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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 13 Nov 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Crises d'Orient 1967-1970 (1) Lecture 20 Nov 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Eastern crises 1967-1970 (2) Lecture 27 Nov 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Crises d'Orient 1967-1970 (3) Lecture 4 Dec 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Eastern crises 1967-1970 (4) Lecture 11 Dec 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Eastern crises 1967-1970 (5) Lecture 18 Dec 2024 10:00 - 12:00 Henry Laurens Eastern crises 1967-1970 (6) Symposium 13 Jun 2025 Samantha Besson Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes Next 48 series Filters Event type Close Event type Event type Lecture (22) Seminar (15) Symposium (10) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Close Academic year Academic year 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (3) 2022 - 2023 (3) 2021 - 2022 (3) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2019 - 2020 (4) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (2) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) 2010 - 2011 (2) 2009 - 2010 (2) 2008 - 2009 (3) 2007 - 2008 (3) 2006 - 2007 (1) 2005 - 2006 (1) 2004 - 2005 (1) 2003 - 2004 (2) 2024 - 2025 Lecture Eastern crises 1967-1970 Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2024 → 18 Dec 2024 13 Nov 2024 → 18 Dec 2024 Symposium 09:00 - 18:00 Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes Samantha Besson et Henry Laurens 13 Jun 2025 Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 13 Jun 2025 09:00 - 18:00 2023 - 2024 Lecture The crises in the East, 1964-1968 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 Symposium 1979 in the Middle East Henry Laurens 20 Feb 2024 20 Feb 2024 Symposium Eastern despotisms, from near to far Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 27 Jun 2024 27 Jun 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture Crises in the East Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2022 → 14 Dec 2022 09 Nov 2022 → 14 Dec 2022 Symposium Penser les sciences humaines et sociales dans les mondes arabes : productions, circulations et réceptions contemporaines des savoirs Henry Laurens 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023 Symposium 2001-2003 : the years of danger Henry Laurens 22 Mar 2023 22 Mar 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture Colonial/post-colonial, the proper use of concepts. Crisis in the East : the failure of Arab nationalism (continued) Henry Laurens 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 Symposium The Arab world in French-language comics Henry Laurens 18 Feb 2022 18 Feb 2022 Symposium Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Crises in the East : the failure of Arab unity from 1956 onwards Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 2019 - 2020 Seminar Arab political culture Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Lecture Crises in the East : the origins of authoritarianism from 1949 onwards Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 Symposium Democracies in the making ? Arab countries as a laboratory for new political transformations Henry Laurens 28 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2019 Seminar French democracy and French Muslims in the face of civil war and upheaval in the Arab and Muslim worlds (1979-2019) Henry Laurens 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020 2018 - 2019 Seminar Arab political culture Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 14 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 Lecture Crises in the East, British hegemony 1926-1956 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019 Symposium France and the Middle East (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon) : from violence to hope Henry Laurens, Antoine Compagnon 22 Mar 2019 22 Mar 2019 2017 - 2018 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 Lecture Crises in the East : the Middle East from 1914 onwards Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 2016 - 2017 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017 Lecture The Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017 2015 - 2016 Seminar Not recorded Contemporary Arab political culture Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 Lecture Arab provinces at the end of the Ottoman era Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 2014 - 2015 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 Lecture The question of Palestine, the end of the peace process (August 2000-February 2001) Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 2013 - 2014 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 Lecture The question of Palestine : the failure of the peace process Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 2012 - 2013 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 Lecture The Palestine question from 1993 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 2011 - 2012 Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012 Lecture The Palestine question from 1985 Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012 2010 - 2011 Seminar Not recorded Autobiography and political culture in the contemporary Arab East Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 Lecture The Palestine question from 1982 Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 2009 - 2010 Seminar Not recorded Political autobiography in the Arab world Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 Lecture The Palestine question from the October 1973 war onwards Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 2008 - 2009 Seminar Not recorded Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 Lecture The Palestine question from 1969 onwards Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 Symposium Not recorded Rumors and conspiracy theories in civil wars Jon Elster, Henry Laurens 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009 2007 - 2008 Seminar Not recorded Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 Lecture The Palestine question from 1967 onwards Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 Seminar 09:15 - 10:15 Not recorded Historical typology of terrorism and community(ies) of values Mireille Delmas-Marty et Henry Laurens 04 Jun 2008 04 Jun 2008 09:15 - 10:15 2006 - 2007 Lecture The Palestine question from 1954 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006 2005 - 2006 Lecture Europe and the Muslim world in the 19th century (continued) Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2005 01 Sep 2005 2004 - 2005 Lecture Europe and the Muslim world in the 19th century Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2004 01 Sep 2004 2003 - 2004 Lecture The question of Palestine Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2003 01 Sep 2003 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 Contemporary History of the Arab World Henry Laurens 11 Mar 2004 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 11 Mar 2004 18:00 - 19:00
