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Topological Effects: Using Entanglements to Structure Polymer Melts
Kurt Kremer

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Guest lecturer
Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Are France and Europe in Decline? How to Interpret the Growth Figures
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Some New Aspects of the Glass Transition in Simple Polymer Melts
Kurt Kremer

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Guest lecturer
Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Challenges in Education, from Preschool to College
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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European Heritage Days 2026 – September 19
Collège de France

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European Heritage Days 2026
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European Heritage Days 2026 – September 20
Collège de France

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European Heritage Days 2026
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Evolutionary History and Biology of Homo erectus
Yousuke Kaifu

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Guest lecturer
Yousuke Kaifu
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Electing Foucault to the Collège de France: Scientific and Political Implications
Orazio Irrera & Céline Surprenant

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Special events
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Multiscale Modeling of Open Systems
Kurt Kremer

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Guest lecturer
Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Health and Public Health
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Co(non)-Solvency, Co-Solvency…
Kurt Kremer

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Guest lecturer
Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics
Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Enigma of Homo floresiensis : A Small-Bodied Hominin from an Isolated Indonesian Island
Yousuke Kaifu

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Guest lecturer
Yousuke Kaifu
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Education 2026 Forum
Agir pour l'éducation

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Special events
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Budget Equation: Taxation and Social Security
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Poverty, Migration and Social Protection
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Genomic Insights into Human Brain Development, Evolution, and Disease
Arnold Kriegstein

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Guest lecturer
Insights into the Development, Evolution, and Diseases of the Human Neocortex
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Are new ideas harder to come by? (1)
Philippe Aghion

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High turnout
Lecture
Are new ideas harder to come by?
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Human Evolution in Asia: Morphological and Molecular Biological Evidence
Yousuke Kaifu

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Guest lecturer
Yousuke Kaifu
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Origin of Cortical Interneurons in Human Brain Development
Arnold Kriegstein

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Guest lecturer
Insights into the Development, Evolution, and Diseases of the Human Neocortex
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Addressing Climate Change
Esther Duflo

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High turnout
Lecture
Solidarity and Public Policy in the Face of Contemporary Challenges: The Case of France
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Why and how should we innovate today?
Jean Dalibard, Lydéric Bocquet, Marc Fontecave, Hugues de Thé

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The Quest for Atmospheric Water
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Thomas Römer

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The Quest for Atmospheric Water: Historical, Philosophical, Theological, Political, and Legal Issues.

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The Quest for Atmospheric Water
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Thomas Römer

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The Quest for Atmospheric Water: Historical, Philosophical, Theological, Political, and Legal Issues.

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Tintin's Cultures: Aiming for the Centennial
Objectif Centenaire

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Genomic Insights into Cortical Expansion and Language Function
Arnold Kriegstein

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Guest lecturer
Insights into the Development, Evolution, and Diseases of the Human Neocortex
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Tintin's Cultures: Aiming for the Centennial
Objectif Centenaire

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Paleolithic Origins of Seafaring: Theoretical, Simulation, and Experimental Approaches
Yousuke Kaifu

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Guest lecturer
Yousuke Kaifu
Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Foucault and College Life: Dialogue with Peers, Establishment of Chairs
Aurèle Méthivier & Sandra Boehringer

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Special events
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Developing a Cell-Based Therapy for Medically Intractable Epilepsy
Arnold Kriegstein

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Guest lecturer
Insights into the Development, Evolution, and Diseases of the Human Neocortex
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The Animal
Opening symposia

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The Collège de France’s 2026 opening symposium aims to provide an in-depth exploration of some of these issues and to offer a multidisciplinary approach that brings together the life and natural sciences, the humanities, literature, the history of…

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