Key dates in November 2025

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.

"Écouter la musique " with Rima Abdul-Malak, Olivier Mantei, Pierre-Michel Menger & Chloë Cambreling
November 5, 2025 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

L'Atelier quantique: artistic views on the infinitely small

To mark the International Year of Quantum Physics, the exhibition " L'Atelier quantique: regards artistiques sur l'infiniment petit " 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 Du terrain au texte. Publier l'ethnologie et ses 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.

Our Ancestors the fish

Cycle of four lectures by Neil Shubin, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Denis Duboule.

November 5, 2025* at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheatre).

*Previous lectures in the series took place in October.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell through the Ages: A Lifetime of Adaptation to Organismal Demands

Cycle of four lectures by Emmanuelle Passegué, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professors Hugues de Thé and Denis Duboule.

November 7, 12, 13 and 18 2025 at Collège de France (site Marcelin Berthelot, amphithéâtre Mireille Delmas-Marty).

Law and painting : the animal cause, from the snail (del Cossa) to the ermine (da Vinci)

Lecture by Alain Papaux, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Samantha Besson.

November 14 2025 at the Collège de France (site Marcelin Berthelot, salle 2).

David Nesvorný

Cycle of four lectures by David Nesvorný, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Alessandro Morbidelli.

November 27 2025* at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheatre).

*The next lectures in the series will take place in December.