Research News - January / February 2024 #17

Julie Deramond - Senior Lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences (CNE), PhD in contemporary history

Julie Deramond is a lecturer in Information and Communication Science and has a doctorate in contemporary history.
Her research has long focused on representations of Joan of Arc in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly in theatre and music.
Today, they focus on the communication of history, the forms of cultural mediation (artistic, documentary, sensory) and the links between heritage and food.
The Thursday 1ᵉʳ February from 1pm to 2pmAlongside Pauline Grison, she will be hosting the first Midisciences of the year on the Hannah Arendt campus, in 2E01. All the Midisciences will be available on replay.

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Benoît Rossignol - Professor of Ancient History (UMR HISOMA)

Benoît Rossignol is Professor of Ancient History at Avignon University and is attached to the UMR HiSoMA. His research focuses on the history of the Roman Empire, and its political and social history, centred on the second century AD and southern Gaul, in particular Vaison-la-Romaine. He also has a strong interest in environmental history, working in particular on climatic and epidemic issues.
On 8 February, he will be presenting a Midiscience from 1pm to 2pm on the theme : "What role did volcanoes play in Roman history? An environmental history study". All Midisciences will be available on replay.

>> See his portrait

We are delighted to announce that Midisciences will resume from 1ᵉʳ February 2024.
The Midisciences are short popular science lectures designed to convey the essentials of science and share questions and thoughts on emerging knowledge through discussion.

Find out all about the new topics and immerse yourself in the captivating discussions led by passionate researchers!

>> Discover the 2024 programme

Avignon University is coordinating the research project (Trans)National European Theatre: audiovisual tools and simultaneous interpreting for the internationalisation of theatre production and consumption. The project, funded by Europe Creative, is coordinated by Paola Ranzini, Professor of Theatre Studies. It will run for three years and its aim is to develop new strategies for the internationalisation of theatre and live performance through innovative tools (video and streaming, surtitling, etc.) that can facilitate access and participation by audiences of different languages and cultures. The project involves research into multilingual theatre and hybrid methods of creation and performance. The partner countries are France, Italy and Germany. Researchers from the Universities of Avignon and IULM (Milan) are working directly with artists, and in particular with PACTA DEI TEATRI (Milan) and Multicultural City of Berlin. The project also sees the involvement of Avignon's Théâtre Au Chapeau Rouge and students from the Master Théâtre programme.

The BEF-CERRADO project, coordinated by Élise Buisson (IMBE) in France and Rafael Silva Oleira in Brazil, is the winner of the AAPG 2023 funding instrument: Collaborative Research Project - International (PRCI)".
The aim of the project is to carry out experiments on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in order to restore the herbaceous plant communities of the Cerrado, a major Brazilian tropical biome.

>> Consult the results

• [PhD defence] 20/02/2024, Florian CAJOT: "Modelling water transfer in soil in the presence of amphiphilic materials: Application to the rhizosphere".
• [Thesis defence] 02/02/24, Thomas Breniere: "Impact of genotype-practice interactions on the content and sequestration of carotenoids in plant matrices and on the associated health effects. - Case study of two Solanaceae species".
• [Dissertation defence] 05/02/2024, Jean-Pierre Delhommel: "Heritage labels and the illusion of Pornic, a seaside town in Loire-Atlantique".

The Doctorat Conseil scheme is an initiative that encourages collaboration between doctoral students and the professional world.
Over a 3-year period, PhD students can spend up to 32 days a year on joint projects with companies, giving them the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of a young researcher.
The benefits are many: for the company, affordable expertise eligible for the CIR; for the doctoral student, immersion in the business world and promotion of their skills; for the university, the opportunity to establish partnerships and promote its research potential.
This regulated scheme is open to all doctoral students, with the exception of CIFRE grant holders. A wide range of tasks are possible, from technology watch to disseminating scientific and technical information.

• Thursday 15 February from 3pm to 5pm - "Specific physico-chemical properties of root mucilage and their effect on rhizosphere physical (hydraulic and microstructural) properties". by the Visiting Professor Mathilde Knott - RPTU (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität) Landau (Germany)
• Tuesday 5 March from 10am to 12pm - " Molecular communication between plants and microbes". by Elodie Vandelle - Department of Biotechnology - University of Verona (Italy)
• Wednesday 20 March from 2.30pm to 4.30pm - " Vegetal vescicles as carriers of pharmacological molecules". by Alberto Davalos - IMDEA-Food, Madrid, Spain
• Wednesday 15 May from 2.30pm to 4.30pm - " Production of biofuels from by-products and residues of the Olive Industry by biochemical conversion " by Juan Francisco Garcia Martin - University of Seville, Faculty of Chemistry, Spain

>> More information to come on the Implanteus website

Since 1ᵉʳ January 2024, the composition of the Management Committee (CODIR) of the UMR IMBE has completely changed as part of the new five-year mandate 2024-2028.

The new members of the CODIR are :

• Emmanuel Corcket, Pr AMU, Director
• Carole Borchiellini, MCF AMU, Deputy Director
• Anne Bousquet-Melou, PR AMU, Deputy Director
• Armin Bischoff, PR AU, Deputy Director
• Brigitte Talon, MCF, Deputy Director
• Marine Berro, IE CNRS, Administrative Manager

[Distinction] Margot Ferrand, Doctor of History and Geomatics, winner of two prizes for her thesis

Margot Ferrand received two awards for her doctoral thesis entitled "Usages et représentations de l'espace urbain médiéval. Approche interdisciplinaire et exploration de données géo-historiques d'Avignon à la fin du Moyen Âge", defended on 5 December 2022 (FR Agorantic, UMR CIHAM, UMR ESPACE, Avignon Université).

One of the prizes was awarded by the GDR CNRS MAGIS (Methods and Applications for Geomatics and Spatial Information). Margot Ferrand was then awarded a second prize by the SFHU (French Society for Urban History).

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