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This lecture will be devoted to the study of the processes of diversification of living organisms, from the origin of life to the most recent species formations. In particular, we'll be looking at the great enigmas that remain to be solved on these …

Abstract Éric Turquin explains his career path, showing how one becomes an expert, the importance of Bruno de Bayser, one of the leading drawing experts in Paris, his training with English experts, and the Hôtel Drouot, a place for sales and exhibitions, …

Abstract Victims have dethroned heroes in the pantheon of people celebrated by Western societies. The morality of honor that animated these heroes and shaped collective memories has been disaffected. The archives of the Belgian and French Communist …

Abstract The forces of loss always prevail, and the preservation of a work is always provisional. As a result, the lost manuscript is the object of a veritable " fantasy ", particularly in the history of the novel : from Don Quixote to Walpole, via Laclos …

Abstract In Western culture, "authority" is a concept closely linked on the one hand to the Roman auctoritas and on the other to the written tradition with its set of "authors" and "canonical texts". It is therefore not surprising that modern scholars …

From 1320 to 1348, does the shift in the narrative motifs of the accusation of poisoning the wells of lepers to Jews manifest the persistence of an archaic impulse? To get out of the dilemma between morphology and history, it's probably best to consider …

Lina Bolzoni Lina Bolzoni is professor emeritus of Italian Literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and Global Distinguished Professor at the New York University. She is member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, fellow of the British …

The past served to legitimize the kings of the first millennium, and rulers such as Nabonidus were known to engage in what resembled archaeological excavations. This penchant was exploited by certain notables to support their claims, backed up by …

Abstract It is often conjectured, that the far-from-equilibrium dynamics of generic disordered isolated systems exhibits thermalization. While this process is notoriously difficult to be treated theoretically, we can experimentally probe the relaxation …

This lecture will address the issue of the " microbiota ", i.e. all the non-pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi present in various tissues or organs of the human body, such as the skin, mucous membranes or intestines. We'll see how these …

Biography André Joffre André Joffre is 67 years old. An arts and crafts engineer, he first worked in the solar subsidiary of Société Européenne de Propulsion (Safran group). He then set up TECSOL, which has become one of Europe's leading solar energy …

Merit and meritocracy: for oneself or for all? Values, opinions, judgments and behavior. Lessons from The European Social Survey. …

Abstract The quadratic approximation of an N-body Hamiltonian. Bogoliubov's method and its implementation for a spin-1 particle gas in the single-mode approximation. Documents and media Download support Download lecture …

This lecture will look at the development of photovoltaics in society and its capacity to respond massively and rapidly to the global energy transition, while respecting the environmental, economic and ethical criteria essential to the fight against …

Knowledge of Biblical Hebrew essential. …