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The second speaker in the series of international conferences is Anne-Sophie Libert, from the Department of Mathematics at UNamur. She will give us an exciting insight into exoplanet research.This lecture organized by "Kapto.UNIVERSEH" will be both on-site and online.Practical information: Monday 21 October at 18:30In EnglishFreeOnline:https://medias.unamur.be/lives/live-auditoire-s01-diffusion-publique/On-site: Auditoire S01 (Faculté des Sciences de l'UNamur)RegistrationFor those joining us on-site, a drink will be offered at the end of the conference. More info

Plusieurs séances sont prévues : les 5, 12,19 et 26 novembre de 17h à 19h.  S'inscrire

Plusieurs séances sont prévues : les 5, 12,19 et 26 novembre de 17h à 19h.  S'inscrire

Plusieurs séances sont prévues : les 5, 12,19 et 26 novembre de 17h à 19h.  S'inscrire

Plusieurs séances sont prévues : les 5, 12,19 et 26 novembre de 17h à 19h.  S'inscrire

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The early 21st century has seen a reinvigoration of space exploration both by private and state actors that seek to explore, exploit, settle, and own outer space and its celestial bodies.According to scholars and scientists alike, this reinvigoration warrants labeling our time as the “Second Space Age”. Key actors of this Second Space Age have framed the exploration and colonization of outer space as not only progressive and desirable, but also as inevitable to ensure the survival of humanity in face of the multiple crises of the Anthropocene (climate change, over/underpopulation, resource scarcity etc.). Within this “astrofuturist” framework, outer space has become a utopian space that allows for a transformative posthuman experience for all of humanity, for humanity’s escape from its terrestrial limitations, for breaking with humanity’s terrestrial history, and even for human immortality. The way that outer space is a key ingredient for utopian vision of humanity’s future highlights that outer space is a cultural construct negotiated in an interplay between science, technology and culture. These “astrocultural objects”, which are central to ascribing meaning to outer space and to stirring the collective imagination, underline the cultural embeddedness both of outer space and our practices of exploring it. A critical engagement with space exploration must therefore go beyond questions of mere technological feasibility then, and instead also interrogate, for example, the prevalence of visions Mars colonization as a remedy for climate change, the politics of race/class/gender in privatized outer space, the continuities of capitalist-colonial structures in the private space industry, or the dominance of specifically US-American frontier discourses of renewal and expansion in allegedly utopian visions of humanity’s future in space.If the exploration of outer space is to play a key role in humanity’s future beyond our planetary crises, the humanities have to play a key role in critically engaging with our visions for that future.Keynote by Jens Temmen (HHU Düsseldorf)Panel: André Füzfa (UNamur)Moderator: Christina Stange-Fayos (UToulouse)Keynote in EnglishContact : UNIVERSEH - universeh@unamur.be More info about UNIVERSEH and the General Meeting

The observations acquired from space and Soviet landers strongly suggest that Venus' crust is primarily basaltic (akin to Earth’s oceanic crust). Yet, some of the most intriguing features of Venus are its crustal plateaus, characterized by heavily deformed terrains, which cover about 7% of its surface and have long been suggested to bear a superficial resemblance to Earth’s continental crust and mountain ranges.On Earth, melting of the mantle overlying subduction zones (in the presence of hydrous fluids) followed by fractional crystallization is believed to be the primary mechanism generating the large volumes of intermediate to felsic rocks (rich in SiO2) that make up the continental crust (e.g., granites). The possibility that Venus’ highland plateaus are dominated by intermediate to felsic rocks will be reevaluated by the EnVision and Veritas missions, in the hope of providing evidence for the presence of water oceans and, therefore, habitable conditions in Venus' distant past.The speaker will discuss alternative igneous processes that could have produced intermediate to felsic rocks on Venus and the “geologic observations” that would be needed to suggest that more hospitable conditions prevailed on early Venus.Keynote by Max Collinet (UNIVERSEH - UNamur)Panel: TBAModerator: Anne-Sophie Libert (UNamur)Keynote in EnglishContact : UNIVERSEH - universeh@unamur.be More info about UNIVERSEH and the General Meeting

La 11ème finale namuroise du concours Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) se tiendra le vendredi 28 mars à la Faculté des Sciences de l'UNamur. Elle verra s’affronter des doctorant·es venu·es des différentes facultés de l'université. Leur défi ? Vulgariser et présenter leur sujet de thèse, avec clarté et efficacité afin d’essayer de VOUS captiver en 3 minutes chrono.Le jury, composé de personnalités issues de l'UNamur, de la culture et du monde de la vulgarisation scientifique, désignera les 2 premiers prix. Le public votera également pour sa présentation préférée et désignera le 3ème prix. Les 3 finalistes participeront à la finale nationale et l'un d'eux, peut-être, représentera la Belgique lors de la grande finale internationale.Alors, qui a dit que la recherche était ennuyeuse ?

Cette année, dès 14h, les collectifs remonteront à bord de leurs plus beaux chars pour proposer un cortège de folie sur le thème des dessins animés pour la Saint-Nicolas.OÙ ?Le cortège démarrera du parking arrière de l’Acinapolis à Jambes avant de parcourir les rues. COMMENT ?Le cortège est ouvert à tous (hors étudiant aussi).Les bracelets pour le cortège sont au prix de 13€ (prévente).Attention : bracelet et gobelet OBLIGATOIRE, seuls les GOBELETS ST NIC 2024 SERONT REMPLIS.