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Abstract Focus on the current situation regarding the safeguarding of Ebla textual data. Discussion of the isolation of the texts in the Eblaite archives, so ancient in the Semitic context and so original in their writing compared with the Mesopotamian …

Abstract Continuation of the previous lecture. The new lecture analyzes the first divine speech to Joshua, in which he is installed as a war leader, in the manner of an Assyrian king. This speech was later reworked from a more " pacifist " perspective. …

Abstract Occupational illnesses are under-reported and under-recognized in France, as in other industrialized countries. They mainly affect people at the bottom of the social ladder and ethno-racial minorities. Recognition of an occupational disease is a …

Abstract With almost 430   000 new cases each year in France, the incidence of cancer is rising steadily  ; it has doubled since the early   1990s. While much research focuses on so-called individual behaviours (smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, …

Abstract The Homeric epic is rich in sacrificial rituals performed by the protagonists of the plots it unfolds. The question of the status of poetic evocation of ritual gestures is complex. Indeed, the poet's intentions are not documentary and, even if …

Abstract Hugo and Michelet's enthusiasm for the universal vocation of the French Revolution coincided with the conquest and subsequent colonization of Algeria. This session looks at the evolution of French colonial doctrine, around what is commonly …

Abstract AI progress is accelerating, and now the leaders expect "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) in 2 to 3 years. While difficult to believe, we must prepare for the possibility. We can take some lessons from previous episodes in which computers …

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 …