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"Honor to the Heralds" was the theme chosen for the start of the academic year and the awarding of the insignia of Doctors Honoris Causa to four committed personalities who through their art, their profession, or their vocation, in the manner of those heroic messengers of the Middle Ages, carry high the voice of those denied a voice.Read below the speech delivered by UNamur's Rector, Annick Castiaux, at the closing of the official academic start ceremony on September 30, 2024.

The Master in Biomedical Sciences at UNamur celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2022. Following the positive feedback from students and Alumni at this event, we decided to officially create the Alumni Association: 'BioMed Connect'.

Claire Rommelaere, PhD and researcher at UNamur's Centre de Bioéthique, shares her vision of academic research in short, humorous videos. Among other things, she reviews the highlights and big questions of a PhD, and gives you invaluable advice on how to tackle them. To find out more, you can consult the PDFs linked to certain videos, which contain more information on resources likely to help you on your way.

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Dear Graduates,In keeping with tradition, we are pleased to invite you to the graduation ceremony for the 2025 graduates of the Master's in Management Sciences and Management Engineering programs.This event will take place in two parts on Friday, April 24.First, the graduation ceremony will be held in academic robes, which will be provided to graduates, at the Vauban Amphitheater of the University of Namur. This will be followed by a walking dinner for graduates, their families, and staff members, which will take place at the Arsenal.The UNamur School of Management is particularly keen to invite you to this event, which marks the culmination of several years of effort, both for the graduates and their families and for the members of the Faculty.The evening will unfold as follows:6:00 p.m.: Distribution of gowns to graduates and rehearsal of the ceremony with the Director of the UNamur School of Management, Prof. Corentin BURNAY. Graduation photo. [for graduates only]7:00 p.m.: Welcome by the Director of the UNamur School of Management, Prof. Corentin BURNAY, and the Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Pietro ZIDDA7:10 p.m.: Speech by the Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation, Quality and Communication, Prof. Stéphane FAULKNER7:25 p.m.: Speech by the Class Patron, Ms. Marie COLLIN (Class of 2005), Head of Digital Transformation, Wanty Group7:45 p.m.: Speech by the program director, Prof. Michel AJZEN7:55 p.m.: Remarks by EMCP Alumni, Ms. Émilie PANOZZO (Class of 2024)8:00 p.m.: Announcement of results and graduation ceremony in academic robes8:30 p.m.: Walking dinnerRegistration for the graduation ceremony is mandatory and will be free of charge for both graduates and their guests. The walking dinner will be free for graduates. However, guests wishing to attend will be asked to contribute €25 per person. We would like to emphasize that participation in the walking dinner is optional for both graduates and their guests, and that the contribution requested only covers part of the costs associated with organizing the walking dinner.We look forward to seeing you there and thank you in advance for your attendance. Yours sincerely,Prof. Pietro Zidda - Dean of the EMCP FacultyProf. Corentin Burnay - Director of the UNamur School of Management Registrations Registration deadline: April 15 at the latest. Registration for graduates and accompanying persons Registration for UNamur staff members Parking map The EMCP Faculty parking lot will be open and accessible via Grandgagnage Street. 

The EMCP Faculty at the University of Namur is pleased to invite you and your loved ones to the graduation ceremony for the bachelor’s programs in Information and Communication, Management Engineering, Economics and Management, and Political Science.The ceremony will take place on April 2, 2026, in the Adam Smith Amphitheater and will be followed by a reception hosted by the CERCLE EMCP.Your presence will mark the culmination of several years of hard work and shared experiences, both for you and your loved ones and for the university staff. What's on 5:00 p.m. | Welcome reception for graduates, distribution of caps, and individual photos5:30 PM | Class photo5:45 PM | Welcome for families in the Adam Smith Amphitheater6:15 PM | Academic ceremonyWelcome by Prof. Pietro Zidda, Dean of the EMCP FacultySpeech by alumni representative Émilie PanozzoSpeeches by program directors: Prof. Jérémy Dodeigne, Prof. Fanny Barnabé, Prof. Michel Ajzen, Prof. Anthony SimonofskiSpeeches by graduate representatives: Angélina Otten (Bachelor of Political Science), Nathan Salgado Ferreira (Bachelor of Information and Communication), Loïs D'Amico (Bachelor of Economics and Management), Zélie Van Kerm (Bachelor of Management Engineering)Speech by Prof. Annick Castiaux, Rector of UNamur7:15 PM | Announcement of results and tossing of the mortarboard7:30 PM | Reception9:00 PM | EndAdmission to the graduation ceremony is free for you and your loved ones, but online registration is required and must be completed by March 25, 2026, at the latest.The number of guests per graduate is limited to a maximum of two.You are expected to arrive in “formal attire” at 5:00 PM sharp to pick up your cap (required). A €20 cash deposit, refundable upon return of the cap, will be collected on-site. Please have this amount ready in advance.Please feel free to share this invitation with your fellow students from the Class of 2025. Register for the ceremony Parking Map The EMCP Faculty parking lot will be open and accessible via Grandgagnage Street.  Contacts The administrative assistants can be reached by email. Bachelor's Program in Management Engineering: Bénédicte Coulonsecretariat.ingegestion@unamur.beBachelor's Program in Political Science: Virginie Di Lucasecretariat.scpo@unamur.be Bachelor's Program in Information and Communication: Virginie Di Lucasecretariat.infocom@unamur.beBachelor's Program in Economics and Management: Valérie Warrandsecretariat.ecogestion@unamur.beGeneral Administration: Virginie Di Lucavirginie.diluca@unamur.be; 081 72 48 11

