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The 800-year-old faluche, donated by medical students, will be displayed in the lobby of the Arnaud de Villeneuve health campus. The inauguration will take place on November 6, 2023. This intangible cultural heritage is being passed on, and student tradition has never been more alive than in the world's oldest medical school still in operation.
The final official event of the Faculty's 800th anniversary celebrations, the Montpellier Academy of Sciences and Letters Symposium will focus on the theme of "Medicine and Humanism." This article provides details of the program for this event, which is open to all upon presentation of a health pass.
Practical information
The conference is free and open to all. Admission is free, subject to availability. It will be held in the Rabelais room, 27 boulevard Sarrail in Montpellier (tram 1-2, Comédie stop).
Conference program
The Montpellier Academy of Sciences and Letters is organizing a two-day symposium on the theme of "Medicine and Humanism," approached from multiple angles: historical, ethical, social, and environmental.
As part of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the Faculty of Medicine, in partnership withthe National Academy of Surgery, we will be hosting the Academy of Surgery's annual conference on our Arnaud de Villeneuve campus.
A symposium organized to mark the 800th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine.
Members of the National Academy of Surgery will meet to discuss the role of robotics and AI in 21st-century surgery and will consider the future training of surgeons. A tribute will be paid to François de Lapeyronie, one of the fathers of modern surgery and founder of the Royal Academy of Surgery.
Conference program, October 21, 2021, at the Historic Building
Conference program, October 22, 2021, at the Arnaud de Villeneuve Campus
As part of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the Faculty of Medicine, in partnership with the Occitanie Ethical Reflection Space and under the patronage of the National Academy of Medicine, we will be hosting the symposium "Man Facing Science" at our Arnaud de Villeneuve campus.
A symposium organized to mark the 800th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine.
Healthcare is evolving, raising ethical and societal questions.
Topics such as the ethical challenges of predictive biotechnology, innovation in the context of a health crisis, and ethical guidelines for innovation in neuroscience will be addressed at this conference, organized in partnership with the Occitanie Regional Ethics Center.
Open to all (upon free registration), this event will welcome members of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, which is sponsoring the event.
Conference program, October 7, 2021, on the ADV campus
As you probably already know, the Jardin des Plantes is a unique place to relax in Montpellier. But did you know that it is also a place of discovery and exchange? The botanical gardeners take this role to heart and organize numerous events throughout the year to help you discover the garden from this perspective. This is particularly true at the moment with "Les visites de l'été"(Summer Tours). Finally, the Jardin des Plantes has an educational role throughout the year, a rapidly growing mission that reconnects with its origins (the teaching of botany) around the objectives and with the help of today's tools. To reinforce this educational aspect, one of them, Denis Nespoulous, has created connected trails to allow you to discover the garden as you've never seen it before!
The origin of the connected trails in the Jardin des Plantes
The trail called "SMART BOTA" was created in 2018 for the introductory MOOC on botany offered by the Tela Botanica association.
This association, founded in 1999 and bringing together a large network of French-speaking botanists, aims to:
- promote the exchange of information between botanists,
- facilitate projects using digital tools,
- produce royalty-free data on flora,
- raise awareness and provide training in botany.
What are connected trails?
The connected trails are information sheets accessible to all and spread across several routes. They can be accessed via a QR code using a smartphone or tablet. These allow you to discover the riches of the garden at your own pace. The four different routes are displayed at the entrance to the Jardin des Plantes: simply follow the guide, or choose to lose yourself in the paths.
These botanical fact sheets provide a range of information about the plant you are scanning, such as a description, its uses, and its habitat. It's a fun and entertaining way to learn more about the flora around us!
The five connected paths of the garden
For now, there are five connected trails within the Jardin des Plantes. These are likely to evolve over time thanks to your collaboration.
The SMART’BOTA trail
The second connected trail in Montpellier's Jardin des Plantes, and the first educational trail, it was created in 2018 for Tela Botanica's introductory MOOC on botany , for which Denis is the lead instructor. The goal of this trail is to introduce enthusiasts to botany. It features around sixty species and introduces you to the main plant families.
