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Abstract Ever since Barthes' "Death of the Author", we've known that the author of a fictional text must be separated from its narrator. However, certain statements generate tensions that lead the reader to wonder who is speaking, who is responsible for …

Abstract In Poussin's first version of Et in Arcadia ego , the formal tension between the discrete and the continuous, between the movement of reality, on the one hand, and the immobility imposed by pictorial representation, on the other, this formal …

Abstract Oratores, bellatores, laboratores  : can we make a gendered history of the famous trifunctionality by which medieval society was supposed to represent itself  ? In Les Trois Ordres ou l'imaginaire du féodalisme (1973), Georges Duby asserts that " …

Juliette Galonnier: "Conversions to Islam" Sébastien Fath: "Evangelical Protestantism: proselytism and conversions" …

Abstract This study of the emergence of a reading culture in ancient Greece starts from the beginnings of the written text and analyzes its evolution in the Greek world of the 5 th century BC and during the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. The first …

Abstract The second lecture will cover the breakthrough upper bound for the size of three-term progression free subset of F_p^n of Ellenberg and Gijswijt. The lecture will present a reformulation of the proof of this bound due to Tao, using the so-called …

Abstract of the presentation by Fouzia Boulmedais Nanocoatings of polysaccharides and proteins with bioactive properties for biomaterials Biomaterials are medical devices designed to diagnose, treat or prevent disease. Their surface is where interactions …

Abstract Peter Strawson has argued that every object in our everyday experience is one as an individual particular. However, why should anything be one if it is individual and also particular? I argue that being individual and being particular introduce …

Abstract 90 years ago, in a study that caused a scandal at the time (By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism , New Haven 1935) , Erwin R. Goodenough put forward the idea that Judaism in the Greek world had evolved into a form of mystical …

Abstract The case of Habdu-malik is interesting, as this " prime minister " (SUKKAL), being mostly close to the king, left few letters and remains rather poorly known. Fortunately, this is not the case for the " ministers of the economy " (šandabakkum ), …

Abstract According to a second hypothesis, the R relation that makes two private concepts (the mental files of two distinct individuals) instances of the same shared concept is simply the fact that the two files refer to the same thing. This …

Abstract Post-colonial mentalities and narratives, strongly influenced by ideas such as the need to decolonize minds, reveal a deep imprint of the colonial legacy in the collective imagination. An analysis of the historical reasons behind the persistent …

Abstract The conference will explore the persistent debates around foreign aid, highlighting how various tools such as structural adjustment programs, discussions of aid effectiveness, macroeconomic conditionality and risk perceptions by rating agencies …

Abstract Demographic transitions are often attributed to reduced fertility, triggered by significant developments in several areas. In this respect, Africa's health gains should be given greater recognition for its demographic growth. The fact that Africa …

Abstract Good sleep is essential for efficient learning. It allows us to be available at the moment of encoding, but it is also crucial after learning to allow memory traces to consolidate. This sleep-dependent memory consolidation depends on specific …