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Abstract In the final lecture, I will talk about the ways in which parts of the scientific enterprise are trying to create a world in which the opportunities to be a scientist and to share the benefits of science are available everywhere. I will talk …

Abstract The invention of modern sport at the end of the 19th  century is consubstantial with the question of migrations and circulations, since the codification of universally accepted sporting rules should make it possible to pit competitors of all …

Abstract I will talk about how scientists inform others about their results, with emphasis on the rise of scientific journals and the often excessive importance conferred upon work that appears in a few especially prestigious venues. A central element of …

Abstract From western Thebes during the 7th   century survives the largest body of material connected with Coptic education from any region in Egypt. This seminar will present the material and its distribution, addressing where education took place and …

Abstract Light-matter interactions are playing an increasingly crucial role in the understanding and engineering of new states of matter with relevance to the fields of quantum optics, solid state physics, chemistry and materials science. Experiments have …

Abstract The inaugural speech develops the idea that, until further notice, there can be no common political identity for the inhabitants of Europe and the European Union, because they are still mostly socialized in their traditional national identities. …

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Abstract The main theme of the second lecture concerns the way in which fundamental biological research (as an example, my own work to identify and characterize the genes that produce cancers in animals) can produce important benefits for society (e.g., …

Abstract How does the flood come to an end, and what does it lead to  ? Here again, the text, Gn   8 ,1-9,17, offers more than one answer to these questions. Documents and media Download …

Lecture plan 2.3. and the papyri  Exercises delivered by monasteries (continued) 2.3.2. The case of the Epiphanius monastery (continued) 2.3.2.1. A teacher in Cellule B (continued) 2.3.2.2. A teacher in Cellule A (continued) …