• 30 free conferences, subject to available places
• Claude Lévi-Strauss theatre, musée du quai Branly

Thursday 20 September 2012, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

"You don't enslave your neighbour". Are slaves always strangers? by Alain Testart, anthropologist

Thursday  27 September 2012, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Meat in China and Europe, with Françoise Sabban, anthropologist and sinologist, and Noëlie Vialles, anthropologist

Friday  28 September 2012, 6.30 pm

Great witness

Chérif Khaznadar, founder of the Maison des Cultures du Monde

Thursday  4 October 2012, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Slavery in Graeco-Roman antiquity, by Jean Andreau, historian specialising in the Roman world

Thursday  11 October 2012, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Hair in Islam and in the Christian world, with Marie-France Auzépy, historian of Byzantine history and oriental Christianity, and Anne-Marie Moulin, doctor and medical philosopher

Friday  12 October 2012, 6.30 pm

Great witness

Michel Pastoureau, medievalist and historian

Original guest Dominique Blanc has postponed his appearance for health reasons, and Michel Pastoureau is doing us the honour of replacing him. 

Thursday  8 November  2012, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Slaves and abolitions in Islamic lands, by Roger Botte, anthropologist and historian

Thursday  22 November  2012, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Milk in Europe and India, with François Vatin, sociologist and economist, and Carole Ferret, ethnologist.

Friday  23 November  2012, 6.30 pm

Great witness

Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwanese director

Thursday  29 November  2012, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Anti-slavery commitments in the 19th century. The "Schoelcher case" by Nelly Schmidt, historian specialising in slavery

Thursday  13 December  2012, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Memories of slaves, by Myriam Cottias, historian of colonial affairs

Friday  14 December  2012, 8.00 pm

Great witness

Maurice Godelier, anthropologist and specialist in Oceania

Thursday  17 January  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Wine in Europe and Antiquity, with Matthieu Poux, archaeologist, and Jean-Robert Pitte, geographer

Thursday  24 January  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

The modern critic of slavery, from Montaigne to Gide, by Frank Lestringant, literary historian

Friday  25 January  2013, 6.30 pm

Great witness

Lilian Thuram, former international footballer (subject to change)

Thursday  31 January  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Make-up in Japan and the Maghreb, with Chantal Aubry, journalist, and David Le Breton, anthropologist

Thursday  14 February  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Women and children in slavery, by Gisèle Pineau

Thursday  21 February  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Birth in Africa and in the West, with Tobie Nathan, ethnopsychiatrist and novelist

Friday  22 February  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Representations of slavery in film, by Michel Ciment, film critic and writer

Thursday  28 February  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Bodily waste in Europe and India, with Arnaud Esquerre, sociologist, and Charles Malamoud, indologist

Thursday  21 March  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

The Siddi, a community of black slaves in Pakistan and India, by Alice Albinia, journalist and writer

Thursday  28 March  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Boxing in Antiquity and in Thailand, with Jean-Paul Thuillier, historian specialising in ancient sport, and Stéphane Rennesson, anthropologist specialising in Thai boxing

Friday  29 March  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Candomblé, voodoo, santeria, slave practices, by Inês Sampaio, psychotherapist

Thursday  4 April  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Breath in Christian and Taoist theory and practice, with Jean-Marie Gueullette, theologist, and Adeline Herrou, anthropologist and sinologist

Thursday  11 April  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Slavery in Brazil, by Charlotte de Castelnau-L’Estoile, historian specialising in the history of America and Brazil

Friday  12 April  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Robots in India and the West, with Emmanuel Grimaud, anthropologist, and Patrice Maniglier, philosopher

Thursday  18 April  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Masters and slaves in Hegel's work, by Alain Badiou, philosopher, novelist, essayist, playwright and political thinker

Thursday  25 April  2013, 6.30 pm

The world history of slavery

Chronicle of a forgotten abolition: the Chinese empire in 1910, by Claude Chevaleyre, historian specialising in servitude in China

Thursday  23 May  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

The skull in Africa and Europe, with Lucien Hounkpatin, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist

Thursday  30 May  2013, 6.30 pm

Displacements: them and us

Sperm in Africa and Oceania, with Françoise Héritier, anthropologist, and Pierre Lemonnier, anthropologist specialising in the cultures of Papua New Guinea