The CSI organizes an annual reading seminar aimed at exploring innovative research questions, approaches and topics based on the discussion with the authors of books recently published or in the course of publication. The guests in this seminar series are French and foreign researchers in human and social sciences (history, anthropology, law, sociology, political sciences, Science and Technology Studies…). The books are either written in French or English.
The Guest Seminar Series is organized collectively by the CSI PhD students. It is mainly intended for the researchers of the CSI. It is open upon registration to all interested persons.
Contact and registration: Isaac Bariller and Lauranne Chaignon
Details
Unless otherwise specified, the seminar meets on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (see program below). It is held at Mines Paris-PSL 60 boulevard St-Michel, 75006 Paris (rooms will be detailed below shortly).
2025-2026 Seminar Program
Tuesday October 21, 2025
Jeanne Ételain, Zones. Terre, sexes et science-fiction. Flammarion, coll. Terra Incognita, 2025
Introduction to the discussion (speakers tbc)
Tuesday November 25, 2025
Léo Magnin , La vie sociale des haies. Enquête sur l’écologisation des mœurs. La Découverte, 2024.
Introduction to the discussion (speakers tbc)
Tuesday January 13, 2026
Jean-Noël Jouzel and Giovanni Prete, L’agriculture empoisonnée. Le long combat des victimes des pesticides. Les Presses de Sciences Po, 2024.
Introduction to the discussion (speakers tbc)
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Lucile Ruault, Le spéculum, la canule et le miroir. Avorter au MLAC, une histoire entre féminisme et médecine. ENS Éditions, Coll. Perspectives Genre, 2023.
Introduction to the discussion (speakers tbc)
March/May 2026
Olivier Alexandre, La Tech. Quand la Silicon Valley refait le monde. Éditions du Seuil, 2023.
Introduction to the discussion (speakers tbc)