Launched in 2007, these annual lectures are delivered at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford by academics and researchers from the ULB, and vice versa. The list of conferences below shows the variety of subjects covered.
Matthew Reynolds – Prismatic translation
Vinciane Debaille – Meteorites in Antarctica: Archives of our solar system
Alain Goriely – Le cerveau et les mathématiques
Serge Massar – Certified quantum randomness
Mathias Dewatripont – Which protection for bank liabilities?
Christopher M. Dobson – The molecular nature of neurodegenerative diseases: from theory to therapy
Pierre Vanderhaeghen – From pluripotent stem cells to cortical circuits
Fiona Powrie – Dining out with friends: the intestinal microbiome in health and disease
Jean-victor Louis – The reform of the European Court of Justice
Nicky Clayton – Food for thought: planning of meal choices by jays and humans
Hermione Lee – From memory: literary encounters and life stories
Didier Viviers – Mind the gap! New archaeological evidence from Itanos about funerary practices in ancient Crete
Rupert Featherstone – Caravaggio uncovered
Professeur Bruno Bernard – The British Isles in Voltaire’s essai sur les mœurs
Professeur Pierre de Maret – The god seth: Egyptian chimera or African animal
Professeure Athéna Tsingarida – A path to modernity : the discovery of Archaïc Greek art
Professeur James Crawford – Judicial settlement of disputes involving non-state actors
Professeur Raymond Dwek – Glycobiology : leading to novel therapies for hepatitis and HIV