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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Guest lecturer 22 Jan 2025 17:00 - 18:00 René Bloch The Torah and cosmopolitanism Guest lecturer 29 Jan 2025 17:00 - 18:00 René Bloch Jewish mythology, Greek mythology Guest lecturer 5 Feb 2025 17:00 - 18:00 René Bloch Mysticism and dreams Lecture 6 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (1) Seminar 6 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (1) Guest lecturer 12 Feb 2025 17:00 - 18:00 René Bloch The idea of geographical determinism and the Jewish diaspora Lecture 13 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (2) Seminar 13 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (2) Lecture 20 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (3) Seminar 20 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (3) Lecture 6 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (4) Seminar 6 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (4) Lecture 13 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (5) Seminar 13 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (5) Lecture 20 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (6) Seminar 20 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (6) Lecture 27 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (7) Seminar 27 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (7) Lecture 3 Apr 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (8) Seminar 3 Apr 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (8) Lecture 10 Apr 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (9) Seminar 10 Apr 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (9) Next 36 series Filters Event type Close Event type Event type Lecture (17) Seminar (3) Symposium (15) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Close Academic year Academic year 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (2) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (2) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (3) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (2) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) 2010 - 2011 (2) 2009 - 2010 (2) 2008 - 2009 (3) 2024 - 2025 Lecture God at war : accounts of conquest in the book of Joshua Thomas Römer 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 Seminar Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible Thomas Römer 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture Biblical discourses on origins (Genesis 1-11) Thomas Römer 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 Seminar How to describe origins in the biblical world and the ancient Near East Thomas Römer 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 2022 - 2023 Lecture No lectures this year Thomas Römer 01 Sep 2022 01 Sep 2022 2021 - 2022 Lecture The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 Seminar Translation of texts from the story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Birth of the Bible (continued) Thomas Römer 04 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021 04 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021 Symposium God at the Collège de France Antoine Compagnon, Thomas Römer 22 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021 22 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021 2019 - 2020 Symposium Not recorded Ugarit, 90 years later Near East - Caucasus : languages, archaeology, cultures (PROCLAC), Dominique Charpin, Nicolas Grimal, Thomas Römer 13 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 13 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 Lecture Birth of the Bible. Old and new hypotheses (II) Thomas Römer 27 Feb 2020 → 27 May 2020 27 Feb 2020 → 27 May 2020 2018 - 2019 Symposium New research on the Mesha stele Thomas Römer 02 Oct 2018 → 03 Oct 2018 02 Oct 2018 → 03 Oct 2018 Lecture Birth of the Bible. Old and new hypotheses (I) Thomas Römer 14 Mar 2019 → 16 May 2019 14 Mar 2019 → 16 May 2019 Symposium Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East Thomas Römer 23 May 2019 → 24 May 2019 23 May 2019 → 24 May 2019 2017 - 2018 Lecture The Ark of the Covenant : myths, stories and history Thomas Römer 15 Feb 2018 → 12 Apr 2018 15 Feb 2018 → 12 Apr 2018 Symposium Blood : discourses, rituals and practices Thomas Römer 24 May 2018 → 25 May 2018 24 May 2018 → 25 May 2018 2016 - 2017 Symposium Society and religion in Ugarit Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin, Nicolas Grimal, Near East - Caucasus : languages, archaeology, cultures (PROCLAC) 15 Sep 2016 → 16 Sep 2016 15 Sep 2016 → 16 Sep 2016 Lecture Israel in the desert : the Book of Numbers and the completion of the Torah Thomas Römer 23 Feb 2017 → 04 May 2017 23 Feb 2017 → 04 May 2017 Symposium Growing old and being old in the ancient Near East Thomas Römer 22 May 2017 → 23 May 2017 22 May 2017 → 23 May 2017 2015 - 2016 Lecture The Bible and Egypt : The story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50) Thomas Römer 25 Feb 2016 → 14 Apr 2016 25 Feb 2016 → 14 Apr 2016 Symposium Oral and written in Eastern Antiquity : writing and publishing processes Thomas Römer 26 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 26 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 2014 - 2015 Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories (continued) Thomas Römer 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 Symposium Representing gods and men in the Ancient Near East and the Bible Thomas Römer 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015 2013 - 2014 Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories Thomas Römer 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 Symposium Between gods and men : angels, demons and more.. Thomas Römer 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 2012 - 2013 Lecture The human condition : Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible Thomas Römer 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 Symposium Divine wrath and repentance Thomas Römer 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013 2011 - 2012 Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god (continued) Thomas Römer 09 Feb 2012 → 29 Mar 2012 09 Feb 2012 → 29 Mar 2012 Symposium Taboos and transgressions Thomas Römer 11 Apr 2012 → 12 Apr 2012 11 Apr 2012 → 12 Apr 2012 2010 - 2011 Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god Thomas Römer 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 Symposium How do you become a prophet ? Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 2009 - 2010 Lecture The Abrahamic cycle (continued) : alliances, wars and scandalous sacrifice Thomas Römer 28 Jan 2010 → 01 Apr 2010 28 Jan 2010 → 01 Apr 2010 Symposium The living and their dead Jean-Marie Durand, Thomas Römer 14 Apr 2010 → 15 Apr 2010 14 Apr 2010 → 15 Apr 2010 2008 - 2009 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 The horns of Moses. Bringing the Bible into history Thomas Römer 05 Feb 2009 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Feb 2009 18:00 - 19:00 Lecture The construction of an ancestor : the formation of the Abrahamic cycle Thomas Römer 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 Symposium The young hero Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009
