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Project under the direction of  : Philippe Aghion, chair Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth and Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work . Abstract Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. …

Abstract In November 1970, at the request of President Georges Pompidou, Pierre Boulez began work on a project to integrate a music research institute into the future Beaubourg Plateau art center. Over the next three years, Boulez consulted and assembled …

Abstract "Music doesn't need a laboratory". With these words, the famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg at the Max Planck Institute rejected Pierre Boulez's project for collaboration between science and music in 1970. Did Werner …

Abstract Pierre Boulez reminds us that one of the sources of the form of Anthèmes 1 is the plainchant Lamentations de Jérémie, which he sang in his youth during the office of the First Nocturne of Holy Thursday. The most striking feature of this piece is …

Abstract Long before 1977 marked the inauguration of Ircam and the start of his lectures at the Collège de France, Pierre Boulez had laid the foundations for his public activities. He had even done so by stirring up resounding polemics that left little …

Abstract Throughout Pierre Boulez's career, his creative activity was matched by complementary professional roles designed first and foremost to promote the dissemination of his work and the modern works he supported: founder and director of institutions, …

Abstract It's hardly surprising that a man who built his career on disobedience and refusal of authority should have seen his own authority challenged early on. The virulence of opposition to Boulez was commensurate with the man's intransigence and the …

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The concert is open to the public by invitation or prior registration . Registration is compulsory : attendance on the day of the 23rd does not guarantee a place. Program Presentation by Jean-Louis Leleu, Professor Emeritus, Université Côte d'Azur. With …

Abstract To conclude the lecture series, we will explore the perceptions and concepts developed by the ancient Mesopotamians themselves to account for the complex relationships between societies and environments. In particular, we will focus on the motif …

Abstract How does a biological system set up a body plan to produce a final organism with everything in the right place and orientation? I will discuss a developmental system (parhyale) that exploits activity and cell division to establish four-fold …

Abstract What are the origins of war and peace  ? Our species, Homo sapiens , presents a remarkable paradox  : we are the only species capable of both lethal conflict and extensive peaceful cooperation between groups. While some species engage in …

Access the live stream on the YouTube channel of the Collège de France Foundation Monica Neagoy Monica Neagoy has a doctorate in mathematics didactics. A mathematics teacher, Monica Neagoy is also a specialist in the Singapore Method, a mathematics …

Abstract This lecture will focus on the paradox of invasions : biological invasions are particularly important, yet little recognized, or even simply known. We will discuss the reasons for this, exploring society's perception of biological invasions, …

Lecture outline: statement of the conjecture that asserts the effectiveness of the univalence principle; presentation of Rafaël Bocquet's proof of this conjecture, which uses most of the notions presented in this …

Marie Amalric Marie Amalric is a cognitive scientist and post-doctoral associate at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, and the Harvard Department of Psychology, as well as a junior professor at INSERM. Her research focuses on the …

Abstract Heroic war myths are an integral aspect of war in any cultural tradition. In modern warfare, the primary objective of heroic war myth is to arouse patriotic sentiment in order to mobilise the nation to fight an efficient and winning war. Modern …

Abstract Are the biology of invasions and the operational management of invasive alien species rooted in values? If so, what are these values, and what does this anchoring in values imply for scientists and managers faced with invasive alien species …

Abstract In an interview published in February 1966, Pierre Boulez famously declared himself a "300% Leninist"-at least in connection with the reform of musical life in the country. In ensuing years Boulez frequently returned to this self-description, and …