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Epigraphic and linguistic analysis of these … 19 Jun 2026 11:30 to 12:00 Event Antoine Jacquet Cult organization and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIIIth century BC in the light of the Mari archives Symposium Abstract In the spirit of the PCEHM project, which articulates the notions of power and written culture by studying the reciprocal influences of these two phenomena in Upper Mesopotamia of the XVIII th century BC, it seemed interesting to consider the … 19 Jun 2026 12:00 to 12:30 Event Francesca Nebiolo Tell Yelkhi texts, 40 years of publications and future prospects Symposium Abstract Excavated from 1977 onwards by the Italian mission of the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin as part of the salvage operations in the Hamrin basin, Tell Yelkhi has proved to be one of the major sites in the region. For the … 19 Jun 2026 12:30 to 13:00 Event Eva von Dassow Power without writing, or the constitution of a secondary state formation Symposium Abstract The political geography of Southwest Asia was transformed by non-state actors during the second quarter of the second millennium BC. These were often mercenaries or militias engaged beyond the borders of established territorial states, who rarely … 19 Jun 2026 15:30 to 16:00 Event Denis Lacambre The early reign of Samsī-Addu and the establishment of the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia : an attempt at chronology Symposium Abstract Several sources provide us with information on the early reign of Samsī-Addu before the capture of Mari, such as the eponymous Chronicles of Mari , the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) or a few rare documents from Aššur, Tell Leilan (the ancient … 19 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:00 Event Regine Pruzsinszky Tigunanum, from Zimri-Lim to Hattusili I Symposium Abstract In the 1990s, Mirjo Salvini published the Labarna letter and the Ḫabiru prism, providing the first glimpse into the 'Dark Age', a period in the mid-second millennium characterized by significant gaps in the historical record. Both cuneiform texts … 19 Jun 2026 15:00 to 15:30 Event Charlotte Fernandes Written culture at Emar, between the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze : rupture, continuity or documentary bias ? Symposium Abstract When the Émar site was discovered in 1972, specialists hoped to discover the city mentioned in the Mari sources in the Amorite period, and thus document a new major Middle Bronze urban center on the Euphrates. However, after six excavation … 19 Jun 2026 16:30 to 17:00 Event Lionel Marti Writing history in Upper Mesopotamia, from the Paleo-Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian periods Symposium Abstract The writing of history is by definition conditioned by the sources available. The history of Upper Mesopotamia is no exception to this rule. The various political groupings that developed there are documented by sources whose nature varies … 19 Jun 2026 17:00 to 17:30 Series Determinism and stochasticity during neural development Denis Duboule, chair Evolution of Development and Genomes Guest lecturer Claude Desplan is invited by the Collège de France assembly, at the suggestion of Prof. Denis Duboule. Claude Desplan Presentation The genome controls the development of the body. Yet with only 25 000 genes, it's hard to imagine how the immense complexity … 28 May 2026 → 18 Jun 2026 Series Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Guest lecturer Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Samantha Besson. Juliana Uhuru … 19 May 2026 Series The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India Isabelle Ratié, chair History of Indian Systems of Thought Opening lecture 29 Jan 2026 Event Edouard Bard The Viking Age and the Medieval Climatic Optimum Lecture 27 Feb 2026 15:00 to 16:30 Event Stanislas Dehaene Distilling the neural correlates of conscious perception Lecture Documents et médias Télécharger le support … 27 Feb 2026 11:00 to 12:30 Event Jean-Marie Durand The reform of writing under Yahdun-Lim : reflections based on new readings Symposium Abstract In 1985, the existence of a writing reform at Mari during the reign of Yahdun-Lim was demonstrated by the discovery of two duplicates : one was written in the style of the so-called " Šakkanakku " tablets, the other in the " modern " style that … 18 Jun 2026 10:00 to 10:30 Event Jack M. Sasson Mari, the Bible, and me Symposium Abstract Mari, the Bible and I had our earliest conjunction in the mid-60s, long before Biblical scholarship began exploring Achaemenid linkages. In those days, giants ruled the earth, among them Albright, Noth, and de Vaux on the biblical side; Dossin & … 18 Jun 2026 10:30 to 11:00 Event Nele Ziegler The southern border of the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia Symposium Abstract In the 18th century BC, the creation of an unprecedented territorial state covering the whole of Upper Mesopotamia was a remarkable feat. It can be attributed to a particularly charismatic and energetic man, Samsi-Addu, alias Šamši-Adad I st … 18 Jun 2026 11:30 to 12:00 Event Michaël Guichard The itinerant herdsmen of the King of Mari and the Simalites : the case of Ibal-pi-El and Ibal-El Symposium Abstract Jean-Marie Durand's