The SMART’PHARMA trail
An extension of the first "SMART'BOTA" trail, this trail was created for students at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Montpellier. Indeed, a multitude of plants can be used for therapeutic and medicinal purposes. This trail allows students students to combine the theoretical aspects of their courses with practical aspects by directly observing the plants in the Garden. This educational trail is also accessible to all. It also features around sixty plant species.
The REMARKABLE TREES trail
This trail, created in 2014, is the oldest trail in the Jardin des Plantes. It allows you to discover all the secrets of the Jardin des Plantes' tall trees. It is also the only trail that can be explored without your smartphone, as it has reading stations, but feel free to scan the QR codes on the panels to connect to all the secrets of botany! This connected trail features 25 tree species chosen from among the most remarkable and oldest in the garden.
The WILD GRASSES trail
This trail, created for Tela Botanica's MOOC Herbes Folles (Wild Herbs) (second edition planned for this fall!), aims to help you rediscover these plants that are pejoratively referred to as "weeds." They too have their virtues, and beyond their disadvantages, which cannot be denied, they also play an important role in our environment. The wild herbs in the garden invite you to reflect on the issues of biodiversity. This trail will allow you to see these "weeds" in a different light...
The OBSERVATOIRE DES SAISONS trail
The last trail is somewhat unique in that it is itself connected to a citizen science program. Become a participant in this CNRS program by observing the 12 species that make up the trail. Its goal is also to raise awareness about global warming by introducing us to phenology (the observation of periodic events, in this case involving plants). At the entrance to the Jardin des Plantes, you can ask for a specially designed sheet on which to note your observations. This data will help scientists to better understand and monitor climate change and its issues.
And for those who are curious, discover the app
If you would like to discover more about Montpellier's Jardin des Plantes through digital tools, you can download the SMART' FLORE app on all your Android devices. It offers:
- Trails near you
- Plants geolocated to within a meter
- Access to all botanical records created as part of this collaborative project
As part of the 800th anniversary celebrations, a photography exhibition will be held from July 10 to October 10. Created by renowned photographer CédricMATET, it will be held at the Jardin des Plantes. In 2020, this photographer also created the exhibition "Derrière les masques" (Behind the Masks), whichfeatures200 portraits of medical staff.
Practical information
"Humans in their gardens"
The title of the exhibition is fundamentally linked to itscontent. For this occasion, the artist chose to work with anatomical specimens from the Faculty's anatomy conservatory. To better understand his project, we interviewed the photographer.
What is your background?
I am originally fromSète. I attended a design school in Montpellier, which is now called ESMA. After that, I enrolled at the Gobelins school of visual arts in Paris. Later, I went back to school to get a master's degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable Development because I'm interested in cities. In the meantime, I worked as an art director and designer for communications agencies.
What interests me is linking art to the city, to plans, to cartography, to people. In my opinion, an artist must be at the heart of their context: urban, political, human.
Can you tell us about the "Behind the Masks" project?
It was GéraldCHANQUES, a professor at the faculty and doctor atSaint EloiHospital, who contacted me and proposed this project. I wanted to convey a vision ofwhat caregivers and their commitments can be.
How would you describe yourself?
If I had to define myself and my work, I would talk abouttransdisciplinarity. I am a photographer, but I am also a visual artist. I enjoy working with different materials and different trades.
Can you tell us about your new exhibition, "Humans in Their Gardens"?
It's been a long time since I first had the idea of working with the Jardin des Plantes, but I have a real passion for the anatomy museum, which I visited when I was a student. I think it's fabulous to be able to talk about botany through the garden, but also about humans and research on the body. The project was put together by two people, once again with ProfessorCHANQUES.
This project is interesting becauseit takes me out of my comfort zone.I usuallydo portraits, but that's not the case here.
What's more, since all the pieces are classified as heritage items, I have a special relationship with the curator. She is the third subject of this work; I cannot work without her. Usually, I control my model,but here I can't because of its fragility. Every movement has to be made by the curator.
It'sinteresting becausethe piece and the garden exist outside of me.
