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The asymptotic structure of Einstein's theory is particularly rich, revealing infinite-dimensional symmetry algebras. This subject will be the subject of lectures spread over several years. The 2021-2022 lecture will be devoted to asymptotically anti-de …
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This year's lecture concerns quantum systems in which low-energy excitations cannot be described in terms of quasiparticles. The transport properties of these systems are unusual and different from a usual Fermi liquid ("strange metal"), with, for …
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After two years of evolution, the Covid-19 pandemic continues its global progression. Waves, now supported by the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 genotypic variants, follow one another. An increase in the transmissibility of the virus, without an exacerbation of …
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Ergaleion - Papyrological lexicography of material life Conceived as part of the Ifao program " Realia d'Égypte de l'époque ptolémaïque aux débuts de l'Islam : mots et mobiliers " (dir. P. Ballet, M. Mossakowska, V. Schram), Ergaleion - Outil de …
09:30 to 17:30
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10:30 to 11:30
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Abstract Translated into Armenian as early as the 5th century, shortly after the creation of the alphabet and at the same time as the first versions of the Bible and the Church Fathers, the Roman d'Alexandre is the only Armenian translation of a secular …
14:00 to 15:00
Nils P. Heeßel
The exclusivity of knowledge
Nils P. Heeßel
The exclusivity of knowledge
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Abstract A very important factor in the emergence of scholarship was to prohibit access to knowledge acquired by unauthorized persons, and to prevent the number of scholars from growing too large. This lecture will outline how the transmission of …
11:30 to 12:30
Orhan Pamuk
Creativity and Control
Orhan Pamuk
Creativity and Control
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Orhan Pamuk, world-renowned writer and essayist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been invited by the Collège de France Assembly at the suggestion of Prof. William Marx . In this series of four lectures, Orhan Pamuk will seek to combine …
17:30 to 18:30
Edda Vardanyan
The Armenian version of the Roman d'Alexandre : Christianizing an ancient ruler
Edda Vardanyan
The Armenian version of the Roman d'Alexandre : Christianizing an ancient ruler
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Abstract From the 14th century onwards, the Roman d'Alexandre underwent considerable metamorphosis, with the aim of changing the image of the conqueror into a veritable " mirror of princes ". Appendices were added, transforming the novel of a pagan …
14:00 to 15:00
Solar energy and society
Daniel Lincot, chair Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt
Solar energy and society
Daniel Lincot, chair Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt
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istock With the advent of an industrial society based on abundant energy from fossil fuels, the relationship between society and solar energy has changed profoundly. It has gone from being an indispensable resource, via wind and water power or the biomass …
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Abstract Very early on, interesting explanations in epics and myths showed how scholars in the Ancient East imagined the emergence of " knowledge of the world " and cultural techniques. In the first millennium BC, numerous texts show how scholars placed …
11:30 to 12:30
Orhan Pamuk
Inventing and Following a Character
Orhan Pamuk
Inventing and Following a Character
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Orhan Pamuk, world-renowned writer and essayist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been invited by the Collège de France Assembly at the suggestion of Prof. William Marx . In this series of four lectures, Orhan Pamuk will seek to combine …
17:30 to 18:30
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Valéry at the Collège de France Edited by William Marx and Matilde Manara The first synthesis and historical, philosophical and critical reflection on the readings given by Paul Valéry at the Collège de France from 1937 to 1945. Following the …
Published on 4 February 2025
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10:30 to 11:30
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International colloquium organized by the Institut des civilisations, in collaboration with the Bibliothèque Cujas, the Institut de recherche Montesquieu of the University of Bordeaux and the Institut universitaire de …
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Documents and media Discover this article with our online reader Download article Franck Courchamp is Director of Research at the CNRS. At the University of Paris-Saclay, he heads a research team focusing on biodiversity dynamics and the impact of human …
Published on 3 February 2025
Ronald Hendel
The Bible and collective memory
Ronald Hendel
The Bible and collective memory
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The Queen of Sheba meets King Solomon, Ethiopia Abstract Memory, as Proust would say, builds a continuity between the present and the past in which the self discovers itself. Collective memory constructs a similar temporal continuity for a community. We …
11:00 to 12:00
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The possibility of simultaneously cooling different atomic species – or different spin components for the same species – opens the way to many novel phenomena in many-body quantum physics. The interaction between these components can be finely controlled …
Hervé Douville
Principles, methods, key findings and suggestions for improving IPCC assessment reports
Hervé Douville
Principles, methods, key findings and suggestions for improving IPCC assessment reports
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Abstract Since 1990, the date of its first report , the IPCC has regularly provided assessments that are as comprehensive and objective as possible of scientific information concerning the physical basis of climate change (WG1), its impacts, vulnerability …
17:00 to 19:00
Jérôme Deauvieau et Paul Gioia
Teaching practices and school inequalities at the beginning of the written word
Jérôme Deauvieau et Paul Gioia
Teaching practices and school inequalities at the beginning of the written word
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Documents and media Download the PowerPoint presentation Download support in PDF format Abstract Social inequalities in learning to read and write appear very early on in school careers. How can this be explained ? To answer this question, we need to take …
17:30 to 18:30
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Abstract For a long time, it was assumed that Paleo-Babylonian knowledge was formulated in series in the second half of the second millennium BC, which spread throughout the Near East. In recent years, it has become clearer that this image is too simple …
11:30 to 12:30
Orhan Pamuk
The Paradox of the Novelist
Orhan Pamuk
The Paradox of the Novelist
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Orhan Pamuk, world-renowned writer and essayist, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, has been invited by the Collège de France Assembly at the suggestion of Prof. William Marx . In this series of four lectures, Orhan Pamuk will seek to combine …
17:30 to 18:30