From Prehistory to the revolutions of the twentieth century, via Antiquity, the Middle Ages or the Age of Enlightenment, Laurent Dehossay and his guests travel along the time line to analyze the major stages which led to today’s world. today. Humanism, wars, arts and sciences, economy, gastronomy: history is told by following in the footsteps of those who have shaped our present: Cleopatra, Olympe de Gouge, Napoleon, Churchill, Edith Cavell…The past enlightens us on current issues: gender and sexuality, feminism, environment, relationships between East and West…Learn to understand. Un Jour dans l’Histoire presented by Laurent Dehossay returns for an eleventh season with Yasmine Boudaka, Régine Dubois, Cindya Izzarelli, Cécile Poss, Axelle Thiry, Helena Verrier, Nicolas Bogaerts, Eric Loze, Jean-Marc Panis and Jonathan Remy. MONDAY 6 Ive in French and in verse to sing the diversity of human forms. The monstrous peoples are not only described, but are given customs eerily similar to those of Westerners, presenting a remarkable proposition of speculative anthropology. Thus, each monster of the East, Amazons, Cyclops, Ydrians, Anthropophages, finds in the manuscript its equivalent in Western society, of which the text provides a radical critique: not only are all monsters men, but all men, even in the West, even the most beautiful, noble and pious are monsters. The historian Pierre-Olivier Dittmar (EHESS) and the historian Maud Pérez-Simon (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle/IUF), who translated and edited “Les Monstres des Hommes” with Honoré Champion editions, present this text and this manuscript to us at unique style, which questions many representations of the medieval West. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8 1:15 p.m.: Jules Lismonde is considered one of the most remarkable representatives of non-figurative art in Belgium, and yet…well forgotten today. Jules Lismonde notably participated, in 1945, in the creation of the “Young Belgian Painting” movement. With Anne Hustacje, art historian 2 p.m.: A look back at the eventful history of the Maison du Peuple in Brussels, with Patrick Weber, screenwriter of the comic strip “Maison du peuple 65” published by Éditions Anspach. A sequence directed by Nicolas Bogaerts. THURSDAY JANUARY 9 1:15 p.m.: We know them better as ninjas but don’t imagine them dressed in black, masked and perched on a roof, that would be sticking your finger in your eye up to your shoulder blade: no , no, the ninjas are rather dressed like local people, because they have to blend into the crowd: they are infiltrators, the spies of great lords who act as war. Let’s get back to their real true story, beyond the myth, you turtles! With Pierre-François Souyri, specialist in medieval Japan, historical advisor for the video game “Assassin’s Creed Shadows”. “History of ninjas – Henchmen and spies in Samurai Japan” Tallandier editions. 2 p.m.: “Surveying the great archaeological sites and the fields of ruins of the Nile valley allows you to appreciate this grandiose architecture which aspires to infinity. How many have not dreamed one day of unlocking the secret of their construction? The ancient Egyptians, having immortalized their actions on various media, left us documents that could be described as “first hand”, which it is fascinating to examine. the very first time, a central place for the writings and representations that the builders have left us on their buildings, on the techniques used to design them and their organization ” Axelle Thiry’s guest is Franck Monnier, the author ” In the secret of the builders. Egyptians”, at Actes Sud MONDAY JANUARY 13 1:15 p.m.: Jérôme Savonarola, Dominican preacher, announcing the end of times, mocking the corruption of the Church and elites, called for reform of the city and penance. He ended up at the stake on May 23, 1498. With Jean-Louis Fournel, professor at the University of Paris-8 Vincennes/Saint-Denis, author, with Jean-Claude Zancarini, of “Savonarola – The Weapon of the Word”; Past tenses/compounds. 2 p.m.: How Rush Limbaugh and conservative radio led to the emergence of Donald Trump To tell us this story, Jonathan Remy received Sébastien Mort, lecturer in American culture and society at the University of Lorraine in Metz and author of the book “Ondes de Choc – media history and politics of conservative radio in the United States, and it was published by Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles. TUESDAY JANUARY 14 1:15 p.m.: Who is Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, whose poems are today sung by Julien Clerc or Benjamin Biolay, and who was praised by Hugo, Balzac or Verlaine A woman who constantly recovered from the tragedies that life inflicted on her… A pioneer, a model for many, a resilient person, we would say today: Céline Lapertot, French teacher and writer. Of the beautiful days that I read on your forehead”; Viviane Hamy ed. 2 p.m.: The Tomb of Alexander the Great. We are in Persia, in Babylon, in the middle of summer, in the month of June 323 BC. It’s hot, very hot that night, despite the wind that shakes the palm trees of the city of the hanging gardens. And Alexander the Great, almost 33 years old, is dying. Gorian’s guest. Delpâture, Didier Viviers, archaeologist, specialist in ancient Greece, tells us about this last night of Alexander.
