Bubble Science – University of Angers
Historian Bastien Roullier is one of ten French doctoral students selected for the 2023 edition of “Science in Bubbles”, a popular science work distributed free of charge on the occasion of the Science Festival.
After your validation Master’s degree at UAthen his heads, Bastien Roullier proceeded to prepare a thesis in 2020. Under the supervision Philip Bladeauinside Thymus unitdated 27-year-old studies “Popular entertainment within and outside the empire according to late antique written sources”. Clearly: “I am interested in the performances, gladiator fights, theatrical performances, hunting shows, chariot races… that were organized during Late Antiquity, between the 4th centuryH And the sixthH century AD, Citizen Bobreau sums up. Are these the same offerings made throughout the Roman Empire? Is there a common culture? How do they develop and what happens to them? It is a time of many changes, with the development of Christianity, and The disappearance of the Roman Empire in the West and the development of barbarian kingdoms had an impact on the scene.
Treaties, letters, sermons, inscriptions engraved on stone blocks… Bastien Roullier’s sources are many and varied. This is what we learn, among other things, in the fifthH Edition of the book “Science in Bubbles”.
Ten small cartoons
This year again, the book explores the theme chosen for the forum Science Festival. Following last year’s climate change, the relationship between sport and science has been highlighted as the 2024 Paris Olympics approach. Ten PhD students from French universities or major schools Submit their work there. The opportunity to learn more about apnea, the values of roller derby, the prosthetics used in the Paralympics, or even what artificial intelligence can do for the health of gymnasts…
Each research is summarized in a short four-page comic strip. “You have to be very simple and very precise.” Bastien Roullier, first member of…the African Union To see their applications accepted after the call for projects issued each fall.
After a training day in Paris in December, and the production of the first text summarizing his research work, the historian increased his discussions with the painter Heloise Chuchua Who signs all new job boards. “I sent him texts and also pictures representing performances, and decorative elements, such as mosaics from that period, so that the drawing was also well connected to historical reality.”
“Very nice mediation project”
Six months later, final touches of color were added to the designs. “It’s a great experience. It’s interesting to put in pictures what we’re working on. And it’s very practical: I was able to simply explain to my relatives what I was doing, Bastian laughs. “It’s a very nice mediation project.”
New work published by Publishers Group Science is for everyoneIt will be distributed free of charge during the Science Festival, thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Ministry of Culture, French universities and the Banque Casden Populaire.
Bastien Roullier will be present in Paris for the launch of the Fête de la Science, on October 6, at the Musée de l’Homme. He will also be available to discuss with the public the Science Village that will take place on the afternoon of October 14 and 15 in Angers, at the Iseo headquarters.
“Organizer. Social media geek. General communicator. Bacon scholar. Proud pop culture trailblazer.”