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Dario Mantovani
When forgeries make sense to jurists : paretymologies between puns and metaphors
Dario Mantovani
When forgeries make sense to jurists : paretymologies between puns and metaphors
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Abstract The ancients, too, were keen to research the origins of words in order to shed light on their meaning. Roman jurists, in particular, were passionate about their research. Their hypotheses sometimes took the form of veritable language games, akin …
14:30 to 15:30
Barbu Revencu
Stand-for relations between objects and discourse referents in early development
Barbu Revencu
Stand-for relations between objects and discourse referents in early development
Symposium
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Chair: Michael Murez Abstract From static diagrams to dynamic animations, humans routinely convey information through depictions-representational stimuli in which visual objects are arranged in spatiotemporal configurations for communicative ends. First, …
10:00 to 11:15
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Documents and media Download support Abstract This lecture will build on the theoretical framework linking ecosystem responses to environmental change and the effects on their functioning via the functional traits of organisms. These links have been …
14:00 to 15:30
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Abstract Active Magnetic Bearings (AMB) guide a rotating shaft without mechanical contact by means of magnetic levitation. They enable high speeds without friction, and meet the challenges of energy efficiency and decarbonization. Unlike radial bearings, …
11:15 to 12:15
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Documents and media Download support Abstract Most scientific studies have independently explored the factors potentially responsible for infectious disease epidemics. But they have rarely considered their interdependencies. We first summarize the links …
11:15 to 12:15
Claude Grison
Vector-borne disease prevention and public health : what sustainable solutions ?
Claude Grison
Vector-borne disease prevention and public health : what sustainable solutions ?
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Abstract Globalization, international trade, climate change, population growth and rapid urbanization are behind the growing number of invasive exotic species and new interactions between organisms, leading to the emergence of new pathogens. Because of …
10:00 to 11:00
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Abstract As Gérard Genette rightly pointed out, we don't read books as " tabulae rasae ". We never read a text without first going through paratexts, such as the author's name, title, preface or commentary. In other words, the reader is psychologically …
15:30 to 16:30
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Résumé En guise d’introduction à la problématique du colloque, nous nous proposons d’aborder la question des relations entre cour royale et cour divine au I er millénaire av. J.-C. sous deux angles. En premier lieu, il s’agit de faire un état des lieux …
09:40 to 10:15
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Documents et médias Télécharger le support Résumé Au début du livre de Qohélet se trouve David : le titre en Eccl 1,1 désigne Qohélet comme fils de David, roi à Jérusalem. Il s’agit d’une référence implicite à Salomon, fils de David sur le trône de …
11:00 to 12:00
Daniel Mendelsohn
Cavafy and the eroticism of loss
Daniel Mendelsohn
Cavafy and the eroticism of loss
Guest lecturer
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Abstract The great Alexandrian Greek poet Constantin Cavafy (1863-1933) continues to fascinate us with the deft, evocative way in which he interweaves ancient Hellenic history with some very modern concerns: sexuality, identity, time, writing. In this …
18:00 to 19:00
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View of destruction in Rafah, Gaza Strip, January 2025 The conference is in English with simultaneous translation. Presentation Two years after the start of the war waged by Israel against the Palestinians following the murderous attack on its territory …
Sonia Garel
Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Brain/Body interactions: from Physiology to Pathology
Sonia Garel
Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Brain/Body interactions: from Physiology to Pathology
Symposium
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Interactions between migrating neurons and axons. Program 9h - Welcome coffee 09h30 - Introduction Sonia Garel (Collège de France) 09h45 - "Neuroimmune interactions shaping social behavior Gloria Choi (The Picower Institute, MIT, USA) 10:30 - "Cortical …
09:00 to 18:00
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The seminar is cancelled. …
15:15 to 16:45
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Documents and media Download support Abstract As soon as the tribe of Judah rallied to David and he chose Jerusalem as his stronghold, he had the ark of Yhwh brought from Qiryath-Yearim to symbolize Yhwh's presence in Jerusalem. The transfer of the ark is …
14:00 to 15:00
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Abstract In this seminar we present the new ERC-funded project Education in Graeco-Roman Egypt: An Intercultural Approach (EduGRE, Consolidator Grant no. 101171610, October 2025-September 2030). Based at the University of Exeter, UK, this project aims to …
15:30 to 17:00
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Abstract In classical Athens, the expression " jurer kata tōn hierōn " or " kath ' hierōn " implies the use of an animal, or even several, in the ritual elaboration of that " vocal gesture " that is the oath. Such manipulation lends greater solemnity …
11:00 to 12:00
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Vincent Goossaert (EPHE) : Animal sacrifices in China, 16th-20th centuries: which ones, and for whom? Sylvie Peperstraete (ULB / EPHE) : "He who bathed two slaves killed two quails" : practices and actors of animal sacrifice in …
14:30 to 17:30
Micaela Rossi
The life and career of metaphors in specialized discourse: a diachronic approach
Micaela Rossi
The life and career of metaphors in specialized discourse: a diachronic approach
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16:00 to 18:00