Past events
Fellows Seminar - France’s first vaccine campaign
By Meghan Roberts, 2023 Fellow In the 18th century, smallpox was one of Europe’s deadliest and most feared diseases. Inspired by Turkish and African practitioners, Europeans had practiced...[more]
Exchanges on the book by Petros Stangos - The making of European social jurisprudence
During his Fellowship at USIAS, Professor Petros Stangos worked on a book project entitled ‘In the making of the European social jurisprudence - the 'collective complaints' decisions of the European...[more]
Fellows Seminar - Biocrystallography: from the DNA double helix to molecular cinema
By Claude Sauter, 2021 Fellow Since the 1960s, crystallography has made a decisive contribution to the development of molecular biology thanks to its ability to reveal the innermost secrets of...[more]
Public lecture - Memory laws: Using the past to serve the present
Nikolay Koposov The speaker, Nikolay Koposov, is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the School of History and Sociology and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the...[more]
International Symposium - Accessibility, from public policy to citizen action
This symposium brings together a variety of perspectives on accessibility, with views from the political, professional and academic standpoints, as well as from people with disabilities and their...[more]
Fellows Seminar - Propaganda of violence in Putin’s memory politics
By Dina Khapaeva, 2023 Fellow Two years into Russia’s war against Ukraine, Putin’s domestic support endures. Under the pretext that Ukrainians were Nazis because they wanted to join the EU, and...[more]
Fellows seminar - Smart chemistry for a smarter future
At this joint chemistry seminar, two USIAS projects will be presented. The three fellows involved, from the University of Strasbourg and working in the areas of materials, supramolecular science and...[more]
First screening of the film "Saru: a history of cultural transmission”
Saru - Japanese monkeys: a history of cultural transmission This is the first screening in France of the documentary from award-winning director Aurélien Prudor, featuring the research of Cédric...[more]
