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Abstract In Hesiod's Theogony , the expression "hiera erdein", "to make sacred portions", appears only once, in the introduction to the long passage that moderns have taken to calling the "hymn to Hecate". The forty or so verses (411-452) devoted to this …

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 Generative models based on dynamic transport have recently led to significant advances in unsupervised learning. At the mathematical level, these models are mainly designed around the construction of a function between two probability …

Abstract Photochemical transformations are powerful tools for organic synthesis. In the contemporary context, marked by the importance of green chemistry principles and sustainable development, the use of light to carry out selective reactions offers …

References to works cited in the lecture Norman Ajari, Le Manifeste Afro-décolonial. The Forgotten Dream of Black Radical Politics , Paris, Seuil, 2024. Chris Bongie, " The Cry of History: Juste Chanlatte and the Unsettling (Presence) of Race in Early …

Abstract The film The Battle of Algiers (1966) was the result of a meeting between Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo and Yacef Saâdi, one of the military leaders of the Front de Libération Nationale. Played mainly by non-professionals, and sometimes by …

Résumé Le modèle de lecture humble et bienveillante proposé par Les Bergers d’Arcadie de Poussin semble avoir fait long feu. Beaucoup de lectures contemporaines se veulent revendicatives, sinon accusatrices. La raison en est une prise de conscience …

Résumé Comment, en 1314, le scandale des brus du roi devient-il l’affaire de la Tour de Nesle   ? En s’intéressant aux réécritures légendaires d’un épisode qu’on pourrait juger mineur, on cherche à interroger les rapports entre ce genre décrié qu’est la « …

Documents and media Watch the video dubbed in French Watch the video dubbed in English Abstract What is a draft  ? What is a failure  ? What is a comeback  ? What is rewriting a thousand times  ? What is the stubbornness and will to surpass to which …

Abstract How is the tragic link between intimacy and history articulated  ? When everything is in pieces and the image is lost, how can we rebuild  ? How can we rebuild from the notion of failure, writing, crossing out, rewriting, crossing out again? How …

Sandrine Lyonnard : "From atom to cell: looking inside batteries with the Grands Instruments" Hervé Beuffe : "Valley of hope for the French Na_ion …

Abstract This final lecture will discuss the proof of a recent result in joint work with Zakharov, bounding the size of subsets of F_p^n not containing p distinct vectors summing to zero. As discussed in the previous lecture, this leads to bounds for the …

Abstract In the Middle East, water is and always has been a fundamental element in the development of human societies. Studies of past civilizations and those of contemporary times complement and can feed into each other  : they also provide a better …

Abstract We have no Templar archives in the kingdom of Mari : so it's in the texts from the palace that we find the elements that enable us to reconstruct the lives of the priests in charge of the sanctuaries. Two other categories of religious personnel …

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 …