Inalco Research Conference

With its ability to combine in-depth expertise on languages and areas with an analysis of global issues and current social transformations, Inalco is organizing its first Assises de la recherche to highlight this singularity and encourage interdisciplinary collaborations and prospects for innovation.
Façade de la Maison de la recherche de l'Inalco
Assises de la recherche de l'Inalco 2024 © Inalco‎

These first Assises de la recherche de l'Inalco will be held from January 22 to 24, 2025 at the Maison de la recherche.

These days will offer a unique opportunity to showcase the work of Inalco researchers, to fuel discussions between researchers and to sketch out new avenues for the future of research at Inalco.

Program

Wednesday, January 22

  • 9-9.15am - Welcome coffee
  • 9.15-11am - Opening
    • Presidency, Jean-François HUCHET
    • Vice-presidency research and open science, Rima SLEIMAN and Assen SLIM
    • A short history of research at Inalco, Emmanuel LOZERAND (IFRAE)
  • 11-11.15am - Break
  • 11.15am-1.15pm - Languages, societies, powers, identities
    • Moderator: Stefano MANFREDI (SEDYL)
    • Speakers: Anaïd DONABEDIAN-DEMOPOULOS (SEDYL), Alexandru MARDALE (SEDYL), other speakers to come
  • 1:15-2:15pm - Lunch break
  • 2:15-4:15pm - Diversity of languages, approaches, tools
    • Moderators: to come
    • Speakers: Sophie VASSILAKI (SEDYL), Il-Il YATZIV-MALIBERT(CERMOM), other speakers to come
  • 4:15-4:30pm - Break
  • 4:30-6pm - Digital humanities and artificial intelligence
    • Moderators: Damien NOUVEL (ERTIM), Peter STOCKINGER (PLIDAM)
    • Speakers: Johanna CORDOVA (ERTIM), Liliane HODIEB (LaCAS), Polina MIKHEL (CREE), Thierry POIBEAU (LATTICE), Bastien SEPULVEDA (LaCAS)
  • 6.30-8pm - Keynote speaker François HERAN (Professor at Collège de France, Chair "Migrations and Societies")

Thursday, January 23

  • 9.30-11am - Tangible and intangible heritage
    • Moderators: Arezou AZAD (CERMI), Victoria KHURSHUDYAN (SEDYL)
    • Speakers: Philippe ADVANI (Fondation Inalco), Charles PERSONNAZ (INP), Chahan VIDAL-GORENE (Calfa), other speakers to come
  • 11am-11.15am - Break
  • 11.15am-12.45pm - Literatures, arts and legacies
    • Moderator: Arnaud BIKARD (CERMOM)
    • Speakers: Ursula BAUMGARDT (PLIDAM), Loïc BERTRAND (CERMOM), Vanessa VAN RETHERGHEM (CERMOM), Stéphane SAWAS (CERLOM), YANG Lei (IFRAE)
  • 12.45-2pm - Lunch break
  • 2-3:30pm - Young researchers: enjeux et défis
    • Moderators: Alexandre PRSTOJEVIC (CERLOM), Stéphane SAWAS (CERLOM)
    • Speakers: Monique CASADEBAIG (IFRAE), Simon EBERSOLT (IFRAE), Charlotte MARCHINA (IFRAE), Mélanie NITTIS (CERLOM)
  • 3.30-3.45pm - Pause
  • 3.45-5.15pm - Areal studies
    • Moderator: Michael LUCKEN (IFRAE)
    • Speakers: Delphine PAGES-EL KAROUI (CERMOM), Alexandre TOUMARKINE (CERMOM), Anne VIGUIER (CESSMA)
  • 5.15-6.45pm - Company knowledge at the crossroads of disciplines
    • Moderators: Nicolas ELIAS (CERMOM), Madalina VARTEJANU-JOUBERT (PLIDAM)
    • Speakers: Frosa BOUCHEREAU (PLIDAM), Catherine CAPDEVILLE-ZENG (IFRAE), Laurent NESPOLOUS (IFRAE), Paul WORMSER (CASE)

Friday, January 24

  • 9:30-11am - Migrations, mobilités, exils: renewed methodological and areal perspectives
    • Moderators: Sophie HOHMANN (CREE), Marie-Caroline SAGLIO-YATZIMIRSKY (CESSMA)
    • Speakers: Aurélie EL HASSAK-MARZORATI (CASP), Andreas GUIDI (CREE), Hui-yeon KIM (IFRAE), Isabelle KONUMA (IFRAE), Françoise ROBIN (IFRAE)
  • 11-11.15am - Pause
  • 11.15am-12.45pm - Research in constrained terrains and vectors of influence on French research
    • Moderator: Chloé FROISSART (IFRAE)
    • Speakers: Delphine ALLES (CASE), Laurent COUMEL (CREE), Louise PERRODIN (CASE), Damien SIMONNEAU (CESSMA)
  • 12.45-2pm - Lunch break
  • 2-3.30pm - Influence strategies and informational struggles
    • Moderators: Sébastien COLIN (IFRAE), Mylene HARDY (PLIDAM)
    • Speakers: Laura DARENNE (ERTIM), Frédérick DOUZET (GEODE), Mathieu VALETTE (ERTIM)
  • 3:30-3:45pm - Break
  • 3:45-5:15pm - Crises, conflicts and civilizational narratives
    • Moderator: Delphine ALLES (CASE)
    • Speakers: Etienne BOISSERIE (CREE), Laetitia BUCAILLE (CESSMA), Aurore MONTEBRAN (LLACAN), other speakers to come
  • 5:15-6:45pm - Concluding roundtable: cross-reflections, avenues for research and transfer
    • Speakers: Rima SLEIMAN (VP CS), Assen SLIM (VP SO & SAPS), Julien VERCUEIL (VP Valorisation &RE), as well as panel speakers

Lunch breaks are free for the public.

Program subject to change.