ILARA presentation brochure
ILARA, is a centre for training in, expertise on and resources relating to languages that are rarely studied in a university setting. Established in 2020, it is one of the four Institutes of École Pratique des...
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ILARA Receives a Medal from the Singer-Polignac Foundation
This year, the Institute for Linguistic Heritage and Diversity (ILARA) is honoured to receive one of two medals of the Singer-Polignac Foundation. In 1928, Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac, solidified her commitment to...
“Aramaic in All Its Forms”, a series of themed talks coordinated by Muriel Debié, Director of Studies at EPHE-PSL
Writing systems, as tools of language notation, serve as visual communication mediums and cultural identity markers, representing the ancient societies that conceived, transmitted, and adapted them. In 2024, ILARA is hosting a series of...
I Am a Concrete Koori
In the second video of the series, we are introducing Konstantina (Kate Constantine), an aboriginal artist of the Eora Nation, from around Sydney, Australie. Konstantina speaks Gadigal, one of Australia’s indigenous languages, which belongs...
Legendary Beasts of the West Originating in the History of Latin Culture
by Anne-Marie Turcan-Verkerk Did you happen to miss out on the “Legendary Beasts” exhibition at the Louvre-Lens, which ended on 22 January 2024? As a consolation, here are some specimens originating in Mediaeval Latin....
Pali: The Archaic Esperanto of Theravāda Buddhism
by Melinda Fodor Once upon a time, somewhere in northern East India, within an ancient Buddhist community, the first natural “Esperanto” language, Pali, emerged. Its development was certainly not the result of artificial, deliberate,...