Lecture 6 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (1)
Seminar 6 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (1)
Guest lecturer 12 Feb 2025 17:00 - 18:00 René Bloch The idea of geographical determinism and the Jewish diaspora
Lecture 13 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (2)
Seminar 13 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (2)
Lecture 20 Feb 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (3)
Seminar 20 Feb 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (3)
Lecture 6 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (4)
Seminar 6 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (4)
Lecture 13 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (5)
Seminar 13 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (5)
Lecture 20 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (6)
Seminar 20 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (6)
Lecture 27 Mar 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (7)
Seminar 27 Mar 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (7)
Lecture 3 Apr 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (8)
Seminar 3 Apr 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (8)
Lecture 10 Apr 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Thomas Römer God at war : stories of conquest in the book of Joshua (9)
Seminar 10 Apr 2025 15:30 - 16:30 Thomas Römer Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible (9)
Lecture God at war : accounts of conquest in the book of Joshua Thomas Römer 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025
Seminar Wars, conquests and peace strategies in the Ancient Near East and the Bible Thomas Römer 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025 06 Feb 2025 → 10 Apr 2025
Lecture Biblical discourses on origins (Genesis 1-11) Thomas Römer 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024
Seminar How to describe origins in the biblical world and the ancient Near East Thomas Römer 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024 22 Feb 2024 → 02 May 2024
Lecture The Bible's oldest epic : The Story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 14 Apr 2022
Seminar Translation of texts from the story of Jacob Thomas Römer 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022 24 Feb 2022 → 07 Apr 2022
Lecture Birth of the Bible (continued) Thomas Römer 04 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021 04 Mar 2021 → 15 Apr 2021
Symposium God at the Collège de France Antoine Compagnon, Thomas Römer 22 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021 22 Jun 2021 → 23 Jun 2021
Symposium Not recorded Ugarit, 90 years later Near East - Caucasus : languages, archaeology, cultures (PROCLAC), Dominique Charpin, Nicolas Grimal, Thomas Römer 13 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019 13 Nov 2019 → 16 Nov 2019
Lecture Birth of the Bible. Old and new hypotheses (II) Thomas Römer 27 Feb 2020 → 27 May 2020 27 Feb 2020 → 27 May 2020
Symposium New research on the Mesha stele Thomas Römer 02 Oct 2018 → 03 Oct 2018 02 Oct 2018 → 03 Oct 2018
Lecture Birth of the Bible. Old and new hypotheses (I) Thomas Römer 14 Mar 2019 → 16 May 2019 14 Mar 2019 → 16 May 2019
Symposium Women in power !? Queens, priestesses, prophetesses and more in the Ancient Near East Thomas Römer 23 May 2019 → 24 May 2019 23 May 2019 → 24 May 2019
Lecture The Ark of the Covenant : myths, stories and history Thomas Römer 15 Feb 2018 → 12 Apr 2018 15 Feb 2018 → 12 Apr 2018
Symposium Blood : discourses, rituals and practices Thomas Römer 24 May 2018 → 25 May 2018 24 May 2018 → 25 May 2018
Symposium Society and religion in Ugarit Thomas Römer, Dominique Charpin, Nicolas Grimal, Near East - Caucasus : languages, archaeology, cultures (PROCLAC) 15 Sep 2016 → 16 Sep 2016 15 Sep 2016 → 16 Sep 2016
Lecture Israel in the desert : the Book of Numbers and the completion of the Torah Thomas Römer 23 Feb 2017 → 04 May 2017 23 Feb 2017 → 04 May 2017
Symposium Growing old and being old in the ancient Near East Thomas Römer 22 May 2017 → 23 May 2017 22 May 2017 → 23 May 2017
Lecture The Bible and Egypt : The story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50) Thomas Römer 25 Feb 2016 → 14 Apr 2016 25 Feb 2016 → 14 Apr 2016
Symposium Oral and written in Eastern Antiquity : writing and publishing processes Thomas Römer 26 May 2016 → 27 May 2016 26 May 2016 → 27 May 2016
Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories (continued) Thomas Römer 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015 26 Feb 2015 → 16 Apr 2015
Symposium Representing gods and men in the Ancient Near East and the Bible Thomas Römer 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015 05 May 2015 → 06 May 2015
Lecture The Book of Exodus : myths and stories Thomas Römer 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 20 Feb 2014 → 10 Apr 2014
Symposium Between gods and men : angels, demons and more.. Thomas Römer 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014 19 May 2014 → 20 May 2014
Lecture The human condition : Ancient Near East and Hebrew Bible Thomas Römer 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013 07 Feb 2013 → 11 Apr 2013
Symposium Divine wrath and repentance Thomas Römer 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013 24 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013
Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god (continued) Thomas Römer 09 Feb 2012 → 29 Mar 2012 09 Feb 2012 → 29 Mar 2012
Lecture The god Yhwh : its origins, its cults, its transformation into a single god Thomas Römer 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011 03 Feb 2011 → 31 Mar 2011
Symposium How do you become a prophet ? Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011 04 Apr 2011 → 05 Apr 2011
Lecture The Abrahamic cycle (continued) : alliances, wars and scandalous sacrifice Thomas Römer 28 Jan 2010 → 01 Apr 2010 28 Jan 2010 → 01 Apr 2010
Symposium The living and their dead Jean-Marie Durand, Thomas Römer 14 Apr 2010 → 15 Apr 2010 14 Apr 2010 → 15 Apr 2010
Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 The horns of Moses. Bringing the Bible into history Thomas Römer 05 Feb 2009 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Feb 2009 18:00 - 19:00
Lecture The construction of an ancestor : the formation of the Abrahamic cycle Thomas Römer 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009 11 Feb 2009 → 07 May 2009
Symposium The young hero Thomas Römer, Jean-Marie Durand 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009 06 Apr 2009 → 07 Apr 2009
