Past events
20th USIAS Fellows Seminar - Informal Europeanization of sport
William Gasparini, Fellow 2013, Université de Strasbourg For sports as well as other domains, europeanisation refers to the elaboration, diffusion and institutionalisation of formal and informal...[more]
Conference - Thucydides : A possession for all time
By P.J. Rhodes, Durham University Hosted by Edith Foster (USIAS Fellow 2014) The study of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, like the study of the classics more generally, has changed in...[more]
19th USIAS Fellows Seminar - Re-thinking religious in the plural: toward diversification of religious landscapes
Lionel Obadia, Fellow 2014, Université Lyon-2 The examination of forms and reasons of the diversity of beliefs and practices, as well as their targets, is not possible without a parallel analysis of...[more]
Religious diversity: Comparative views East and West
Issues of diversity have become crucial all around the world for political and social reasons. Modernization and globalization has produced more fragmentation and creativity in religious landscapes,...[more]
Annual Symposium - The birth man, and the essence of being human
Featuring Professor Yves Coppens (Collège de France) and Professor Henri de Lumley (Institute of Human Paleontology). More information to follow soon. .[more]
Seminar : Childhood in Hellenistic Greece
The conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great resulted in great changes among the ancient Greeks. The 300 years after Alexander are called the Hellenistic period (323-30 BCE)....[more]
Conference - Economic crisis, or crisis in economics?
By Alan Kirman University of Aix-Marseille, EHESS Should economists be held responsible for the consequences of their analyses and recommendations, implemented in society ? The economic crisis has...[more]
18th USIAS Fellows Seminar - Accumulation and stabilisation of Provitamin A
USIAS Fellows : Peter Beyer and Philippe Hugueney Directly or indirectly, all of the vitamin A consumed by humans derives from plants in the form of provitamin A (ß-carotene). Vitamin A deficiency...[more]
