A need for world history
To the question “ What is the story for? ? », Serge Gruzinski responds with a plea in favor of
Eugenics, French version
Contrary to popular belief, France did not escape the intellectual and moral influence of eugenics during the XXe century. Based
Augustus, the eternal emperor
Founder of the Roman Empire in 27 BC, Augustus is a man full of ambiguities: republican but autocrat, conqueror but
Dialogue with censors
Censorship, according to Robert Darnton, does not always hinder creation. By studying three contrasting cases, and without claiming to unify
Humanities in motion
Can we still defend dead languages without being accused of conservatism and without idealizing ancient cultures? Continuing the debate revived
1917 at the cinema
In USSRmany films have been dedicated to the years of revolution and civil war. Their study highlights the work of
The “refugee crises” of the 16th and 17th centuries
In modern times, Spain and Portugal have carried out massive and dramatic expulsions, affecting more than half a million people
The farm, nursery of democrats
Breaking with the vision of the eternal peasant and the countryside that preserves traditions, Joëlle Zask shows that agriculture nourishes
Travel to Eurocracy
Through an ethnographic investigation behind closed doors in the European district of Brussels, Sylvain Laurens studies the relationships between business
At the living sources of the Renaissance
Ancient and resurgent, half-lolita, half-goddess, the nymph is, according to G. Didi-Huberman, following in the footsteps of Aby Warburg, a