The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Team and contact Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Symposium 28 May 2026 → 29 May 2026 Edouard Bard The Earth, a dynamic planet: a tribute to Xavier Le Pichon Next 39 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (22) Symposium (16) Opening lecture (1) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (2) 2024 - 2025 (2) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (2) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (1) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (1) 2015 - 2016 (3) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (2) 2012 - 2013 (2) 2011 - 2012 (2) 2010 - 2011 (2) 2008 - 2009 (1) 2007 - 2008 (2) 2006 - 2007 (1) 2005 - 2006 (1) 2004 - 2005 (1) 2003 - 2004 (1) 2002 - 2003 (2) 2025 - 2026 Lecture Climates and human societies over the past two thousand years (continued) Edouard Bard 27 Feb 2026 → 03 Apr 2026 27 Feb 2026 → 03 Apr 2026 Symposium The Earth, a dynamic planet: a tribute to Xavier Le Pichon Edouard Bard, Alessandro Morbidelli 28 May 2026 → 29 May 2026 28 May 2026 → 29 May 2026 2024 - 2025 Symposium History of the climate since the year one. A tribute to Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie Edouard Bard 26 Nov 2024 26 Nov 2024 Lecture Climates and human societies for the past two thousand years Edouard Bard 14 Feb 2025 → 07 Mar 2025 14 Feb 2025 → 07 Mar 2025 2023 - 2024 Lecture No lectures this year Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2023 2022 - 2023 Lecture Extreme climates and current analogues : the last deglaciation Edouard Bard 17 Feb 2023 → 24 Mar 2023 17 Feb 2023 → 24 Mar 2023 Symposium The last deglaciation and the bipolar climate shift Edouard Bard 09 Jun 2023 09 Jun 2023 2021 - 2022 Lecture Extreme climates and present-day analogues : the Holocene and Tardiglacial periods Edouard Bard 25 Feb 2022 → 01 Apr 2022 25 Feb 2022 → 01 Apr 2022 Symposium Variations in global ocean overturning circulation Edouard Bard 10 Jun 2022 10 Jun 2022 2020 - 2021 Lecture Extreme climates and analogues : the Holocene optimum (continued) Edouard Bard 26 Feb 2021 → 02 Apr 2021 26 Feb 2021 → 02 Apr 2021 Symposium The ocean carbon cycle Edouard Bard 18 Jun 2021 18 Jun 2021 2019 - 2020 Lecture Extreme climates and current analogues : the Holocene optimum Edouard Bard 21 Feb 2020 → 13 Mar 2020 21 Feb 2020 → 13 Mar 2020 2018 - 2019 Lecture Extreme climates and current analogues : from the last millennia to the Holocene optimum Edouard Bard 22 Feb 2019 → 29 Mar 2019 22 Feb 2019 → 29 Mar 2019 Symposium The water cycle and climate Edouard Bard 21 Jun 2019 21 Jun 2019 2017 - 2018 Lecture Extreme climates and current analogues : Little Ice Age and Medieval Optimum Edouard Bard 23 Feb 2018 → 23 Mar 2018 23 Feb 2018 → 23 Mar 2018 Symposium The climate of the last two millennia Edouard Bard 15 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2018 2016 - 2017 Lecture No lectures this year Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2016 01 Sep 2016 2015 - 2016 Symposium Climate, energy and society : Collège de France and COP21 Edouard Bard 09 Nov 2015 09 Nov 2015 Lecture Methane and the climate Edouard Bard 26 Feb 2016 → 25 Mar 2016 26 Feb 2016 → 25 Mar 2016 Symposium Carbonaceous aerosols : impacts on climate and air quality Edouard Bard 17 Jun 2016 17 Jun 2016 2014 - 2015 Lecture Climate change and the continental carbon cycle Edouard Bard 06 Mar 2015 → 10 Apr 2015 06 Mar 2015 → 10 Apr 2015 Symposium Natural and anthropogenic atmospheric carbons Edouard Bard 22 May 2015 22 May 2015 2013 - 2014 Lecture The ocean and climate change : carbon cycle feedbacks Edouard Bard 14 Feb 2014 → 14 Mar 2014 14 Feb 2014 → 14 Mar 2014 Symposium North African climate during the Holocene Edouard Bard 16 May 2014 16 May 2014 2012 - 2013 Lecture The ocean and climate change : relations with marine chemistry and biology Edouard Bard 11 Jan 2013 → 15 Feb 2013 11 Jan 2013 → 15 Feb 2013 Symposium Arctic : Major scientific issues Edouard Bard 03 Jun 2013 → 05 Jun 2013 03 Jun 2013 → 05 Jun 2013 2011 - 2012 Lecture The ocean and climate change : variations in ocean circulation Edouard Bard 27 Jan 2012 → 24 Feb 2012 27 Jan 2012 → 24 Feb 2012 Symposium The ocean and climate change : variations in ocean circulation Edouard Bard 30 Mar 2012 30 Mar 2012 2010 - 2011 Lecture The ocean and climate change Edouard Bard 11 Mar 2011 → 29 Apr 2011 11 Mar 2011 → 29 Apr 2011 Symposium The ocean and climate change Edouard Bard 27 May 2011 27 May 2011 2008 - 2009 Symposium Closing of the fourth International Polar Year Edouard Bard 15 May 2009 15 May 2009 2007 - 2008 Lecture The great Eocene-Oligocene climatic divide Edouard Bard 29 Feb 2008 → 04 Apr 2008 29 Feb 2008 → 04 Apr 2008 Symposium Climate variations : the role of the sun and other external forcings Edouard Bard 30 May 2008 30 May 2008 2006 - 2007 Lecture Climate history from the earliest ages of the Earth to the Tertiary Era Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2006 01 Sep 2006 2005 - 2006 Lecture Geological climate forcings Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2005 01 Sep 2005 2004 - 2005 Lecture External forcings of the climate system Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2004 01 Sep 2004 2003 - 2004 Lecture Impact of rapid climate variability on continents Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2003 01 Sep 2003 2002 - 2003 Lecture Abrupt climate changes and their manifestations in the ocean Edouard Bard 01 Sep 2002 01 Sep 2002 Opening lecture 18:00 - 19:00 Climate and Ocean Evolution Edouard Bard 07 Nov 2002 07 Nov 2002 18:00 - 19:00
