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Round table moderated by Antoine Lilti, Collège de France, with the participation of Marlene Daut, Yale University, Délide Joseph, Université de la Guyane, and Chelsea B. Stieber, Tulane …

Abstract To conclude the lecture series, we will explore the perceptions and concepts developed by the ancient Mesopotamians themselves to account for the complex relationships between societies and environments. In particular, we will focus on the motif …

Go to Emmanuel Sander Emmanuel Sander is Professor in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Geneva. A member of the Conseil Scientifique de l'Education Nationale, his research focuses on the analysis of mental …

Abstract The theater, as a space where people speak to a collective body, is by its very nature a place where power is exercised. This tripartite power emanates from the text, the artists and the audience. It is within this three-tiered billiard …

Abstract The study of different types of statuary groups allows us to glimpse, when we know their exact position in a given part of a temple, the role and interference of the figures represented. King and deities For the most part, the statuary group …

Abstract Thermalized elastic membranes show strong scale-dependence of their elastic moduli. A beautiful realization is in the physics of thermalized 2D metamaterials, such as graphene, where thermal effects already set in at microscopic length scales. …

Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is …

Abstract Faced with the growing success of discourses that make climate change the driving force behind the successes and (above all) the failures of ancient societies, we need to give a voice to the actors -   humans and non-humans alike   - of …

Abstract Divine and royal statuary is an integral part of the Egyptian temple. The temples we visit today may have kept their walls, and sometimes even their ceilings, but most of them are almost completely emptied of their rich furnishings, which …

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