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David Papineau
Stop Making Senses
Guest lecturer
Event
Abstract Fregean senses are associated with a subject-centred rather than ecological view of reality. On this traditional view, intentional content is fixed from inside the mind, via subjects' grasp of what they are thinking of, rather than by features of …
14:00 to 15:00

Nalini Anantharaman
Asymptotic geometry of random hyperbolic surfaces
Lecture
Event
Abstract We continue our study of the asymptotics of moduli space volumes in large genus, following Mirzakhani and Mirzakhani-Zograf. We deduce some asymptotic properties of random hyperbolic surfaces in large genus: for example, we compute the …
10:00 to 12:00

Laurent Coulon
Statues placed in shrines by private individuals in their own image (1) Private statues
Seminar
Event
Abstract While the preservation of their bodies within a rich tomb was a priority for the Egyptian elite, they also readily multiplied statues in their image in local sanctuaries and sacred places. These images can be of very different types, such as …
11:00 to 12:30

Henry Laurens
Eastern crises 1967-1970 (5)
Lecture
Event
The lecture is only available in audio format. …
10:00 to 12:00

Silvia Galli
The constraints of the cosmic microwave background
Seminar
Event
Abstract The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is the oldest light we can observe, emitted around 380   000   years after the Big Bang. Observations of the CMB reveal tiny temperature fluctuations. These anisotropies contain a wealth of information about …
17:45 to 18:45

Françoise Combes
Constraints on dark energy
Lecture
Event
Abstract More than 95 % of the Universe's content is black or unknown : in addition to the 25 % made up of exotic dark matter, for the last twenty-five years we have known that the expansion is accelerating, due to dark energy which represents 70 % of the …
16:45 to 17:45

Language dynamics in the French-speaking world
Salikoko S. Mufwene, chair French-speaking worlds
Lecture
Series
Distribution of Creoles. These lectures offer an alternative interpretation of the history of French, inspired by uniformitarian research into the genesis of Creole languages. Based on discoveries about the emergence of creole languages, I re-examine the …
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Pierre-Michel Menger
Introduction
Symposium
Event
09:15 to 09:30

Patrick Boucheron
Newly unearthed fragments of Notre-Dame's medieval rood screen and new material knowledge about the sculpted fragments in the Musée de Cluny
Seminar
Event
Abstract The resounding discovery of part of Notre-Dame's medieval rood screen at the crossroads of the Notre-Dame transept in 2022, as part of Inrap's preventive excavations, the joint work of restorers and research engineers on the cathedral's post-fire …
16:00 to 19:00

Laurent Coulon
The courtier ideal in sapiential texts
Lecture
Event
11:00 to 12:30

Thomas Gallouët
Lagrangian numerical schemes based on semi-discrete optimal transport for EPDs derived from fluid mechanics
Seminar
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Abstract In this talk, we discuss how, based on ideas by Yann Brenier, it is possible to construct Lagrangian numerical methods for PDEs from fluid mechanics, such as Wasserstein gradient flows associated with an internal energy, or Euler …
11:15 to 12:30

Pierre-Louis Lions
Stochastic control with unknowns (6)
Lecture
Event
09:00 to 11:00

Daniel Petit
The Lithuanian language : history and prospects
Guest lecturer
Event
As part of the Lithuanian Season in France, Professor Luigi Rizzi has invited Professor Daniel Petit to give a lecture on the Lithuanian language, taking stock of the study of this language in France and its prospects. The event also provided an …
10:00 to 12:00

Dream research in Valéry, Proust and Myōe
William Marx, chair Comparative Literatures
Guest lecturer
Series

Alessandro Morbidelli
The origin of the irregular satellites of the giant planets and the Trojans of Jupiter and Neptune in the Nice model
Lecture
Event
Abstract The capture of the irregular satellites of the giant planets and the Trojans of Jupiter and Neptune, as well as their physical and dynamical properties, can be explained neither by the simple mass growth of the giant planets nor by their …
16:45 to 18:45

Population movements, language contacts, linguistic evolution
Salikoko S. Mufwene, chair French-speaking worlds
Opening lecture
Series

Pierre-Michel Menger
How can you (not) want the best for your children? School choices, family strategies, public policies and the educational trilemma. Research and controversy on the public/private divide
Lecture
Event
10:00 to 12:00

François Héran
From Islam in Muslim countries to Islam "at home". A Judeo-Christian religion, but not open to scrutiny
Lecture
Event
10:30 to 12:30

François Déroche
The Meccan Koran (continued) (5)
Lecture
Event
10:00 to 11:00

Research training workshop. Introduction to the sources of Roman law - 10thedition
Dario Mantovani, chair Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome
News
The call for applications for the 10 th edition of the " Introduction aux sources du droit romain " workshop is now open. The workshop will take place from June 15 to 19 2026 at the École française de Rome. The deadline for applications is January 15 , …
Published on 9 December 2025

Thomas Lecuit
Structural and geometric information
Lecture
Event
Documents and media Download support …
10:00 to 11:30

Anne Cheng
Readings from Ge Hong'sBaopuzi (continued) (5)
Seminar
Event
16:30 to 18:00

Dominique Charpin
Text reading and commentary (4)
Seminar
Event
14:00 to 16:00

Jérôme Riedi
Satellite observation of clouds : a bird's-eye view on all time and space scales
Seminar
Event
Abstract From the first photographs taken from V2 rockets in 1948 to recent observations by the EarthCare mission, satellite observation of clouds has undergone spectacular development in terms of spectral, spatial and temporal sampling. These …
11:00 to 12:00