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The lecture is recorded in audio format only. …
10:00 to 12:00
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Knowledge of ancient Egyptian essential. …
11:00 to 12:30
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Abstract The question explored here is that of access to Osiris within the confines of a non-funerary sanctuary. It considers both the spatial dimension of the link between the world of the living and the afterlife through access to the douat , the …
11:00 to 12:30
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Abstract "The paper defends the view that money is any continuant used as a medium of exchange, a view dubbed the pure commodity theory of money. By contrast to the standard commodity theory , which equates money with a material commodity which …
11:30 to 12:45
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Abstract How should we think of the utterances that convey (literary) fictions? Searle (1974/5) (and before him MacDonald (1954), with better arguments) influentially argues that they are (non-deceptive) mere pretense - the simulation of acts like …
10:00 to 11:15
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Thomas Römer, Administrator of Collège de France, and Yoan Vilain, Vice-Provost for International and European Affairs at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Thomas Römer , Administrator of Collège de France, and Yoan Vilain, Vice-Provost for International …
Published on 3 July 2025
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Abstract In the case of some artifacts, the connection between the kind to which the artifact belongs, its function, and its capacities appears to be quite straightforward. For example, a well-functioning can-opener belongs to the artifact-kind, …
16:30 to 17:45
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Abstract Regulative rules like social and legal rules and constitutive rules of games and language are in force contingently, and due to human activity. On standard views like Reinach's or Hart's, for rules to be in force is either for a legislative …
15:00 to 16:15
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Abstract In recent times, the European Union has come to be known in many academic and activist circles as : authoritarian liberalism, as embodied in the neo-liberal or ordo-liberal software of the European treaties. The term's origins date back to the …
17:30 to 18:30
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Abstract Understanding curves on surfaces has become a primary tool for understanding their hyperbolic structures and associated moduli spaces. This talk will be on understanding curves through their intersection with other curves and themselves. For …
15:30 to 16:30
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Abstract The 2023-2024 lecture will focus on the spectral theory of negative curvature surfaces and certain discrete graphs. Topics will include trace formulas, dynamical zeta functions, geodesic flow resonances, quantum ergodicity... The focus will be on …
14:00 to 15:15
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Abstract Taking stock of the slave trade The aftermath of the 1848 abolition : Republican racism ? Haiti : a costly revolution The question of reparations : legal and ethical …
10:30 to 12:30
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Abstract In the fight against mosquito-borne diseases, several innovative strategies have been developed to reduce mosquito populations or block their vectorial capacity. Mathematical modeling plays an important role in predicting mosquito population …
11:15 to 12:30
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09:00 to 11:00
Justine Lacroix
A democracy without freedoms ? Reflections on the notion of illiberal democracy
Justine Lacroix
A democracy without freedoms ? Reflections on the notion of illiberal democracy
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Abstract Over the past decade, the rise of both elective and authoritarian political regimes has given credence to the idea that the rule of law and respect for freedoms are merely forms of liberal limitation of democracy. This postulate, shared by …
17:30 to 18:30
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The lecture is recorded in audio format only. …
10:00 to 12:00
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Session moderated by Stéphane Mallat. Each 30' paper will be followed by a 10' discussion. Abstract Learning the knowledge, skills and attitudes associated with climate change and biodiversity loss is a major challenge for our education system. Yet it is …
16:00 to 16:40