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A plea for non-linear trajectories
Gérard Berry, chair Algorithms, machines and languages
A plea for non-linear trajectories
Gérard Berry, chair Algorithms, machines and languages
Closing lecture
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The more festive closing lecture was an opportunity to recall the main milestones of my research career since 1970: tIF language for processing and querying files (1970-1973), inversion of recursive program computations (1973-1976), mathematical study of …
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Monument for Hattori Unokichi. Takahiro Nakajima has been invited by the assembly of the Collège de France at the suggestion of Professor Anne Cheng. Abstract The Organization of Philosophy as an Institution Inoue Tetsujirō claimed to have introduced the …
11:00 to 12:00
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Directed by Jean-René Lemoine. With Alex Decas, Nicole Dogue, Antoine Kobi, Jean-René Lemoine, Côme Paillard, Makita Samba, Kervens St Fort and Souleymane Sylla. Produced by Collège de France and Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis …
17:00 to 18:30
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David Papineau is invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. François Recanati. David Papineau The lectures are in English. Abstract In these lectures I shall seek to understand minds via the role they play in guiding us through …
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15:10 to 15:45
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14:35 to 15:10
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11:45 to 12:30
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11:10 to 11:45
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09:40 to 10:15
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Abstract The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 was the first modern warfare of the twentieth century. Japan won the war against Russia which had the largest land army in the world at the time. In this lecture, we focus on the personal war diaries of Japanese …
14:30 to 15:30
The Lithuanian language : history and prospects
Luigi Rizzi, chair General Linguistics
The Lithuanian language : history and prospects
Luigi Rizzi, chair General Linguistics
Guest lecturer
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Scenes from the private and public life of animals (The adventures of a butterfly), J .J. Grandville This symposium, in English, organized by François Recanati and Merel Semeijn, brings together researchers who explore the limits of the concept of …
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This colloquium was held on May 10 and 11, 2012 as part of Professor Michel Zink's seminar, the research program funded by his 2007 Balzan Award and the activities of the Institut d'études littéraires du Collège de France. Presentation The title of this …
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Bust of Janus , marble (Summer Garden, Saint Petersburg). Hugo Meijer is invited by Pr Jean-Jacques Hublin. Abstract What are the origins of war and peace ? Our species, Homo sapiens , presents a remarkable paradox : we are the only species capable of …
10:30 to 12:00
Kyle Harper
The origins of the Justinian plague: From Central Asia to the Mediterranean
Kyle Harper
The origins of the Justinian plague: From Central Asia to the Mediterranean
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Left: Mihirakula (r. 515-540), probable victim of the plague; right: Justinian (r. 527-565), who escaped. Kyle Harper has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Pr Frantz Grenet. Lecture followed by discussion with Pr Frantz …
17:00 to 18:30
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Well scene, Lascaux cave frescoes. …
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Abstract The Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Europe underwent profound changes during the late 18 th and early 19 th centuries, before the Ottoman Empire reinvented and rebuilt itself between 1840 and 1880. Contrary to earlier assumptions, this …
16:00 to 16:30
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Abstract The Andalusian family of the Banū Zuhr astounded the Mediaeval world with a lineage of physicians spanning several generations. The family library served as the foundation for erudite medical research, and the manuscript tradition of the Kitāb …
15:30 to 16:00
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Abstract An illustrated page preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has equally attracted and puzzled a number of art historical attempts at interpreting the texts and images found on them. It has been identified as the fragment of an …
14:30 to 15:00
Annabel Gallop
Qur'anic art in Southeast Asia: Localising the Sulawesi Diaspora Geometric Style
Annabel Gallop
Qur'anic art in Southeast Asia: Localising the Sulawesi Diaspora Geometric Style
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Abstract Among several literary and scientific works of the Ottoman poet Ahmedi (d. 1413) the Iskendernāme ( Book of Alexander ) is the most celebrated one. More than one hundred manuscripts have survived, which were copied between the fifteenth and …
14:00 to 14:30
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Abstract Among several literary and scientific works of the Ottoman poet Ahmedi (d. 1413) the Iskendernāme ( Book of Alexander ) is the most celebrated one. More than one hundred manuscripts have survived, which were copied between the fifteenth and …
11:30 to 12:00