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Within the vast literary output of the Byzantine Empire (4th-15th centuries), religious polemic texts are among the most numerous, but also among the least studied today. With religion occupying a predominant place in the political, social and cultural …
Published on 2 September 2025
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View of the Claude Lévi-Strauss library reading room at the Institute of Civilizations To celebrate the Fête de la Science 2025, take part in the competition organized by the CNRS to win a place on one of the unusual tours of its research laboratories ! …
Published on 2 September 2025
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Abstract I will present a version of the local Langlands conjecture providing a description of the space of invariant distributions on the p-adic group in terms of the K-group of coherent sheaves on the stack of Langlands parameters. This provides a …
15:30 to 16:30
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14:00 to 15:00
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Abstract Cartographic studies have highlighted certain generalizations linked to functional hierarchies across languages. These generalizations may concern the order of functional elements, compatibilities and incompatibilities of occurrence, the …
10:00 to 11:30
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09:15 to 09:30
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A.I.-generated artist's impression of a cancer cell. …
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International symposium in English. May 22 at the Collège de France and May 23 at the Institut Jacques-Monod. The study of phenotypic diversity, adaptation and evolution in living organisms is currently undergoing a major boom, thanks to the combination …
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While Collège de France is fortunate to benefit from a loyal and assiduous audience, broadening, renewing and diversifying its audience is also a major challenge for the organization, in order to best fulfill its public service mission and prepare for the …
Published on 1 September 2025
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Abstract This second lecture advances the thesis that, after the Second World War, a particular conception of democracy emerged in Western Europe - what the speaker describes as " constrained democracy ". This conception was based on a fear of …
17:30 to 18:30
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Abstract Today's sportsmen and women are veritable public figures. They are known to everyone, including those who are not interested in sport. Their visibility and popularity can be seen, for example, in the fact that two footballers (Cristiano Ronaldo …
19:30 to 21:00
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09:30 to 09:45
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Abstract I will be responding to Sloterdijk's leçon at the Collège de France, posing a question about what it means to take possession of the earth, and a question about the modern citizen's obligations in the era of globalization. Robert Pogue Harrison …
15:45 to 16:45
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Abstract The starting point for the following reflections is provided by the theses of media and cultural theorist Friedrich Kittler, according to whom the poet Homer was the founder of the revolutionary cultural innovation of vowel notation in ancient …
14:30 to 15:30