Symposium 09:00 - 18:00 Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes Samantha Besson et Henry Laurens 13 Jun 2025 Genocide. Law and history of the crime of crimes Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 13 Jun 2025 09:00 - 18:00
Lecture The crises in the East, 1964-1968 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023 15 Nov 2023 → 20 Dec 2023
Symposium Penser les sciences humaines et sociales dans les mondes arabes : productions, circulations et réceptions contemporaines des savoirs Henry Laurens 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023 08 Feb 2023 → 09 Feb 2023
Lecture Colonial/post-colonial, the proper use of concepts. Crisis in the East : the failure of Arab nationalism (continued) Henry Laurens 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 24 Nov 2021 → 12 Jan 2022
Symposium Political violence as seen by historians of the Middle and Far East (continued) Anne Cheng, Henry Laurens 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022
Lecture Crises in the East : the failure of Arab unity from 1956 onwards Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 18 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020
Lecture Crises in the East : the origins of authoritarianism from 1949 onwards Henry Laurens 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020 20 Nov 2019 → 08 Jan 2020
Symposium Democracies in the making ? Arab countries as a laboratory for new political transformations Henry Laurens 28 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2019
Seminar French democracy and French Muslims in the face of civil war and upheaval in the Arab and Muslim worlds (1979-2019) Henry Laurens 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020 31 Jan 2020 → 28 Feb 2020
Lecture Crises in the East, British hegemony 1926-1956 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019 14 Nov 2018 → 16 Jan 2019
Symposium France and the Middle East (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon) : from violence to hope Henry Laurens, Antoine Compagnon 22 Mar 2019 22 Mar 2019
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017
Lecture Crises in the East : the Middle East from 1914 onwards Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017 15 Nov 2017 → 20 Dec 2017
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017 16 Nov 2016 → 04 Jan 2017
Lecture The Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century Henry Laurens 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017 16 Nov 2016 → 11 Jan 2017
Seminar Not recorded Contemporary Arab political culture Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016
Lecture Arab provinces at the end of the Ottoman era Henry Laurens 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016 18 Nov 2015 → 06 Jan 2016
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015
Lecture The question of Palestine, the end of the peace process (August 2000-February 2001) Henry Laurens 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015 12 Nov 2014 → 14 Jan 2015
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014
Lecture The question of Palestine : the failure of the peace process Henry Laurens 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014 13 Nov 2013 → 08 Jan 2014
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013
Lecture The Palestine question from 1993 Henry Laurens 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013 14 Nov 2012 → 09 Jan 2013
Seminar Not recorded Arab political culture Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012 09 Nov 2011 → 04 Jan 2012
Lecture The Palestine question from 1985 Henry Laurens 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012 09 Nov 2011 → 11 Jan 2012
Seminar Not recorded Autobiography and political culture in the contemporary Arab East Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010
Lecture The Palestine question from 1982 Henry Laurens 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010 03 Nov 2010 → 15 Dec 2010
Seminar Not recorded Political autobiography in the Arab world Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010
Lecture The Palestine question from the October 1973 war onwards Henry Laurens 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010 04 Nov 2009 → 06 Jan 2010
Seminar Not recorded Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008
Lecture The Palestine question from 1969 onwards Henry Laurens 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008 05 Nov 2008 → 17 Dec 2008
Symposium Not recorded Rumors and conspiracy theories in civil wars Jon Elster, Henry Laurens 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009 18 Jun 2009 → 19 Jun 2009
Seminar Not recorded Arab political autobiography Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007
Lecture The Palestine question from 1967 onwards Henry Laurens 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007 07 Nov 2007 → 19 Dec 2007
Seminar 09:15 - 10:15 Not recorded Historical typology of terrorism and community(ies) of values Mireille Delmas-Marty et Henry Laurens 04 Jun 2008 04 Jun 2008 09:15 - 10:15
Lecture The Palestine question from 1954 Henry Laurens 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006 15 Nov 2006 → 20 Dec 2006
Lecture Europe and the Muslim world in the 19th century (continued) Henry Laurens 01 Sep 2005 01 Sep 2005
Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 Contemporary History of the Arab World Henry Laurens 11 Mar 2004 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 11 Mar 2004 18:00 - 19:00
