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04 July 2025 Call for proposals for 2026 USIAS Fellowships

The call for proposals for 2026 USIAS Fellowships has been launched. USIAS welcomes applications from outstanding advanced researchers as well as promising young scholars from all countries and...[more]
18 June 2025 USIAS fellows appointed as 2025 senior members of the Institut universitaire de France

Guido Pupillo, Paolo Samorì and Joseph Schacherer have been appointed as senior members of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) for a period of five years from 1 October 2025. They are among...[more]
07 May 2025 Distinguished Lecture - Ardem Patapoutian, 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Distinguished Lecture May the Force be with you! Piezo channels in mechanosensory biology Ardem Patapoutian, 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine Monday 26 May, 2025, 10:30 - 12:00Salle de Conférence,...[more]
13 February 2025 Petros Stangos named Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms

Professor Petros Stangos was presented with his medal for the prestigious Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes académiques by the Consul General of France in Thessaloniki, Mr. Jean-Luc Lavaud. Emeritus...[more]
09 February 2025 Attosecond physics - Lecture by Anne L'Huillier, 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics

Distinguished Lecture, Wednesday 12 March 2025, 16:30-18:00, Guy Ourisson Amphitheatrewith a welcome coffee from 16:00 French physicist Anne L'Huillier, professor of atomic physics at Lund...[more]
08 January 2025 Two new books by David Le Breton

David Le Breton, USIAS Chair of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds and Emeritus professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Strasbourg, has just published two new books. The...[more]
15 December 2024 Inaugural lectures - Paul Ehrlich and Marc Bloch Chairs 2024-2026

14/01/2025 | 14:00-17:00 | Salle de conférence, MISHA, Strasbourg On 14 January 2025, the inaugural lectures of the USIAS Paul Ehrlich Chair (life sciences) and the USIAS Marc Bloch Chair (social...[more]
13 December 2024 An ERC Synergy Grant for Thomas Ebbesen and Cyriaque Genet

Thomas Ebbesen and Cyriaque Genet, in partnership with teams from the University of Tel Aviv, the University of Pennsylvania and the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, were awarded a prestigious...[more]
25 November 2024 Annual Symposium USIAS 2024

The USIAS Annual Symposium was held on 21 November 2024. USIAS director, Professor Thomas Ebbesen, first presented the 16 new Fellows selected in 2024 before asking the keynote speaker Jacques...[more]
22 October 2024 Clément Sanchez and Bert Meijer awarded the 2024 Grand Prix of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie

Clément Sanchez, Chair of Chemistry of Ultradivided Matter at USIAS and Emeritus Professor at the Collège de France and Bert Meijer, professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The...[more]