2018 Fall Season at PSL: Conferences and Cultural Events

For the 2018 fall session, PSL invites you to discover the wide array of opportunities available on campus, including a series of conferences and cultural happenings. More than 20 scientific, artistic and athletic events have been selected from the various institutions on campus.
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Schedule

Conferences

• The Sound of Interaction: Can Music Convey Human Relationships? at ESPGG’s Langevin Amphitheater, Pierre-Gilles-de-Gennes Science Center; September 10, 6:30 pm.
• Measurement Thursday: “The Second,” with Sébastien Bize. Observatoire de Paris; September 13, 6:30 pm.
• Robotics Engineer: A Career of the Future. ENS, September 17.
• Artificial Intelligence and Democracy, with Pierre-Alain Raphan, member of the French National Assembly. Université Paris-Dauphine; September 17, 7:00 pm.
• The Contemporary Near East and Middle East Since the Arab Uprisings, with Gilles Kepel. ENS; September 24, 6:00 pm.
• Dynamics of Planetary and Galactic Systems with Anne-Marie Lagrange, presented by Observatoire de Paris at the Institut de France. September 25, 6:30 pm.
• What’s Involved in Negotiating at a Conference of the Parties. ENS; September 25.
• 150 Years of Research at EPHE. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, September 28.
• Tuesdays at the ENC: Olivier Poncet talks about his book Mazarin l’Italien. October 9.
• Building the European Heritage. ENC; date in November to be determined.
• Scientific Inventions from ESPCI Paris. Date in November to be determined.

Admission is free for PSL students, subject to available space.

Cultural Events

• Opening of the “Plus Moins Plus” exhibition, organized by the TREVE Project. ESPGG; September 19, 8:00 - 9:30 pm.
• Tour of the Musée de la Minéralogie at MINES ParisTech. September 26, 6:00 pm.
• Tour of the Musée Curie at the Institut Curie; October 19, 10:00 - 11:30 am.

Concerts and Shows

• Music at MINES: Opening concert for this year’s Classical Concerts Festival on September 18 (special discounted rate for students of €5).
• Nos Années de Plomb: A play written, directed and performed by the 2018 class of the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, with performances on September 27, 28 and 29.
• A concert by the PSL Orchestra and Choir at Université Paris-Dauphine; November 27.

Student and Athletic Events

• Mass Yoga in the glass-roofed courtyard at Beaux-Arts de Paris during the week of September 24.
• Open Sport Week for trying out PSL’s athletics programs at no charge, September 17-30.
• Equality and Diversity Week at Université Paris-Dauphine to mark the institution’s 50th anniversary; September 24-28.
• PSL Alumni Apéro,  an after-work get-together hosted by the PSL Alumni Association; ENS, September 27.
• Made in Dauphine Award Ceremony at Université Paris-Dauphine; September 17.
• Agora PSL: the forum for PSL organizations, date to be determined.

Researchers’ Night, Heritage Days and the Science Festival: three excellent opportunities to look at teaching and research institutions in a new light

• European Heritage Days, September 14-16.
• European Researchers’ Night at ESPGG, September 28.
• Science Festival, October 6-14.