In line with the Institut Pasteur’s efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the DEI community is pleased to announce three upcoming seminars:

• Working in academia with a disability: What is it really like? 
  Date: Friday October 17 at 2pm
  Venue: Jules Bordet room (ground floor Metchnikoff building) + Teams
  Teams link
  Speaker: Nicole Brown (Director of Social Research & Practice at the University College London, UK)
  In English
   
• Gender-equal language: a goal within our reach. Historical perspectives on the French language and inclusive language 
  Date: Wednesday November 26 at 2pm
  Venue: Ágnes Ullmann lecture hall (Monod building) 
  Teams link
  Speaker: Eliane Viennot (a historian specializing in the French language, Professor Emeritus of French literature)
  In French
   
• Does the brain think in the masculine? The impact of language on our perceptions
  Date: Thursday December 11 at 10.30am
  Venue: Jules Bordet room (ground floor Metchnikoff building) + Teams
  Teams link
  Speaker: Sandrine Zufferey (Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bern)
  In French
   

The volunteers who organize DEI seminars are looking for new ideas for 2026.

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Feel free to contact them at the following address to let them know your suggestions for DEI topics or themes that you would like to be covered: dei.events@pasteur.fr

You can follow the Teams channel to keep up to date with all the latest news: General | DEI at Pasteur | Microsoft Teams