There are three of us working on this project: Jane, who does digital art and is a videographer; Luc, who does motion design, among other things; and me, who does imaging and is in charge of the artistic direction for the whole thing. None of us knows what the end result will be.
How did you choose the anatomical parts?
I first sought advice from ProfessorCHANQUES and the curators to find out which pieces were emblematic of the conservatory. I did not choose the pieces based on their aesthetic qualities, since the aim of this exhibition is to tell a story and give meaning.
The only exception to this is a bust we found, whose identity, history, and era are unknown. I found it fragile and touching, so I chose to include it. It's the only piece I chose based on gut feeling.
Unfortunately, there were some pieces thatwe couldn't include because they were too fragile. I was also attracted to other pieces, but they did not represent the human body and therefore took us away from the subject. I will deal with them later for another, more personal project.
Some pieces are also too difficult to move due to their weight. However, this is part of the exhibition's story.
For some pieces that could not be taken out to the Jardin des Plantes, we brought the Jardin to them by taking branches and foliage.
One hundred years ago, students from the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier unveiled works of art in the Jardin des Plantes and the faculty's historic building to celebrate its 700th anniversary. To replicate this symbolic gesture on the occasion of the 800th anniversary, an association was created by current students in 2019.
The birth of an association
To carry out this project,the Association Carabine Montpelliéraine (ACM) and the Syndicat des Internes du Languedoc-Roussillon (SIRL) have joined forces to createthe Association pour une Cérémonie Historique des Etudiants en Médecine de Montpellier (ACHEMM). The association has 19 members and is chaired by Allan Guilliey, a fourth-year medical student. Its goal is to bring the project to fruition, from concept to completion, including finding artists to exhibit their work at the new Arnaud de Villeneuve Campus.
An event redesigned in the wake of Covid-19
Originally, this exhibition was to be introduced by a gala organized by ACHEMM students. Numerous European institutions were to be invited at the end of 2020, and the association had the opportunity to speak at the COIMBRA group congress initially scheduled for June 2020. This group, founded in 1985, aims to bring together and promote excellence in European universities, with a view to sustaining high standards of teaching, research, and academic mobility at the international level, while creating special cultural links.
Unfortunately, health restrictions have forced a rethink of the event, so a preview of the exhibition will be held in July 2021 to showcase the students' work.
A colossal task
To carry out this project, the students in the association had to invest a lot of their time and energy. In order to exhibit meaningful works, the students issued a call for projects to local artists. Around twenty artists sent in their work, and the students chose thirteen of them based on those that seemed most artistically suited to the project.
Next, the association members had to approach local authorities to obtain funding to pay the artists. These institutions provided invaluable assistance in bringing this project to fruition.
Finally, a great deal of organizational work was carried out over the course of these two years to promote this exhibition and, through it, the history of the Faculty.
Transmission as a common thread
The theme of this exhibition is transmission. In 2017, the 800-year-old faculty was enriched with a new, state-of-the-art site: the Arnaud de Villeneuve Campus. The works in this exhibition link these two sites, combining classicism and modernity, realism and abstraction to represent both places and, through them, both eras.
The centerpiece of this exhibition, created by Nicolas Daubanes, is a DNA molecule, reminding us that although the Faculty is spread across different sites, all these campuses share the same DNA and are part of its history.
Artists and their works
Visit the exhibition
Guided tours will be offered on Saturday, July 10, and Sunday, July 11, starting at 2 p.m. They will be conducted in accordance with social distancing measures. Registration is required:
The association would like to thank all its partners (DRAC, FRAC, the Hérault department, the Occitanie region, Pumkin, CROUS, the University of Montpellier, Montpellier Métropole, and the City of Montpellier) for their support, as well as Professor Gérald CHANQUES and the Faculty services who worked to ensure the smooth running of this project.
In 2016 and 2018, Ms. Barjon and Ms. Blanc, daughters of former Dean Gaston Giraud, bequeathed their father's archives to the University of Montpellier. These archives now enable us to offer you an exhibition on the evolution of the Faculty's various buildings and sites since the 700th anniversary commemorated in 1921.
