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Florence Burgat, Claudine Tiercelin & Éric Ruf
The Animal: Philosophical Dialogue and Literary Interpretations
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Program “The Animal.” A philosophical dialogue between Florence Burgat (ENS) and Claudine Tiercelin (Collège de France). Moderator: Géraldine Muhlmann Accompanied by readings of literary texts about animals by Éric Ruf (honorary member and former general …
18:00 to 20:00

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Claire Denis, chair Movies
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Isabelle Huppert in Claire Denis's White Material , 2019. …
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Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics
Jean-François Joanny, chair Soft Matter and Biophysics
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© Kurt Kremer. Kurt Kremer has been invited by the Assembly of the Collège de France upon the recommendation of Professor Jean-François Joanny. Kurt …
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Lecture de textes en lien avec le cours
Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization
Seminar
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Left: Tablet 2684, discovered in Ur in 2017 (photo by P. Zimansky). Right: View of the city of Ur (Iraq), taken from a drone (photo by B. …
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Thomas Römer
Animals in the Bible
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals   Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) …
09:30 to 10:10

Thomas Lecuit
The Biologist's View of Animals: Machine, Organism, Agent
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) …
10:10 to 10:50

Contributions to a Sustainable Chemical Industry
Louis Fensterbank, chair Activations in Molecular Chemistry
Guest lecturer
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Compactor . PxHere, Creative Commons CC0. Troels Skrydstrup has been invited by the College of France’s assembly upon the recommendation of Professor Louis Fensterbank. Troels Skrydstrup Lectures in English. Presentation The chemical industry is a …
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Silvia Sebastiani
The Orangutan in Enlightenment Anthropology
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) Abstract The “orangutan,” or “man of the woods,” made its debut in 17 th -century Europe through the earliest treatises on medical casuistry, among other clinical cases. Its …
11:10 to 11:50

Oxidative Stress and Therapeutic Response (3)
Hugues de Thé, chair Cellular and Molecular Oncology
Lecture
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Presentation This year’s lecture by Hugues de Thé will explore the role of oxidative stress in the response to radiation therapy. …
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Anne Simon
Zoopoetic Arches: Literature and Contemporary Floods
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) Abstract In the era of Mesopotamian and biblical narratives, the ark of survival was associated with the flood that wiped out nearly all living creatures, followed by a renewal …
11:50 to 12:30

Ludovic Orlando
The Horse: Before and After Our Shared History
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract In Western countries today, the horse is primarily viewed as a recreational animal. Yet, not so long ago, it played a central role in our societies. Swift as lightning, …
14:00 to 14:40

Frédéric Keck
Are animal diseases acts of vengeance against humans?
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Protest movements against government policies on agriculture and the environment often invoke the image of an animal taking revenge for the mistreatment inflicted upon it …
14:40 to 15:20

Erwan Bézard
Preclinical and Clinical Studies in Translational Research
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Translational research aims to bridge the gap between basic scientific discoveries and their application for the benefit of patients. In neurodegenerative diseases, …
15:20 to 16:00

Dario Mantovani
Animals in the Law: The Roman Perspective
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Roman law is at the origin of the dichotomy between personae and res and classifies animals as things, thereby reflecting, within the legal order, a social organization …
16:20 to 17:00

Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo
The Place of Humans in Biology Compared to Animals: Just Another Animal, or the Cause of the Worst Biodiversity Crisis?

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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Every new discovery in biology invites us to rethink our view of the living world and the place humans occupy within it. Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and …
17:00 to 17:40

Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Esther Duflo, chair Poverty and Public Policy
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Admission Policy : Due to high attendance, the public is advised to arrive at least 45 minutes before the event begins. Seats cannot be reserved and are assigned strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. If the venue reaches capacity, the public may …
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Alain Prochiantz
Sapiens in the History of Life: To Be or Not to Be an Animal
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence  Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) …
09:30 to 10:10

Adrien Meguerditchian
The Origins of Language: What Can Our Primate Cousins Teach Us?
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract Since nonhuman primates are our closest relatives in evolutionary history, studying their communication systems can help us identify traits shared with speech in …
10:10 to 10:50

Martin Giurfa
The Cognitive Complexity of a Miniaturized Brain: Cognition and the Brain in Bees
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract Honeybees have a brain measuring barely one cubic millimeter, yet they exhibit a remarkably sophisticated behavioral repertoire. In addition to their historical …
11:10 to 11:50

Clément Sire
Collective Movements in Animal Groups: When a School of Fish Encounters AI, Virtual Reality, Robots, and Drones
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract This talk will first demonstrate how collaborative research between behavioral biologists and physicists makes it possible to quantify social interactions …
11:50 to 12:30

The Palestinian Question in the 21st Century
Henry Laurens, chair Contemporary History of the Arab World
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Admission Policy : Due to high attendance, the public is advised to arrive at least 45 minutes before the event begins. Seats cannot be reserved and are assigned strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. If the venue reaches capacity, the public may …
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Isabelle Ratié
Conceiving of Animal Thought? Some Attempts in Ancient and Medieval India
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Philosophers of ancient and medieval India agree that animals perceive and are capable of experiencing pleasure and pain: in the Indian debate over the legitimacy of …
14:00 to 14:40

Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
From Tragedy to Farce: Variations on the Greek Sacrifice as Murder
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Greek culture is a millennia-old culture of sacrifice: the killing of a domestic animal in honor of the gods is the central ritual of communal life in all its forms. …
14:40 to 15:20

Charles Stépanoff
The Torments of an Empathetic Predator
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Hunting prey from among 15,000 species of vertebrates, humans are today the planet’s primary predator, far ahead of lions, wolves, or sharks. Today, 94% of the …
15:30 to 16:10