recent edition of the correspondence of the merʾûm ( grazing) chiefs, Bannum, Ašmad and Hali-hadun - to whom must be added Zakura-abum, whose letters have been published separately -, preserved in the palace of Mari and dating … 18 Jun 2026 12:00 to 12:30 Event Grégory Chambon The meal texts of the King of Mari (XVIIIth century BC) as " historical sources Symposium Abstract The expression " textes des repas du roi " is a historiographical construction based on a corpus of several hundred documents unearthed in the Palace of Mari ( XVIIIᵉ century BC), frequently cited and partially studied. While the formula " for … 18 Jun 2026 12:30 to 13:00 Event Marine Béranger Which skill for which scribe ? A syllabary-based study of Mari's texts Symposium Abstract Researchers often draw a correlation between the type of text and its supposed level of difficulty. There would be scribes of varying degrees of skill associated with distinct textual genres. At the bottom of the hierarchy are those who wrote … 18 Jun 2026 15:00 to 15:30 Event Grégoire Nicolet Data from the K site : Mari's school between proverbs and literature Symposium Abstract The literary texts from Mari's Site K are among the oldest of the Paleo-Babylonian period, and provide valuable insights into the teaching of student scribes in the Middle Euphrates Valley, at a relatively advanced stage of their training. This … 18 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:00 Event Liubov Zhiltsova Research on the scribes of Mari Symposium Abstract More than nine thousand documents from the Mari archives are now published and referenced on the archibab.fr website. The vast majority are letters, administrative accounts and, to a lesser extent, legal documents. Among the trades mentioned in … 18 Jun 2026 15:30 to 16:00 Event Laura Battini Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series Seminar Documents and media Download support … 26 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45 Event Olivier Rouault Texts from the time of Zimri-Lim of Terqa Symposium Abstract Cuneiform texts from Terqa reveal a ruler named Zimri-Lim who ruled the Middle Euphrates in the period following the defeat of his famous namesake, the last king of Mari. These documents give us the names of his father and predecessor, as well as … 18 Jun 2026 16:30 to 17:00 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
Event Ilya Arkhipov Accusations against Mukannišum, Mari's palace steward Symposium Abstract Fragment ARM 25 725, recently re-edited by M. Guichard, contains accusations of theft against Mukannišum, the omnipresent steward of the palace of Mari during the Zimri-Lim period. This exceptional text has never been the subject of specialized … 19 Jun 2026 10:30 to 11:00
Event Laurent Colonna d’Istria Power and written culture : the case of Mari liver models Symposium Abstract During the 1935-1936 excavation campaign at the Mari-Tell Hariri site in Syria, thirty-two models of livers bearing oracular statements were discovered in room 108 of the Grand Palais Royal. Epigraphic and linguistic analysis of these … 19 Jun 2026 11:30 to 12:00
Event Antoine Jacquet Cult organization and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the XVIIIth century BC in the light of the Mari archives Symposium Abstract In the spirit of the PCEHM project, which articulates the notions of power and written culture by studying the reciprocal influences of these two phenomena in Upper Mesopotamia of the XVIII th century BC, it seemed interesting to consider the … 19 Jun 2026 12:00 to 12:30
Event Francesca Nebiolo Tell Yelkhi texts, 40 years of publications and future prospects Symposium Abstract Excavated from 1977 onwards by the Italian mission of the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin as part of the salvage operations in the Hamrin basin, Tell Yelkhi has proved to be one of the major sites in the region. For the … 19 Jun 2026 12:30 to 13:00
Event Eva von Dassow Power without writing, or the constitution of a secondary state formation Symposium Abstract The political geography of Southwest Asia was transformed by non-state actors during the second quarter of the second millennium BC. These were often mercenaries or militias engaged beyond the borders of established territorial states, who rarely … 19 Jun 2026 15:30 to 16:00
Event Denis Lacambre The early reign of Samsī-Addu and the establishment of the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia : an attempt at chronology Symposium Abstract Several sources provide us with information on the early reign of Samsī-Addu before the capture of Mari, such as the eponymous Chronicles of Mari , the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) or a few rare documents from Aššur, Tell Leilan (the ancient … 19 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:00
Event Regine Pruzsinszky Tigunanum, from Zimri-Lim to Hattusili I Symposium Abstract In the 1990s, Mirjo Salvini published the Labarna letter and the Ḫabiru prism, providing the first glimpse into the 'Dark Age', a period in the mid-second millennium characterized by significant gaps in the historical record. Both cuneiform texts … 19 Jun 2026 15:00 to 15:30
