Galen JohnsonGalen A. Johnson (born 1948) is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island and the General Secretary of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle. Johnson received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University in 1977. He has been teaching at the University of Rhode Island since 1976. His research interests include phenomenology, aesthetics, American philosophy, and recent French philosophy.
Frontal Group CeFrontal Group "Ce" was a fighter group of the Polish Air Forces in France, formed in 1940, as part of Groupe de Chasse II/6. The group had 3 pilots, and its leader was lieutenant Arsen Cebrzyński. It was disestablished after the Fall of France in 1940. The group was equipped with Bloch MB.150 fighter aircraft. lieutenant Arsen Cebrzyński (leader) corporal Eugeniusz Szaposznikow corporal Michał Brzezowski W. Król, Walczyłem pod niebem Francji, Warsaw, 1984. Pilot Wojenny. 4(7)/2000, 07.2000. Warsaw, ECHO.
Jean ClamJean Clam (born 1958) is a philosopher, sociologist and psychologist. He is Research Fellow at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, presently affiliated to the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His numerous researches deal mainly with sociology and psychology of intimacy, legal theory (in particular that of Niklas Luhmann) and general theory of the human and social sciences. Sache und Logik der Phänomenologie Husserls und Heideggers, Beitrag zur Klärung der Idee von Phänomenologie, Altenberge, Akademische Bibliothek 1985.
Maison Joseph-GauvreauMaison Joseph-Gauvreau is a heritage building located in Rimouski, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. Constructed in 1906 and 1907 for Dr. Joseph Gauvreau, this eclectic-style bourgeois home served as his principal residence, as well as housing his medical practice and hydrotherapy clinic, whose fame spread throughout Quebec. Gauvreau was also one of the pioneers of hygiene and preventive medicine in Quebec. The amputation of one of his arms in 1909 forced him to give up medical practice and relocate to Montreal.
Renaud BarbarasRenaud Barbaras (born 27 August 1955) is a French contemporary philosopher. An École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud alumnus, he is Chair of Contemporary Philosophy in the University of Paris 1, Sorbonne. A phenomenologist, Barbaras' works have primarily focused on the philosophies of Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. More recently, his readings of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka have influenced him into conceiving a phenomenology of life and accordingly, a cosmology in which man's place is to be thought anew.
Chiasmi InternationalChiasmi International: Trilingual Studies Concerning the Thought of Merleau-Ponty is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles, reviews, and discussions in Italian, French, and English on the thought of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The journal is produced in cooperation with the Italian Società di Studi su Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and is distributed by Mimesis Edizioni in Italy Librairie philosophique J. Vrin in France, and Pennsylvania State University in the United States.
Tumaco-La Tolita cultureThe Tumaco-La Tolita culture or Tulato culture, also known as the Tumaco Culture in Colombia or as the Tolita Culture in Ecuador was an archaeological culture that inhabited the northern coast of Ecuador and the southern coast of Colombia during the Pre-Columbian era. It takes its name from the two most representative archaeological sites of the culture, the Isla del Morro in the city of Tumaco and the Isla de la Tolita.
Grands Projets of François MitterrandThe Grands Projets of François Mitterrand (variants: Grands Travaux or Grands Projets Culturels; officially: Grandes Opérations d'Architecture et d'Urbanisme) was an architectural programme to provide modern monuments in Paris, the city of monuments, symbolising France's role in art, politics and the economy at the end of the 20th century. The programme was initiated by François Mitterrand, the 21st President of France, while he was in office. Mitterrand viewed the civic building projects, estimated at the time to cost the Government of France 15.
André PichotAndré Pichot (born in 1950) is a researcher in Epistemology and History of Science, based at CNRS in Strasbourg. He was a pupil of Georges Canguilhem. He is known in France for his critical writings on issues related to genetics, in particular the influence modern biology has had on ideologies supporting eugenics. Éléments pour une théorie de la biologie, éd. Maloine, 1980. La naissance de la science, Tome I. Mésopotamie, égypte, Tome II. Grèce présocratique, éd. Gallimard, coll. Folio/Essai n°154 et 155, 1991.
Thorbjørn EgnerThorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children including Karius og Baktus (1949) and Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by (1955). He grew up in the working-class neighbourhood Kampen in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Magnus Egner (1872–1952) and Anna Hansen (1874–1957).
