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Perception of Elementary Mathematical Objects: Geometric Shapes, Patterns, and Graphs There is no human culture without material symbols, often abstract and organized according to obvious geometric regularities. Maps, diagrams, decorative and …
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Jacquard control unit for looms. A computer program describes not only the elementary calculations to be performed on input data, but also the order in which and the conditions under which these calculations are to be performed. To express this sequence …
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Olivette Otele
Can the traumas of transatlantic slavery be repaired: memory, history, forgetting and reparations?
Olivette Otele
Can the traumas of transatlantic slavery be repaired: memory, history, forgetting and reparations?
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Abstract This conference will begin by examining the question of cultural memory as a tool for healing the fragmented and painful memories associated with the history of transatlantic slavery. It will analyze the way in which the representation of the …
17:30 to 18:30
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Paul Sérusier, Tetrahedrons , circa 1910 - Musée d'Orsay, Purchase, 2018 The Musée d'Orsay continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its collections. To conclude the second season of the cycle Orsay …
Published on 29 August 2025
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The Musée d'Orsay continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its collections. Henry Laurens and Laure Chabanne propose a cross-reading of Ramsès dans son harem by Jean Lecomte du Noüy. This …
Published on 29 August 2025
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Fernand Cormon, Cain , 1880, Musée d'Orsay - Purchased from Fernand Comon at the Salon, 1880 The Musée d'Orsay continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering teachers a unique insight into its collections. As part of the cycle Orsay vu par …
Published on 29 August 2025
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Charles Cordier (1827-1905), Chinoise , 1853 The Musée d'Orsay continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its collections. Continuing the dialogue initiated last season between the Collège de France …
Published on 29 August 2025
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Charles Cordier (1827-1905), Chinois, Chinoise , 1853 / Fernand Cormon, Caïn , 1880 / Jean Lecomte du Noüy, Ramsès dans son harem , 1885-1886 / Paul Sérusier, Tétraèdres , circa 1910 - © Musée d'Orsay. The Musée d'Orsay continues its partnership with the …
Published on 29 August 2025
Olivette Otele
African bodies in motion: from the Black Mediterranean to the sanctuary of Wales
Olivette Otele
African bodies in motion: from the Black Mediterranean to the sanctuary of Wales
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Abstract This presentation takes as its starting point analyses of the Mediterranean as a concept, and then sets out to interrogate the use of Alessandra's notion : " The Black Mediterranean " . To do this, we draw on contemporary discourses concerning …
17:30 to 18:30
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Photos © jeanyvesc, barbaramai, BeeBer, Didier51, Oxyna (contributors to SPIPoll, a participatory science program) While biodiversity is well known as the diversity of different levels of organization in the living world (genetic diversity, species …
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Spherical virtual bouquet composed with the help of a generative AI system (Dall-e via ChatGPT from Bing Nov 2023), with helical curves and semi-random growth, Lamiot. The modeling of large-scale data is essentially probabilistic. Model learning, …
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Money loan contract from King Zimri-Lim. As part of the PCEHM program (" Power and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the 18th century BC "), funded by the ANR under aapg 2022, this year's lecture will focus on law and legal life. While historians …
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Olivette Otele
Towards an inclusive colonial history: stories of slavery through Atlantic ports
Olivette Otele
Towards an inclusive colonial history: stories of slavery through Atlantic ports
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Abstract The history of European colonial trade, often presented as a history of conquest or exploration, takes sea voyages as its starting point. The notion of exploration, which implies an idea of conquest, courage and success for some groups of people, …
17:30 to 18:30
Olivette Otele
African-Europeans, a contested identity?
Olivette Otele
African-Europeans, a contested identity?
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Abstract Today, it's still common to think of the migration of people of African descent as a relatively new phenomenon. Recent migratory flows also seem to be influencing the way we approach tendentious issues such as race, European identity and the …
17:30 to 18:30
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Money loan contract from King Zimri-Lim. Photographs will be used to study contracts published in ARM 8 or as yet unpublished, depending on the lecture theme. Knowledge of cuneiform writing is a prerequisite for the …
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Punjikent, Temple II, 6th century AD : the goddesses Nana and Demeter lamenting over Takhsich, a young goddess who has died but is destined to rise again. This year's lecture will focus on : 1) Non-Buddhist temples in Bactria and Sogdiana (continuation …
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Illustration by Cheyenne Olivier, from the book Imai, à la rescousse Esther Duflo / Cheyenne Olivier, Seuil jeunesse, 2023. Following on from the 2022-2023 lecture, this course will provide an overview of the most important topics concerning the lives of …
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The combination of climate change, the inherent limits of natural resources and the need for energy sovereignty are forcing humankind to embark on an energy transition and take up the formidable challenge of replacing fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil) …
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New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M.346, fol. 2 v. From the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, from one reformation to another, but also from one renaissance to another, the language of love was massively present in European literature. As a …
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