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SUMMARY:Les têtes pe(n)santes - exposition
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DESCRIPTION:Jean-François Bert (Institut d’histoire et anthropologie de
 s religions\, UNIL) et Jérôme Lamy (Centre européen de sociologie et de
  science politique\, CNRS\, Paris)\nWhy are thinkers\, scholars\, intellec
 tuals\, and readers depicted sitting\, looking absorbed\, waiting for insp
 iration\, with their heads resting on their hands? How did this motif of t
 he pensive head become so ingrained in our imagination that it now illustr
 ates most intellectual activities\, whether reflection\, meditation\, intr
 ospection\, or inspiration?\n\nPunctuated by a series of images and organi
 zed into short thematic chapters\, this exhibition attempts to identify th
 e emergence of this attitude\, sketching its initial contours through the 
 figures of ancient philosophers\, poets\, and early Christian meditators. 
 What follows is a journey that takes us from children to learned women\, m
 oving by leaps and bounds\, by progression\, or by simultaneity\, from mel
 ancholic scholars to dreamy scientists\, before turning to portraits of ex
 hausted scientists at the end of the 19th century.\n\nThis attitude has be
 en repeated many times and has circulated widely in academic circles and b
 eyond\, before becoming a commonplace\, sometimes stripped of its symbolic
  complexity\, but still used to represent study\, learning\, and knowledge
 .\n\nAn original exhibition designed by Jean-François Bert (professor at 
 the Institute of History and Anthropology of Religions\, UNIL) and Jérôm
 e Lamy (researcher at the European Center for Sociology and Political Scie
 nce\, CNRS\, Paris).\n\nOpening: Tuesday\, 14 October\, 2025\, at 6 p.m.\n
 \nGuided tour: Thursday\, 30 October\, 2025 - 12:00-1:00 p.m.\nPresentat
 ion of the publication Les têtes pensantes ou la pose des savoirs\, Paris
 \, Anamosa\, 2025\n=> Registrations are closed\n\nExhibition open until Ja
 nuary 25\, 2026\nFree admission\n---\n\nExhibition design: Chloé Pannatie
 r\, Lausanne\nPrinting and setting: Espacemontage\, Echandens\nPartners: \
 n\n	Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne\, FUNIL\n	Institut d’hist
 oire et anthropologie des religions\, IHAR\, Université de Lausanne\n	Fac
 ulté de théologie et de sciences des religions\, FTSR\, Université de L
 ausanne\n	Centre interdisciplinaire en histoire et sciences des religions\
 , CIHSR\, Université de Lausanne\n	Laboratoire d’histoire des sciences 
 et des techniques (LHST)\, EPFL\n
LOCATION:Rolex Learning Center https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20G1%2094.1
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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