Event Charlotte Fernandes Written culture at Emar, between the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze : rupture, continuity or documentary bias ? Symposium Abstract When the Émar site was discovered in 1972, specialists hoped to discover the city mentioned in the Mari sources in the Amorite period, and thus document a new major Middle Bronze urban center on the Euphrates. However, after six excavation … 19 Jun 2026 16:30 to 17:00
Event Lionel Marti Writing history in Upper Mesopotamia, from the Paleo-Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian periods Symposium Abstract The writing of history is by definition conditioned by the sources available. The history of Upper Mesopotamia is no exception to this rule. The various political groupings that developed there are documented by sources whose nature varies … 19 Jun 2026 17:00 to 17:30
Series Determinism and stochasticity during neural development Denis Duboule, chair Evolution of Development and Genomes Guest lecturer Claude Desplan is invited by the Collège de France assembly, at the suggestion of Prof. Denis Duboule. Claude Desplan Presentation The genome controls the development of the body. Yet with only 25 000 genes, it's hard to imagine how the immense complexity … 28 May 2026 → 18 Jun 2026
Series Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions Guest lecturer Juliana Uhuru Bidadanure has been invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Samantha Besson. Juliana Uhuru … 19 May 2026
Series The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India Isabelle Ratié, chair History of Indian Systems of Thought Opening lecture 29 Jan 2026
Event Edouard Bard The Viking Age and the Medieval Climatic Optimum Lecture 27 Feb 2026 15:00 to 16:30
Event Stanislas Dehaene Distilling the neural correlates of conscious perception Lecture Documents et médias Télécharger le support … 27 Feb 2026 11:00 to 12:30
Event Jean-Marie Durand The reform of writing under Yahdun-Lim : reflections based on new readings Symposium Abstract In 1985, the existence of a writing reform at Mari during the reign of Yahdun-Lim was demonstrated by the discovery of two duplicates : one was written in the style of the so-called " Šakkanakku " tablets, the other in the " modern " style that … 18 Jun 2026 10:00 to 10:30
Event Jack M. Sasson Mari, the Bible, and me Symposium Abstract Mari, the Bible and I had our earliest conjunction in the mid-60s, long before Biblical scholarship began exploring Achaemenid linkages. In those days, giants ruled the earth, among them Albright, Noth, and de Vaux on the biblical side; Dossin & … 18 Jun 2026 10:30 to 11:00
Event Nele Ziegler The southern border of the kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia Symposium Abstract In the 18th century BC, the creation of an unprecedented territorial state covering the whole of Upper Mesopotamia was a remarkable feat. It can be attributed to a particularly charismatic and energetic man, Samsi-Addu, alias Šamši-Adad I st … 18 Jun 2026 11:30 to 12:00
Event Michaël Guichard The itinerant herdsmen of the King of Mari and the Simalites : the case of Ibal-pi-El and Ibal-El Symposium Abstract Jean-Marie Durand's recent edition of the correspondence of the merʾûm ( grazing) chiefs, Bannum, Ašmad and Hali-hadun - to whom must be added Zakura-abum, whose letters have been published separately -, preserved in the palace of Mari and dating … 18 Jun 2026 12:00 to 12:30
Event Grégory Chambon The meal texts of the King of Mari (XVIIIth century BC) as " historical sources Symposium Abstract The expression " textes des repas du roi " is a historiographical construction based on a corpus of several hundred documents unearthed in the Palace of Mari ( XVIIIᵉ century BC), frequently cited and partially studied. While the formula " for … 18 Jun 2026 12:30 to 13:00
Event Marine Béranger Which skill for which scribe ? A syllabary-based study of Mari's texts Symposium Abstract Researchers often draw a correlation between the type of text and its supposed level of difficulty. There would be scribes of varying degrees of skill associated with distinct textual genres. At the bottom of the hierarchy are those who wrote … 18 Jun 2026 15:00 to 15:30
Event Grégoire Nicolet Data from the K site : Mari's school between proverbs and literature Symposium Abstract The literary texts from Mari's Site K are among the oldest of the Paleo-Babylonian period, and provide valuable insights into the teaching of student scribes in the Middle Euphrates Valley, at a relatively advanced stage of their training. This … 18 Jun 2026 14:30 to 15:00
Event Liubov Zhiltsova Research on the scribes of Mari Symposium Abstract More than nine thousand documents from the Mari archives are now published and referenced on the archibab.fr website. The vast majority are letters, administrative accounts and, to a lesser extent, legal documents. Among the trades mentioned in … 18 Jun 2026 15:30 to 16:00
Event Laura Battini Contestations of political power in Mesopotamia in the light of the ominal series Seminar Documents and media Download support … 26 Feb 2026 15:15 to 16:45
Event Olivier Rouault Texts from the time of Zimri-Lim of Terqa Symposium Abstract Cuneiform texts from Terqa reveal a ruler named Zimri-Lim who ruled the Middle Euphrates in the period following the defeat of his famous namesake, the last king of Mari. These documents give us the names of his father and predecessor, as well as … 18 Jun 2026 16:30 to 17:00
