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Abstract Main-belt asteroids originally formed in a dynamically quiet disk, but their orbits were later stirred by Jupiter's gravity, leading to high-speed collisions. Over the age of the Solar System, dozens of large asteroids have been disrupted by such …

Chair: Leila Seurat, Centre arabe de recherches et d’études politiques de Paris Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian A Palestinian Jerusalemite feminist, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian works on the settler colonial state’s brutality and unchilding, securitized and …

Chair: Leila Seurat, Centre arabe de recherches et d’études politiques de Paris Darryl Li An anthropologist, legal scholar, and attorney, Darryl Li is associate professor at the University of Chicago as well as a member of the bar in New York and …

Chair : Leila Seurat, Centre arabe de recherches et d’études politiques de Paris Nadia Abu El-Haj An anthropologist and Middle East Studies scholar, Nadia Abu El-Haj is Anne Olin Whitney Professor at Barnard College and Columbia University, and …

Chair : Leila Seurat, Centre arabe de recherches et d’études politiques de Paris Neve Gordon After teaching for seventeen years at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, Neve Gordon joined the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, where he is …

Chair: Marwan Rashed, Sorbonne Université  Isabella Hammad A writer, Isabella Hammad is the author most recently of Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative (2024) and of the novel Enter Ghost (2023), which received the Aspen Prize, the Clark …

Chair: Marwan Rashed, Sorbonne Université  Huda J. Fakhreddine A writer and translator, Huda J. Fakhreddine is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of The Arabic Prose Poem: Poetic Theory and …

Chair: Marwan Rashed, Sorbonne Université  Diana Allan An anthropologist and filmmaker, Diana Allan is associate professor at McGill University, where she co-directs the Critical Media Lab. Her publications and films explore Palestinian displacement in …

Chair: Marwan Rashed, Sorbonne Université  Mahmoud Alshaer A poet, writer, and cultural curator, Mahmoud Alshaer is based in Gaza. He is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of 28 Magazine , an independent literary and cultural platform he …

Abstract The nature of the immune system's antibody repertoire has been a subject of fascination for more than a century. This repertoire is highly plastic and can be directed to create antibodies with broad chemical diversity and high selectivity. There …

Abstract Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are a transient population of small bodies with orbits in or near the terrestrial planet region. They represent an intermediate stage in the dynamical evolution of asteroids and comets - originating in the main belt or …

Abstract Demographic transitions are often attributed to reduced fertility, triggered by significant developments in several areas. In this respect, health gains in Africa should be more widely recognized as a driver of its population growth. The fact …