Free admission subject to availability.
The major questions that determine the future of humanity (environment, nature-humanity relations, energy, societal and economic models, education, health, security) are posed in Africa more acutely than anywhere else. In particular, scientific work carried out in the Great Rift region (eastern part of the continent) sheds light on these issues across time, space, environments and societies. They will be the subject of the symposium " The Great African Rift - at the confluence of time ", to be held at the Collège de France in Paris on November 17 and 18 2023. CNRS, Collège de France and the " Rift " research group are pleased to invite everyone to these two days dedicated to the Great African Rift.
The symposium is coordinated by Sandrine Prat (CNRS, HNHP), Christel Tiberi (CNRS, Géosciences Montpellier) and Jean-Renaud Boisserie (CNRS, Centre français des études éthiopiennes & PALEVOPRIM), with the support of Pr François-Xavier Fauvelle (Collège de France), Honorary Professor Philippe Descola (Collège de France) and Pr Yves Coppens (Collège de France). This event is dedicated to the memory of Yves Coppens.