An exhibition divided into several parts
This exhibition, organized by the archives department of the University of Montpellier (Sophie Dikoff, Antoine Redouly, and Gwendoline Perrault) in collaboration with Ms. Barjon and Professor Dedet, and with the participation of Dean Jacques Bringer, Professor Daniel Jarry, and Mr. Serge Caminade, will focus on the evolution of the various buildings and sites that make up the Faculty: the Historic Building, the Institute of Biology, the extensions in Nîmes and on the northern site of Montpellier (the UPM and the Arnaud de Villeneuve campus building) and, finally, the Jardin des Plantes.
Immerse yourself in the archives
Thanks to donations from the family of former Dean Giraud, this exhibition features a wealth of photographs. You can admire photos of the old buildings and see how they have changed over time. The exhibition also showcases other documents that are significant to the development of the buildings, such as architectural plans, handwritten letters, postcards, and more.
A large-scale project
On this occasion, we interviewed Sophie Dikoff, the archivist in charge of this exhibition, to understand how it was put together.
Could you tell us about your job?
My role as archivist at the University of Montpellier is to assist all departments in processing their archives in accordance with current legislation on public archives. This task is carried out in conjunction with the Hérault departmental archives, which exercise scientific and technical control. Archives provide a record of developments, whether architectural, societal, or other.
Where do the archives in this exhibition come from?
Most of these come from donations made by the family of Dean Giraud. The dean kept many documents relating to his various projects as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier, but also in his personal capacity, as he was passionate about the history of medicine and the Faculty of Montpellier. The other archives come from the University's iconographic collection, the University's photo library, and that of the Conference of University Presidents, which were supplemented by photographs taken for the exhibition.
How long did it take you to prepare this exhibition?
The exhibition was originally scheduled to take place in October 2020, but due to health restrictions, we had to postpone it. So I've been working on this project since around the beginning of 2020. The process is very long, as we first have to conduct research to learn about the different aspects of the subject (research in archives, reading, meetings with resource persons), select the most interesting documents, request authorization to use photos in accordance with copyright laws, write texts, and determine a tour route. For the scenography, we called on the services of a professional scenographer, André Dumonnet. For this exhibition, the decision was made to present each building individually and then in chronological order. A panel presents a chronology of all buildings and sites.
An exhibition open to all
The exhibition, which will run from June 18, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. to July 21, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., is free of charge. Visits are free from Wednesday to Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Guided tours are available on Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The celebration of our Faculty's 800th anniversary continues with a new fun event! Join the Manoir du Crime team on Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, for unforgettable evenings full of thrills...
A full-scale investigation
The historic building will be the setting for a life-size game. Fans of Cluedo and detective series, put on your best detective outfit to solve the mysteries of theTroupe du Manoir!
The year is 1806. Gabriel Prunelle is traveling the roads of the Empire, gathering an extensive collection of works to create a one-of-a-kind library.
But meanwhile, in Montpellier, something sinister is brewing in the faculty. One of the books collected by Monsieur Prunelle is at the heart of a macabre discovery.
Will you be able to uncover the truth behind this story?
This Crime Night marks the return of the Manoir du Crime Association after several months of waiting.
And it is with the University of Montpellier and the Faculty of Medicine that the Troupe du Manoir is celebrating its return.
To mark the faculty's 800th anniversary, we are once again fortunate to be able to welcome you to the prestigious setting of the anatomy amphitheater in the historic building opposite the Jardin des Plantes.
A demonstration in compliance with social distancing measures
In order to offer you a wonderful evening in an incredible setting while complying with health guidelines, here are the rules to follow:
– Masks are mandatory for everyone, including members of the Troupe.
– Hand sanitizer will be available. Please feel free to use it.
– Teams of 6 players will be formed in order to comply with the current "6" rule.
– Teams will be spread out in the amphitheater in order to comply with social distancing guidelines.
– The "assistants" for the evening (members of the Troupe du Manoir) will wear gloves when handing out the documents for the evening.
– Part of the evening will take place outdoors, in the main courtyard.
An event requiring registration
Two sessions are offered:
- Saturday, June 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Sunday June 6 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m .
Single price: €20
