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Abstract Is there a right way to say verse  ? In a house like the Comédie-Française, which relies on a permanent troupe where the art of telling is passed down from one generation to the next, on stage and in the corridors, there are many different …

Abstract Today, the witch is a contemporary myth, far removed from the historical experience of the men and women hunted down for demonic witchcraft in the 15th and 17th   centuries. Should historians be content to reject it, in the name of their …

Abstract Some languages don't have an infinitive  ; others put the subject at the end of their sentence  ; still others have nothing to say about the verb to be. If we look at the Universe and its evolution as a language, would it be fairer to hear the …

Abstract Starting with a reflection on silence, which is a sonic form of shadow, we evoke the birth of a rumor. Not the rumor that slanders or denounces, but that of the first song of the bird that announces and prefigures the arrival of the first light. …

Abstract With the aim of overcoming the limitations of traditional nanoscale vectors for the delivery of therapeutic molecules, notably their reduced ability to cross biological barriers and their sometimes inadequate biocompatibility, growing interest …

Abstract It might seem paradoxical to examine in the same session a music conductor (Warad-ilišu) and a diviner (Asqudum)  : but the fact is that these characters, with very different skills, enjoyed the confidence of the king, who gave them missions far …

Abstract In the Middle East, water is and always has been a fundamental element in the development of human societies. Studies of past civilizations and those of contemporary times complement and can feed into each other  : they also provide a better …

Lecture outline: Girard's paradox with one type of all types; difference with Russell's paradox; universe as reflection principle; algebraic proof of canonicity using the Artin gluing technique and normalization proof; application to proof …

Abstract of Christophe Chassenieux 's presentation Proteins as new sources of materials Beyond their everyday use in our diet, proteins are also functional building blocks that can be used to obtain materials with properties of interest. For example, milk …

Abstract Sovereigns sometimes met, but their relations were often mediated by envoys. Alongside accredited messengers, there seem to have been permanent ambassadors of sorts, such as Yarim-Addu in …

Abstract What does observing what is furthest from oneself offer as a horizon for "   making the leap from the ferocious beast   "  ? The importance of the radically different. What does the encounter with the sphere farthest from oneself provoke in …

Abstract The beetle is an insect that feeds on the excrement of animals much larger than itself, from which it extracts the appropriate substance to produce the carapace we know and love. In the same way, there is a form of writing that feeds on the waste …