to 14:35 Event René Preys Divine kingship and royal divinity : the transmission of power between gods and kings in Greco-Roman mammisis Symposium Abstract Mammisi theology in Greco-Roman temples is centered on the image of the child-god. Son of the temple's divine couple, whether Horsamtous at Edfu, Harsiésis at Philae or Ihy at Dendera, the divine child is considered to be his father's successor. … 13 Apr 2026 14:35 to 15:10 Series Conferences " Prehistory : between utopia and reality " Exhibitions and European Heritage Days Special events Series of lectures on the theme of the exhibition " Prehistory : between utopia and reality ". From April 29 to July 19, 2026, the Collège de France's major exhibition "Préhistoire: entre utopie et réalité" (Prehistory: between utopia and reality) invites … 07 May 2026 Event Vincent Goossaert Around the great Chinese gods (XIIth-XXthcentury CE) : bureaucracy, family, court society and other forms of social networks Symposium Abstract The teeming multiplicity of Chinese gods, constantly nourished by the decentralized promotion and canonization of the deceased and other entities, requires principles of order. These principles establish modes of relationship between these gods, … 13 Apr 2026 15:10 to 15:45 Event Frédéric Payraudeau Service to the god, service to the king in the Third Intermediate Period : the example of the administration of the Treasury Symposium Résumé Pendant les XXI e et XXII e dynasties égyptiennes (1069-730 av. J.-C.), la tendance théocratique de l'état pharaonique est à son apogée. L'affichage de la royauté terrestre du dieu Amon, d'une part, et du pharaon comme son premier serviteur, … 13 Apr 2026 16:15 to 16:50 Event Nicolas Leroux Esprit de corps and court etiquette : the Egyptian clergy through priestly epigraphy of the Istmillennium b.c. Symposium Abstract In the Egyptian context of the first millennium B.C., where gods and goddesses were frequently named king or queen , and where a plethoric and highly hierarchical clergy was at their service, the expression " court of the god ", which constitutes … 13 Apr 2026 16:50 to 17:25 Series Functional ecology to understand ecosystem dynamics in a changing world Sandra Lavorel, chair Biodiversity and Ecosystems Lecture The aim of functional ecology is to shed light on the links between the structure of organisms and their functions, from the scale of the individual to the ecosystem and planet Earth. The aim of this lecture is to present the main facets and stages of … 07 Apr 2026 → 02 Jun 2026 Event Daniel Mendelsohn Antigone in Krakow Guest lecturer Abstract This lecture is a reflection on the often random processes by which the great literature of the classical past has been preserved for the present - and a reflection too on the fact that most of the great classics have not in fact survived. The … 25 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Event Yvon Maday Non-linear approximations Lecture 24 Mar 2026 09:30 to 11:00 Event Claude Grison Conserving aquatic ecosystems : the secrets of plant species revealed Lecture Abstract Everyone agrees that water is a vital resource and a precious common good ; no priority can take precedence over access to water. Water is described as "blue gold". Yet water insecurity is as serious a crisis as climate change. Over the last … 24 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:00 Event Haysam Telib Between Physics and Data: A Critical Examination of AI's Role in Simulation Driven Product Development Seminar Abstract Numerical simulation has long served as a foundational pillar of innovation in manufacturing, enabling the systematic design, evaluation, and optimization of complex engineered products. Yet despite its maturity, the increasing complexity of … 24 Mar 2026 11:15 to 12:15 Event Erik Orsenna Hydrodiplomacy Seminar 24 Mar 2026 11:15 to 12:15 Event Patrick Boucheron Places of power (11) Lecture 24 Mar 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Event Isabelle Ratié How does the self become an other for itself? Lecture 24 Mar 2026 16:00 to 17:00 Event Markus Saur " Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Qohelet and his perception of the world Guest lecturer Abstract The book of Qohelet is a collection of reflections on human beings and their abilities. But the book of Qohelet also deals with the world and its stability and persistence. Thus, Qohelet does not begin his reflections with considerations on the … 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Series Climates and human societies over the past two thousand years (continued) Edouard Bard, chair Climate and Ocean Evolution Lecture Tulum Climatic variations over the last two millennia have had undeniable impacts on human societies. We will examine several emblematic cases that are the subject of major recent research, including the expansion of Viking societies during the medieval … 27 Feb 2026 → 03 Apr 2026 Event Louis Fensterbank Reactive and intermediate species (2) Lecture 25 Mar 2026 09:30 to 10:45 Event Alejandro Perez Luna & Clément Chauvier Organo(di)metal reagents for organic synthesis. Generation of carbanions by extrusion of N2 : history and applications Seminar Abstract of Alejandro Perez Luna's talk Organo(di)metal reagents for organic synthesis The development of new organic synthesis processes that meet economic needs while respecting the environment is both a major challenge for organometallic chemistry and … 25 Mar 2026 10:45 to 12:15 Event Jean-Luc Fournet ... and letters: scribes and copyists (3) Lecture 25 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00 Series Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Brain/Body interactions: from Physiology to Pathology Sonia Garel, chair Neurobiology and the Immune System Symposium 10 Apr 2026 Series Sovereignties Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Lecture Hope, George Frederic Watts, 1886, Tate Britain, London. There has never been so much talk of international law in the European public arena. The shortcomings of the contemporary international institutional order are at last clear for all to see, as are … 26 Feb 2026 → 02 Apr 2026 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Event Gerald Moers Appropriateness (Decorum) as a Central Cultural Tool in Ancient Egypt Symposium Abstract For a long time, Egyptology has argued for the existence of a system of appropriateness (decorum), mainly following John Baines. While the existence of this system has been deduced from the very form(s) of artistic representation itself, the … 13 Apr 2026 10:15 to 10:50
Event Sépideh Qahéri The Egyptian royal court in the Saite period (664-526 BC) : a society within the state Symposium Résumé Suivant les avancées de la sociologie historique, l’étude de la cour pharaonique en tant qu’institution sociale distincte a introduit, depuis quelques années, un courant nouveau dans les recherches égyptologiques. Basés sur le concept de société de … 13 Apr 2026 11:20 to 11:55
Event Hans-Peter Mathys The royal court in the Old Testament (and its subsequent history) Symposium Abstract The royal court of Jerusalem plays a minor role in the Old Testament ; only that of Solomon is described in greater detail (one king ten). By contrast, the Old Testament takes us to foreign royal courts, those of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar and … 13 Apr 2026 11:55 to 12:30
Event Joachim Quack Lectures on gods and kings from Demotic narrative texts Symposium Abstract In the rich corpus of Demotic narrative texts, there are a considerable number set in the court of a king. The best-known cases are the cycle of Inaros and Petoubastis and the cycle of Setne, but there are many others, such as the story on … 13 Apr 2026 14:00 to 14:35
Event René Preys Divine kingship and royal divinity : the transmission of power between gods and kings in Greco-Roman mammisis Symposium Abstract Mammisi theology in Greco-Roman temples is centered on the image of the child-god. Son of the temple's divine couple, whether Horsamtous at Edfu, Harsiésis at Philae or Ihy at Dendera, the divine child is considered to be his father's successor. … 13 Apr 2026 14:35 to 15:10
Series Conferences " Prehistory : between utopia and reality " Exhibitions and European Heritage Days Special events Series of lectures on the theme of the exhibition " Prehistory : between utopia and reality ". From April 29 to July 19, 2026, the Collège de France's major exhibition "Préhistoire: entre utopie et réalité" (Prehistory: between utopia and reality) invites … 07 May 2026
Event Vincent Goossaert Around the great Chinese gods (XIIth-XXthcentury CE) : bureaucracy, family, court society and other forms of social networks Symposium Abstract The teeming multiplicity of Chinese gods, constantly nourished by the decentralized promotion and canonization of the deceased and other entities, requires principles of order. These principles establish modes of relationship between these gods, … 13 Apr 2026 15:10 to 15:45
