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07 November 2018 New books by David Le Breton
Two new books by David Le Breton, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Strasbourg, and USIAS Chair of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds, entitled Rire : une anthropologie du...[more]
07 June 2018 Call for proposals for 2019 USIAS Fellowships
The call for proposals for 2019 USIAS Fellowships has been launched. USIAS welcomes applications from outstanding advanced researchers as well as promising young scholars from all countries and...[more]
06 April 2018 Honours for Thomas Ebbesen
Thomas Ebbesen, USIAS Chair of Physical Chemistry of light-matter interactions and Director of USIAS, has been appointed to the Liliane Bettencourt Chair of Technological Innovation at the Collège de...[more]
22 March 2018 New USIAS Fellowships 2018
Following the call for 2018 USIAS Fellowships, 15 projects have been selected with 17 Fellows, coming from Strasbourg and the rest of the world, including Australia, Colombia, Germany and the United...[more]
17 January 2018 New book by David Le Breton - Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses
A new book by David Le Breton, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Strasbourg, and USIAS Chair of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds, entitled Sensing the World: An...[more]
13 December 2017 ERC Consolidator grant for Joseph Schacherer, USIAS Fellow 2017
On 28 November 2017, the ERC announced the awarding of the 2017 Consolidator Grants for top mid-career researchers across Europe. The funding, part of the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, is worth in...[more]
02 November 2017 Annual Symposium 2017: Immunotherapy against cancer
This year's symposium will present two of the leading pioneers in the field of cancer immunotherapy, who have fundamentally changed the way cancer and its treatment are perceived: Professor...[more]
03 October 2017 3rd Kyoto Lecture: Susumu Kitagawa
On Monday 25 September 2017, Professor Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University delivered the 3rd Kyoto Lecture, entitled Welcome to small spaces. Gas Science and Technology for Sustainable Future....[more]
12 July 2017 Call for proposals Fellowships USIAS 2018
The call for proposals for USIAS Fellowships 2018 has been launched. Each year the institute awards between ten and twenty Fellowships for a period of between three months and two years, to enable...[more]
12 March 2018 Joint USIAS-FRIAS Fellowships 2017
In the third call of the joint fellowship programme of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) and the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), three joint research...[more]