Published on 30 January 2026
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Key dates in February 2026

February events at the Collège de France

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability.

Opening lectures

The idea of moral socialism

Opening lecture by Lea Ypi, visiting professor in the The Invention of Europe through languages and cultures Annual Chair.

February 12, 2026 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater) and live on the Collège de France Youtube channel.

Reducing complexity to master the resolution of mathematical models

Opening lecture by Yvon Maday, visiting professor in the Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Annual Chair.

February 19, 2026 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater) and live on the Collège de France Youtube channel.

Special event

Music! The Philharmonie at the Collège de France

Cycle of meetings in partnership with the Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris

The Collège de France has invited the Philharmonie de Paris to host a series of six free meetings on music, open to all. Conferences, masterclasses and round tables will welcome composers, artists and theorists alongside Collège de France professors for a series of exceptional events.

"Literary discourse and musical discourse" with Sonia Wieder-Atherton, William Marx & Chloë Cambreling
February 10, 2026 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

Exhibition

From field to text. Publishing ethnology and its images

The exhibition From field to text. Publishing ethnology and its images invites you to discover the different facets of the ethnologist's profession through two collections published by The Collège de France Publishing Department's Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS): the Cahiers d'anthropologie sociale (éditions de L'Herne) and the Ethnologiques collection (éditions Mimésis), both directed by Philippe Descola.

From November 14, 2025 to March 27, 2026 at the Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France, Cardinal Lemoine site (52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris).