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The Programme d'accueil en urgence des scientifiques et des artistes en exil (PAUSE), supported by the Collège de France, is launching an urgent appeal to the French government and civil society. Since 2017, PAUSE has been giving concrete expression to …
Published on 28 October 2025
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Abstract The publication of letters from the time of Zimri-Lim began with the corpus of governors' letters : Kibri-Dagan in Terqa and Bahdi-Lim in Mari, then Yaqqim-Addu in Saggaratum. Since then, the dossier has become both richer and more complex : …
11:00 to 12:00
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Abstract The emergence of the reading culture in Greece and its gradual spread to the West can only be fully understood by going back in time to its foundations in the Archaic period. On the one hand, there are written testimonies that predate the first …
17:30 to 18:30
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The conference is cancelled! Map of Palestine under the British Mandate (detail), coll. Amjad Ghannam Conference organized by Prof. Henry Laurens, holder of the Contemporary History of the Arab World chair, and the Centre arabe de recherches et d'études …
Published on 28 October 2025
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This series of four lectures by Carlos Lopes is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. In 2024-2026, this cycle is devoted to the theme " Africa-Europe ". This series of four lectures by Carlos Lopes is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. …
Published on 28 October 2025
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At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Special event Music! The Philharmonie at the Collège de France Cycle of meetings in partnership with the Cité de la musique - …
Published on 28 October 2025
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Abstract Type 2 diabetes and obesity are global epidemics, associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. These diseases significantly reduce patients' life expectancy and represent a major economic burden for public health systems. Often …
11:00 to 12:30
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Abstract The Human Genome Project ushered in the era of modern human genetics, providing key insights into the structure and content of the genome. However, when it comes to the extent of genetic diversity between individuals or populations, sequencing …
09:30 to 11:00
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Abstract Content of enhancers and links to transcription factors ; orthography, syntax and grammar. Genomic topology of enhancers. In this fourth lesson, the ways in which enhancers can bind transcription factors are described, along with the notion of …
10:00 to 11:30
Elizabeth Spelke
The cognitive foundations of mathematics : universal and early intuitions
Elizabeth Spelke
The cognitive foundations of mathematics : universal and early intuitions
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Elizabeth Spelke Elizabeth Spelke is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and has been a member of the Conseil Scientifique de l'Éducation Nationale since January 2018 . Her research focuses on the development of the …
17:30 to 19:00
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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 …
11:15 to 12:30
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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 …
11:00 to 12:00
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Abstract Type theory was introduced by Bertrand Russell to avoid the paradoxes that arise in mathematics when the notion of a collection of objects is used too naively. This notion of types was refined by the notion of dependent types, with the aim of …
18:00 to 19:00
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Documents and media Download support …
15:15 to 16:45
Julie Dainville
At the school of the rhetor : papyrological evidence of the teaching of rhetoric
Julie Dainville
At the school of the rhetor : papyrological evidence of the teaching of rhetoric
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Abstract It is now well established that rhetoric occupied an important place in the educational system of Greco-Roman antiquity. In recent years, scholarly interest in this discipline has intensified, paving the way for significant advances, particularly …
15:30 to 17:00
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Abstract Continuation of previous lecture. Crossing the Jordan means entering the land. Before the conquest took place, Joshua circumcised the desert generation and celebrated the first Passover in the land (Jos 5). This raises the question of how these …
14:00 to 15:00
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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 …
11:00 to 12:00
Mathias Forteau
Regional rights and regionalism in the work of the UN International Law Commission
Mathias Forteau
Regional rights and regionalism in the work of the UN International Law Commission
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Abstract At a time when the framers of the United Nations Charter were somewhat wary of regional bodies and the threats they could pose to the advent of a new, fully universal international law, the statute of the United Nations International Law …
15:30 to 17:00
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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 …
14:30 to 15:30
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