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Lecture plan 2.3. and the papyri Exercises delivered by monasteries (continued) 2.3.2. The case of the Epiphanius monastery (continued) 2.3.2.1. A teacher in Cellule B (continued) 2.3.2.2. A teacher in Cellule A (continued) …
11:00 to 12:00
Mamadou Diawara
Authors' rights at odds with history and everyday life in sub-Saharan Africa
Mamadou Diawara
Authors' rights at odds with history and everyday life in sub-Saharan Africa
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Exceptionally, the last seminar will take place on a Friday. Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, authors' rights were granted to " invented subject ", in colonial times, according to the European Romantic standard of the 19th century. We have progressively …
14:30 to 16:00
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16:00 to 18:00
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Abstract There are many ways to define an object, in this case a ship. This lecture explores the approaches of a Latin declamator (Cicero, De l'invention , 2.153), a jurist (Alfenus, Digest, 21.2.44), a scholar (Aulu-Gelle, Nuits attiques, 10.25.5), the …
14:30 to 15:30
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Abstract Can the political love of the late Middle Ages only be understood in opposition to the disenchantment of modernity ? This final session focuses on the figure of Marguerite de Navarre, based on Lucien Febvre's Amour sacré, amour profane (1944). …
11:00 to 12:00
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Summary This lesson looks at the life of French from its various neo-Latin ancestors in Gaul to its status as the national language of France and parts of Belgium and Switzerland ; then we look at its contact with English, and the Amerindian and African …
10:00 to 11:00
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Abstract The third and fourth lectures will focus on the role of activity in the construction of cortical circuits, from the maturation and migration of different populations of neurons, the roles of transient neurons and circuits, to the integration and …
16:00 to 18:00
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14:00 to 16:00
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The global warming of the last century needs to be placed in a broader temporal context in order to determine its singularity and distinguish the underlying causes, both natural and anthropogenic. The climatic variations of the last deglaciation can be …
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Abstract Best-seller of antiquity, Homer is the Greek author most often attested by papyrological documentation, and the Iliad is two or three times more frequently attested than the Odyssey . One of the reasons for this is that Homer was the " …
15:30 to 17:00
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Notes from an elementary school pupil (Roman period) and a lecture room in Alexandria (5th-6th centuries). What better observatory of a society's cultural options than its school ? It's the school that concentrates, schematizes and adapts them, while …
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Esther Duflo
Introduction to educational experimentation
Esther Duflo
Introduction to educational experimentation
Special events
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Abstract Esther Duflo will open the Agir pour l'éducation seminar cycle with an introduction to the lecture series. She will take the opportunity to present her books for children, which aim to raise awareness of poverty issues among young people. During …
17:30 to 18:30
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Abstract We are interested in quasi-linear parabolic systems, in which the diffusion matrix is not uniformly elliptic, but verifies a condition, known as the Petrovskii condition, of positivity of the real part of the eigenvalues. The locally …
11:15 to 12:30
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Abstract Discovered by Edmond Becquerel in 1839, the photovoltaic effect transforms sunlight into electrical power. Spectacular advances in this field have made solar cells emblems of the energy transition. However, although these objects have become …
11:15 to 12:30
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Abstract The increasing use of digital technologies is often described as a revolution. In this session, we will challenge this assumption by exploring how digital technologies, and in particular algorithmic governance techniques, under the guise of …
14:30 to 16:00
Stéphanie Lacour
Electrodes - Part II. Neural stimulation : design and electrochemical properties
Stéphanie Lacour
Electrodes - Part II. Neural stimulation : design and electrochemical properties
Lecture
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Abstract In the second part of the lecture, attention turns to electrodes designed for neural stimulation, a crucial technique for modulating nerve activity in therapeutic and research contexts. As with the recording of neural activity, electrochemical …
14:00 to 15:30
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10:00 to 11:30
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Human Migration and Linguistic Evolution
Salikoko S. Mufwene
Human Migration and Linguistic Evolution
Opening lecture
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Abstract France truly embarked on its colonial adventure in the 17 th century, following the establishment of trading posts in North America and along the coast of Senegal. This commitment marked the beginning of the spread of French throughout the world …
18:00 to 19:00
Thinking differently about life
Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, chair Biodiversity and ecosystems
Thinking differently about life
Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, chair Biodiversity and ecosystems
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Seminars following the lectures will be given by researchers in biology, sociology of science and philosophy. They will focus on aspects of the living world not covered in detail during the lectures. While remaining accessible to the general public, they …
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