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Benjamin Foster
From the upper to the lower sea : the rise and fall of the Akkadian empire
Benjamin Foster
From the upper to the lower sea : the rise and fall of the Akkadian empire
Guest lecturer
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The first lecture, "From the Upper to the Lower Sea: The Birth and Fall of the Akkadian Empire", summarized the most important military and political events, including the reigns of five major kings: Sargon, Rimush, Manishtusu, Naram-Sin and …
10:30 to 11:30
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17:00 to 18:00
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16:00 to 17:00
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17:00 to 18:00
News
At the foot of the hill on which the ancient city of Cumae, near Naples, sits, Jean-Pierre Brun, Professor at the Collège de France, and Priscilla Munzi, CNRS researcher at the Centre Jean Bérard (CNRS/École française de Rome) have been excavating a Roman …
Published on 26 September 2018
Christopher Beard
A Burmese history : paleontology and primates in the Union of Myanmar
Christopher Beard
A Burmese history : paleontology and primates in the Union of Myanmar
Guest lecturer
Event
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) belonged to British colonial India in the early 20th century. British geologists working for the Geological Survey of India began exploring the paleontological potential of central Myanmar before the First World War. …
15:30 to 16:30
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (2)
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (2)
Guest lecturer
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17:00 to 18:00
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15:00 to 16:00
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18:00 to 19:00
Christopher Beard
The quest for the original ape : unearthing the origins of apes and humans
Christopher Beard
The quest for the original ape : unearthing the origins of apes and humans
Guest lecturer
Event
Anthropoid primates today include New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, great apes and humans. Anthropoids differ substantially from other primates on anatomical, behavioral and ecological levels. Anthropoids have larger brains, generally live in larger …
15:30 to 16:30
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (1)
Stephen F. Teiser
Healing with merit: Buddhist rituals of curing in medieval Chinese liturgical manuscripts (1)
Guest lecturer
Event
17:00 to 18:00
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17:00 to 18:00
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The catastrophic events of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (around 65 million years ago) wiped out the dinosaurs and cleared the way for the hegemony of mammals on Earth. Following this mass extinction event, an interval of almost ten million years …
15:30 to 16:30
News
In partnership with the Collège de France , iReMMO, AFP and France Médias Monde, the Institut du Monde Arabe is launching a new event to decipher current affairs. Connected to the flow of information, the Rendez-vous de l'actualité is a moment of …
Published on 20 September 2018
Susan Taylor
Signaling in Time and Space: Localizing PKA to Macromolecular Signaling Complexes
Susan Taylor
Signaling in Time and Space: Localizing PKA to Macromolecular Signaling Complexes
Guest lecturer
Event
A major mechanism for achieving specificity in PKA signaling is through localization to specific sites in the cell. One of the most important mechanisms for localizing PKA is through A Kinase Anchoring Proteins (AKAPs) that bind to the dimerization domain …
11:00 to 12:00