Published on 19 December 2025
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Key dates in January 2026

January 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 lecture

The din of scripture. Thinking, believing and philosophizing in premodern India

Opening lecture by Isabelle Ratié, Professor of the History of Indian Systems of Thought Chair.

January 29, 2026 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre) 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.

"Scenes and sources of music" with Pascal Dusapin, Netia Jones, Carlo Ossola & Chloë Cambreling
January 13, 2026 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

Exhibitions

The Quantum Workshop: artistic perspectives on the infinitely small

To mark the International Year of Quantum Physics, the exhibition "The Quantum Workshop: artistic perspectives on the infinitely small" at the Collège de France presents works from artist Caroline Delétoille's residency at the Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel.

From October 9, 2025 to January 8, 2026 at the Collège de France, Marcelin-Berthelot site.

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 February 6, 2026 at the Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France.

Symposium

Living with a changing climate: adaptation issues and prospects

Symposium organized by Professor Marc Fontecave.

January 14, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

Geometry and spectra of large objects

Symposium organized by Professor Nalini Anantharaman.

January 27 and 28, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheatre).