Past events
Public lecture - Behind, in front of and around the mirror: Self-recognition in primates
By James R. Anderson, Kyoto University, Japan The daily use of a mirror to check our appearance is evidence of our ability to recognise ourselves. For example, we all have one or more mental...[more]
Fellows seminar - Habitability: a model for designing architecture in the Anthropocene era
By Mickaël Labbé, 2021 Fellow All ecological changes of anthropogenic origin, known as the Anthropocene, call into question the very habitability of the Earth. The fundamental question the current...[more]
Inaugural lecture Marguerite Perey Chair - From nuclei to stars
This lecture is the inaugural lecture of the Marguerite Perey Chair at USIAS. It is intended for a broad audience, who will be invited to learn about the subject from a pioneering researcher working...[more]
Conference - The challenges of light-induced metallic catalysis
In the spirit of the Or-nano GdR*, and in line with previous events, this 12th edition of the Or-Nano conference "The challenges of light-induced metallic catalysis" is designed to foster inter- and...[more]
Fellows seminar - Ice sheet humming and climate change
By Olaf Eisen, 2021 Fellow The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets will play a major role for global sea level rise in the decades and centuries to come. Antarctic climate and mass balance have been...[more]
First French-German Young Crystallographers’ Meeting
The 1st French-German Young Crystallographers’ Meeting (YCM1) is a new multidiciplinary scientific event created for young crystallographers (researchers, doctoral students, post-doctoral students...[more]
Fellows seminar - Representation of information in the brain
By Arvind Kumar, 2022 Fellow How internal and external information is represented in the brain is one of the fundamental questions in neuroscience. Experiments have shown that neurons are sensitive...[more]
Fellows seminar - Making LinCS: a project in cultural studies
Jérôme Beauchez, 2019 Fellow This seminar will focus on the personal and collective dimensions of a project that creates links: between one researcher's investigations, but also with disciplines and...[more]