Event Frédéric Payraudeau Service to the god, service to the king in the Third Intermediate Period : the example of the administration of the Treasury Symposium Résumé Pendant les XXI e et XXII e dynasties égyptiennes (1069-730 av. J.-C.), la tendance théocratique de l'état pharaonique est à son apogée. L'affichage de la royauté terrestre du dieu Amon, d'une part, et du pharaon comme son premier serviteur, … 13 Apr 2026 16:15 to 16:50
Event Nicolas Leroux Esprit de corps and court etiquette : the Egyptian clergy through priestly epigraphy of the Istmillennium b.c. Symposium Abstract In the Egyptian context of the first millennium B.C., where gods and goddesses were frequently named king or queen , and where a plethoric and highly hierarchical clergy was at their service, the expression " court of the god ", which constitutes … 13 Apr 2026 16:50 to 17:25
Series Functional ecology to understand ecosystem dynamics in a changing world Sandra Lavorel, chair Biodiversity and Ecosystems Lecture The aim of functional ecology is to shed light on the links between the structure of organisms and their functions, from the scale of the individual to the ecosystem and planet Earth. The aim of this lecture is to present the main facets and stages of … 07 Apr 2026 → 02 Jun 2026
Event Daniel Mendelsohn Antigone in Krakow Guest lecturer Abstract This lecture is a reflection on the often random processes by which the great literature of the classical past has been preserved for the present - and a reflection too on the fact that most of the great classics have not in fact survived. The … 25 Mar 2026 18:00 to 19:00
Event Claude Grison Conserving aquatic ecosystems : the secrets of plant species revealed Lecture Abstract Everyone agrees that water is a vital resource and a precious common good ; no priority can take precedence over access to water. Water is described as "blue gold". Yet water insecurity is as serious a crisis as climate change. Over the last … 24 Mar 2026 10:00 to 11:00
Event Haysam Telib Between Physics and Data: A Critical Examination of AI's Role in Simulation Driven Product Development Seminar Abstract Numerical simulation has long served as a foundational pillar of innovation in manufacturing, enabling the systematic design, evaluation, and optimization of complex engineered products. Yet despite its maturity, the increasing complexity of … 24 Mar 2026 11:15 to 12:15
Event Isabelle Ratié How does the self become an other for itself? Lecture 24 Mar 2026 16:00 to 17:00
Event Markus Saur " Nothing new under the sun. " (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Qohelet and his perception of the world Guest lecturer Abstract The book of Qohelet is a collection of reflections on human beings and their abilities. But the book of Qohelet also deals with the world and its stability and persistence. Thus, Qohelet does not begin his reflections with considerations on the … 11 Mar 2026 11:00 to 12:00
Series Climates and human societies over the past two thousand years (continued) Edouard Bard, chair Climate and Ocean Evolution Lecture Tulum Climatic variations over the last two millennia have had undeniable impacts on human societies. We will examine several emblematic cases that are the subject of major recent research, including the expansion of Viking societies during the medieval … 27 Feb 2026 → 03 Apr 2026
Event Alejandro Perez Luna & Clément Chauvier Organo(di)metal reagents for organic synthesis. Generation of carbanions by extrusion of N2 : history and applications Seminar Abstract of Alejandro Perez Luna's talk Organo(di)metal reagents for organic synthesis The development of new organic synthesis processes that meet economic needs while respecting the environment is both a major challenge for organometallic chemistry and … 25 Mar 2026 10:45 to 12:15
Series Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Brain/Body interactions: from Physiology to Pathology Sonia Garel, chair Neurobiology and the Immune System Symposium 10 Apr 2026
Series Sovereignties Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Lecture Hope, George Frederic Watts, 1886, Tate Britain, London. There has never been so much talk of international law in the European public arena. The shortcomings of the contemporary international institutional order are at last clear for all to see, as are … 26 Feb 2026 → 02 Apr 2026
