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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
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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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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The Animal
Opening symposia

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High turnout
Symposium

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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The Animal
Opening symposia

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High turnout
Symposium

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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Foucault the Teacher: The Coherence of a Career Path and Its Place in His Work
Philippe Sabot & Elisabetta Basso

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Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Noetic Theory of Aesthetic Experience
Elisabeth Schellekens

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Guest lecturer
Aesthetic Experience
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe (1)
Olivier De Schutter

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Guest lecturer
Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Chemical Technologies for Recycling Plastics Designed to Last
Troels Skrydstrup

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Guest lecturer
Contributions to a Sustainable Chemical Industry
Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe (2)
Olivier De Schutter

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Guest lecturer
Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Aesthetic Discovery, Exploration, and Conceptual Mapping
Elisabeth Schellekens

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Guest lecturer
Aesthetic Experience
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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A Previously Unknown Mythological Treasure: The Roman Mosaic of Arethusa (Central Syria) and Its Unique Inscriptions
Houmam Saad & Komait Abdallah

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Guest lecturer
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Developing Carbon Capture Technologies
Troels Skrydstrup

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Guest lecturer
Contributions to a Sustainable Chemical Industry
Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe (3)
Olivier De Schutter

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Guest lecturer
Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Representative Democracy in Reflexive Globalization
Philipp Dann

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Guest lecturer
Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe (4)
Olivier De Schutter

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Guest lecturer
Food Sovereignty and the Agroecological Transition in Europe
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Working with Foucault: The College's Seminars
Pasquale Pasquino & Carolina Verlengia

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Special events
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The Future of the Chemical Industry: Beyond Fossil Hydrocarbons
Troels Skrydstrup

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Guest lecturer
Contributions to a Sustainable Chemical Industry
Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Biodiversity Through a Shattered Mirror: Mapping Flora in the Age of Citizen Science
Christophe Botella

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Special events
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Global Tech Giants and the Privatization of the Law
Vincent Martenet

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Guest lecturer
Room 2, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Carbon Isotope Labeling: A Necessity for Pharmaceutical Development
Troels Skrydstrup

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Guest lecturer
Contributions to a Sustainable Chemical Industry
Mireille-Delmas-Marty Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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The History and Legacy of a Lesson: “What Is the Enlightenment?”
Antoine Lilti

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Special events
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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A Certain Philological Perplexity Regarding Modernist Sentences: Beckett and Musil (1)
Carlos Spoerhase

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Guest lecturer
A Certain Philological Perplexity Regarding Modernist Sentences: Beckett and Musil
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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A Certain Philological Perplexity Regarding Modernist Sentences: Beckett and Musil (2)
Carlos Spoerhase

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Guest lecturer
A Certain Philological Perplexity Regarding Modernist Sentences: Beckett and Musil
Maurice-Halbwachs Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
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Water Policies in the Middle East, from Sumer to the Present Day
Dominique Charpin

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Epidemic Modeling Put to the Test by Data
Simon Cauchemez

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Spectrum and Homology of Locally Symmetric Spaces
Nalini Anantharaman

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Spectrum and Homology of Locally Symmetric Spaces
Nalini Anantharaman

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The Neural Geometry of Mental Representations in Humans and Other Animals
Stanislas Dehaene

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Clonal Hematopoiesis: From Biology to Clinical Complications, at the Crossroads of Disciplines
Olivier Hermine

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The Energy Transition: Economic Issues
Marc Fontecave

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