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This lecture will examine the reception and treatment of the myth of Ulysses and the story of the Odyssey in Italian and Flemish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries. It will show that a comic interpretation of this story went hand in hand with the …
11:00am - 12:00pm
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The first lesson serves as a methodological introduction to history proper, which only begins with the Achaemenids. With the rejection of Zarathustra's historicity by some modern scholars also comes the rejection of the notion of an Iranian "conversion" …
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Abstract In just a few decades, numerical simulations have become a preferred tool in many scientific fields (physics, chemistry, mechanics, meteorology, engineering sciences, finance) and industrial sectors (aeronautics, space, automotive, nuclear, …
6:00 - 7:00pm
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2:30 - 3:30pm
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What we commonly understand today by the notion of theme comes to us essentially from the 20th century, in the sense that themes are not only at the origin of musical discourse and its development, but are also bearers of meaning: symbolic, anecdotal, …
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Detection methods active detector: reacts by making decisions according to a deterministic or indeterministic method (there are a multitude of paths to positive detection); passive detector: reacts blindly (there is only one path to positive detection). …
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The Cuman-Qïpchaqs constituted an acephalous, loosely held tribal union that dominated an area extending from the Pontic Steppes to Western Siberia and Uzbekistan, a region termed the Qïpchaq Steppe (cf. Pers. Dasht-i Qipchâq). The Cuman-Qïpchaqs …
5:00 - 6:00pm
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Various forms of sacral kingship were widespread across Eurasia. It was known among the Türks and elements of it are reported among the Uyghurs (744-840) their successors in the east. Among the Khazars, the sacral kingship took on a somewhat different …
5:00 - 6:00pm
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The Khazars (ca. mid-7th century to 965-969), centered in the lower Volga with their capital at Atïl, created one of the largest polities of medieval Eurasia, extending from the Middle Volga in the north to the North Caucasus and Crimea in the south and …
5:00 - 6:00pm
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4:00 - 5:00pm
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The question of the ancient homeland of the Turkic peoples and the origins of the distinct grouping that bore the ethnonym Türk remain a topic of debate. The earliest references to peoples that are presumed to be Turkic date to the era of the Xiongnu ( …
5:00 - 6:00pm
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A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Abstract A solid-state chemist, Jacques Livage was behind the development of soft chemistry in the field of materials. Inspired by biomineralization processes, this new synthesis method has led to the development of …
6:00 - 7:00pm