A major event in the scientific life of the establishment, the opening symposium, whose program includes both Collège de France professors and guest lecturers, deals each year with a theme with many ramifications, whose contemporary issues benefit from being analyzed through the prism of disciplines and fields of knowledge.
Special events
Opening symposia
2026 - 2027
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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2025 - 2026
Symposium
The Collège de France's opening symposium 2025 explores forms of intelligence, including AI, knowledge and learning....
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2024 - 2025
Symposium
The opening symposium 2024 at the Collège de France aims to explore the relationship between "gender" and "science" from two different and complementary angles: gender in science and gender as an object.
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