NHNAI - New Humanism at the time of Neurosciences and Artificial Intelligence

Colloques 14/11/2024 | The Emergence of ConsciousnessInterdisciplinary colloquium organized by ESPHIN (UNamur's Espace Philosophique), with the collaboration of the Centre Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix (cUNDP), the Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology,and Louvai4evolution (UCLouvain).This free colloquium is aimed at:Specialists, students or PhD students from various disciplines: neuroscience, biology, anthropology, medicine, psychology, philosophy, ethics, computer science, robotics, mathematics, ...People with a passion for interdisciplinarity;Humanists and the curious.Location : Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, rue Grafé 1, Local L22Learn more Ecology of life" seminars It's obvious to anyone paying attention to the paths taken by a growing number of 21st century thinkers: these paths lead to the living! Whether it's called "ecophilosophy", "ecoanthropology", "ecosophy" or "ecopolitics", this way of thinking about the living is occupying a growing place not only in the media and publications of all kinds, but also in concrete actions in a variety of fields.Fashion? Ephemeral trend? Collateral effect of "transitionism" tinged with ambient catastrophism? A new attempt at ecological rebellion? The seminars to which we invite you are intended to be a meeting place - an ecosystem - at the heart of which we will resonate with founding texts of this current that integrates nature, environment, milieu, human and non-human, and straddles the worn-out dualisms of our modern tradition. In other words, we propose to read together some key texts by authors who have attempted to draw lessons from their authentic encounters with other living beings.Program 2024-2025 | At the Roots of the HumanOn December 13 2024 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (intervention, discussions and convivial moment). Quentin HIERNAUX will introduce plant philosophy and tell us about Humboldt's "Tableau physique des Andes" and his equinoctial geography of plants.On February 28, 2025 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm (intervention, discussions and convivial moment), Jean-Baptiste VUILLEROD will address the following theme: Naturphilosophie du végétal : Goethe, Schelling, Humboldt.OnApril 11, 2025from 2:00 to 4:00 pm (intervention, discussions and convivial moment), Roland CAZALIS will share his biologist's point of view on the plant world.Introducing the subjectIf we were to take stock of the history of mankind, one trend would certainly stand out: that of a utilitarian relationship with the non-human that continues to grow, and consequently that of a widening gap between the human and the rest.Humanity, however, has its roots in a living environment that cultivates many other relationships than those we currently privilege, which are dominated by instrumental rationality. Sounding out these forgotten relational universes, without which it is increasingly difficult to think about the human, is one aim of this seminar, which this year will invite you to encounter the plant.Last year we turned our attention to the communal dimension of living things, starting with the work of Aldo Leopold. In particular, the American forester challenged us with a question from which we should never stray: "just what and whom do we love?". His answer, in the middle of the last century, already confirmed the trend evoked above: "Certainly not the soils, which we allow to be scavenged towards the estuaries. Certainly not the waters, which we assume have no other function than to power turbines, carry barges and carry away garbage. Certainly not plants, whose entire communities we exterminate without batting an eyelid. Certainly not the animals, from which we have already extirpated many of the largest and most magnificent species.". In the face of this lack of consideration for what is not us, the earth ethic proposed by Leopold "modifies the role of homo sapiens, who, from conqueror of the earth-community, becomes a full member and citizen of it". It is thus an ethic that "implies respect for other members as well as for the community as such", and "man is ultimately only a member of a biotic team" ("The Ethics of the Earth", in Almanac of a Sand County).To help us rediscover this vital sense of community, this year we'll turn to plant lifestyles: those living things that maintain intimate relationships with light, air, water and everything we call "soil". How can we let ourselves be instructed by the plants without which we could not exist? "By making possible the world of which they are part and content, plants destroy the topological hierarchy that seems to reign in the cosmos. They demonstrate that life is a breaking of the asymmetry between container and content. When there is life, philosopher Emanuele Coccia continues, the container lies within the content (and is therefore contained by it) and vice versa. The paradigm of this reciprocal imbrication is what the ancients already called breath (pneuma). To blow, to breathe, means in effect to have this experience: that which contains us, the air, becomes contained within us and, conversely, that which was contained within us becomes that which contains us." (The Life of Plants).The Tableau Physique (1807) by Alexander von Humboldt: