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The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Audios and videos News Upcoming Previous Lecture 16 Jan 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Introduction: What sociology, economics, history and law have taught me about the arts.… Lecture 23 Jan 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger What is art for? Functions, utilities, values. Lecture 30 Jan 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger The arts and their markets Lecture 6 Feb 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Professions, jobs, remuneration.… Lecture 13 Feb 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Artistic work as the subject of a contract Lecture 20 Feb 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Is there a science of artworks? Ambitions and limits of the social sciences Symposium 23 Mar 2026 09:00 to 18:00 Pierre-Michel Menger The arts and the social sciences - Theory and case studies Guest lecturer 15 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Jens Beckert How We Sold Our Future. The Failure to Fight Climate Change Closing lecture 10 Jun 2026 18:00 to 19:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Closing lecture Next 7 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (2) Symposium (5) Academic year Academic year 2025 - 2026 (4) 2024 - 2025 (4) 2023 - 2024 (2) (-) 2022 - 2023 (4) 2021 - 2022 (2) 2020 - 2021 (2) 2019 - 2020 (1) (-) 2018 - 2019 (3) 2017 - 2018 (2) 2016 - 2017 (2) 2015 - 2016 (2) 2014 - 2015 (2) 2013 - 2014 (4) Active filters 2022 - 2023 2018 - 2019 2022 - 2023 Lecture Merit and " meritocracy " (continued) Pierre-Michel Menger 10 Mar 2023 → 14 Apr 2023 10 Mar 2023 → 14 Apr 2023 Symposium " Meritocracy " - a comparative perspective Pierre-Michel Menger 22 May 2023 22 May 2023 Symposium Karl Marx at the Collège de France Antoine Compagnon, Pierre-Michel Menger 08 Jun 2023 → 09 Jun 2023 08 Jun 2023 → 09 Jun 2023 Symposium Entrepreneurship, Risk, Talent and Innovation Philippe Aghion, Pierre-Michel Menger 19 Jun 2023 → 20 Jun 2023 19 Jun 2023 → 20 Jun 2023 2018 - 2019 Lecture How to complete a work Work and the creative process Pierre-Michel Menger 01 Mar 2019 → 05 Apr 2019 01 Mar 2019 → 05 Apr 2019 Symposium Creation on hold Pierre-Michel Menger 14 May 2019 14 May 2019 Symposium Durkheim at the Collège de France Pierre-Michel Menger, Antoine Compagnon 06 Jun 2019 → 07 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2019 → 07 Jun 2019
Lecture 16 Jan 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Introduction: What sociology, economics, history and law have taught me about the arts.…
Lecture 23 Jan 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger What is art for? Functions, utilities, values.
Lecture 20 Feb 2026 10:00 to 12:00 Pierre-Michel Menger Is there a science of artworks? Ambitions and limits of the social sciences
Symposium 23 Mar 2026 09:00 to 18:00 Pierre-Michel Menger The arts and the social sciences - Theory and case studies
Guest lecturer 15 Apr 2026 14:00 to 15:00 Jens Beckert How We Sold Our Future. The Failure to Fight Climate Change
Lecture Merit and " meritocracy " (continued) Pierre-Michel Menger 10 Mar 2023 → 14 Apr 2023 10 Mar 2023 → 14 Apr 2023
Symposium Karl Marx at the Collège de France Antoine Compagnon, Pierre-Michel Menger 08 Jun 2023 → 09 Jun 2023 08 Jun 2023 → 09 Jun 2023
Symposium Entrepreneurship, Risk, Talent and Innovation Philippe Aghion, Pierre-Michel Menger 19 Jun 2023 → 20 Jun 2023 19 Jun 2023 → 20 Jun 2023
Lecture How to complete a work Work and the creative process Pierre-Michel Menger 01 Mar 2019 → 05 Apr 2019 01 Mar 2019 → 05 Apr 2019
Symposium Durkheim at the Collège de France Pierre-Michel Menger, Antoine Compagnon 06 Jun 2019 → 07 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2019 → 07 Jun 2019
