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• 28 nov 2012	12 déc 2012	15 mai 2013
  05 jui 2013

  Paris

  Seminar - Science studies

  Seminar Reading Mathematical Texts

  We read original sources and their translations, presented by their translator.
Texts this year will deal on the one hand on cultures of computations and on the other on the relations between mathematical texts and «texts of the practice» in commercial and administrative contexts.

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• 15 nov 2012	13 déc 2012	10 jan 2013
  21 fév 2013	25 avr 2013

  Paris

  Seminar - Science studies

  History of Science, History of Text

  The seminar "History of Science, History of Text" will mainly explore textual problems related to the ERC Project SAW – "Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World". The seminar will address the following issues regarding scientific sources: how textual sources bear witness to the social groups that produced them; How textual sources testify to knowledge; history of compilations  How actors structure their texts and knowledge into parts; how textual sources reflect the material environment in which they were produced.

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• 13 nov 2012

  Paris

  Study days - Asia

  The Idea of South Asia

  South Asia, another name for the Indian Subcontinent, is a recent concept (only about six decades old), forged outside the region in the wake of the establishment of area studies by American universities. While it may be preferred to Indian subcontinent for its political neutrality, it is nonetheless a contested concept, both externally and internally. Whether in South Asia itself or in international institutions or research centres outside the region, there is no general consensus about the countries the concept encompasses: it primarily refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, as per the definition of the SAARC, which has however included Afghanistan lately (2005) among its members. Some would also include Burma (Myanmar) as it was a province of British India till 1937. Internally, the concept is contested on the political level but in a fairly paradoxical way: on the one hand, as a concept closely associated with India, it is in some contexts rejected by its neighbours; on the other hand, neighbouring countries (especially Nepal and Sri Lanka) have been instrumental in making the concept exist through the creation of journals, associations, and websites that mobilise the term.

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• 31 déc 2012

  Call for papers - Thought

  The mandala and the circle in artistic modernity

  Si le mandala trouve son origine dans la tradition bouddhique, ses figures se rencontrent dans de nombreuses cultures. Selon Carl Gustav Jung, des diagrammes circulaires semblables aux mandalas se retrouvent dans l’art sacré des Indiens Navajos du Nouveau-Mexique par exemple. Dans la modernité artistique, le mandala est également présent, dans la peinture, ou encore dans la danse. La présence des figures du mandala soulève alors des questions d’ordre esthétique : qu’est-ce qui rend possible, au XXe siècle, l’introduction du mandala et de ses figures ?

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• 30 jan 2012	10 fév 2012	15 mar 2012
  10 avr 2012	15 mai 2012	...

  Paris

  Seminar - Political studies

  Representations and practices of citizenship in Southern Asia

  Représentations et pratiques de la citoyenneté en Asie du Sud : programme de l’équipe, Centre d’études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (CNRS-EHESS), 190 avenue de France, 75013 Paris. Le Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS) est le plus grand laboratoire français de recherche en sciences sociales sur le sous-continent indien. Le CEIAS est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR 8564) de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

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