Past events
Symposium - The sense of self: One body, multiple mechanisms
The sense of bodily self is both obvious and mysterious. It is obvious that we have only one body, despite multiple sources of bodily information: touch, body position, cardiac and intestinal...[more]
Fellows Seminar - Two unifying principles in mathematics: duality and stability
What is the relationship between Plato’s perfect solids and the Fourier transform? Do oceanic vortices and magnetic nanowires have anything in common? USIAS Fellows Raphaël Côte and Alexandru...[more]
Distinguished Lecture - Attosecond physics - Anne L'Huillier, 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
Attosecond pulses of light for studying electron dynamics When an intense laser interacts with a gas of atoms, high-order harmonics are generated. In the time domain, this radiation forms a train of...[more]
Fellows Seminar - How to observe the invisible: the quest for dark matter around galaxies
By Florent Renaud, 2023 Fellow For several decades now, independent observations of the nearby Universe seem contradictory: galaxies are spinning too fast. At the measured rotation speeds, the...[more]
Fellows Seminar- What can we possibly see from the shoulders of a giant?
By Édouard Mehl, 2022 Fellow Writing the history of philosophy in the 21st century Before presenting an overview of the recent results of research carried out during this USIAS Fellowship...[more]
Inaugural lecture Marc Bloch Chair - The precision of poetry and the imagination of science
“The precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist”: Explorations in American studies Inaugural lecture by Monica Manolescu, USIAS Marc Bloch Chair 2024-2026 With an introduction by Roland...[more]
Inaugural lecture Paul Ehrlich Chair - Rare genetic diseases: a unique window into biology
How the study of rare genetic diseases sheds light on biology and vice versa: the emblematic example of ciliopathies By Hélène Dollfus, USIAS Paul Ehrlich Chair 2024-2026 With an introduction...[more]
Fellows seminar - The role of music in Romani genocide commemoration
By Siv Lie, 2023 Fellow Ambivalence and appropriateness in musical approaches to Romani genocide commemoration This talk explores recent findings of my Fellowship project, which examines...[more]
