FRANCQUI Chair |2025–2026 |

Professor François Loeser

Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche

A Francqui Chair has been awarded by the FRANCQUI Foundation to Professor François Loeser;
He will visit Belgium during -the month of March and at the beginning of April. He will deliver a series of lectures that may be attended independently of one another. Each reading will kick off with an introductory part about the topic of the day. The theme will revolve around non-Archimedean methods and valued fields.

 

The Inaugural Lecture will take place on Thursday, 12th March 2026, at UMONS, Building BSM, Auditorium. Hermann, Campus of the Plaine de Nimy, Maistriau Avenue, Mons

15:45 Welcome Introduction

16:00 F. Loeser : On the unexpected ubiquity of non-archimedean methods in mathematics

17:15 Reception

Registration for the inaugural lecture is required. Due to space restrictions, the number of attendants will be limited to 60 people . Please use the following link Registration

 

All the lectures will take place at UMONS, Building BSM, Auditorium. Hermann, Campus of the Plaine de Nimy, Maistriau Avenue, Mons

Schedule

• Thursday 19/03/2026 16:00-18:15 :Ax-Kochen-Ershov Theorems, old and new
• Friday 20/03/2026 16:00-18:15 : Non-archimedean integrals as limits of complex integrals
• Tuesday 31/03/2026 16:00-18:15 : Arcs and Monodromy
• Wednesday 01/04/2026 16:00-18:15 : Tame geometry over valued fields

François Loeser is also the holder of the second edition of the Jacques Tits Chair, awarded by the Belgian Mathematical Society.

More information : christian.michaux@umons.ac.be