Past events
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]
Fellows seminar - Unravelling the regulation of gene expression & The link between immune cells and growth
At this joint life sciences seminar, two pioneering USIAS projects that were carried out at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) in Strasbourg will be presented. The...[more]
USIAS Annual Symposium - The Future of Surgery
The speaker for the 2024 edition of the symposium is Jacques Marescaux, professor of surgery, Founding President of the Research Institute against Digestive Cancer (IRCAD) and USIAS Chair of...[more]
