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.

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

The Quantum Workshop: artistic perspectives on the infinitely small

To mark the International Year of Quantum Physics, the exhibition "The Quantum Workshop: artistique perspectives on the ifinitely 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.

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, holder of the Evolution of Development and Genomes Chair.

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 given by Emmanuelle Passegué, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professors Hugues de Thé, holder of the Cellular and Molecular Oncology chair and Denis Duboule, holder of the Evolution of Development and Genomes chair.

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

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

Lecture given by Alain Papaux, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Samantha Besson, holder of the International Law of Institutions chair.

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

David Nesvorný

Cycle of four lectures by David Nesvorný, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Alessandro Morbidelli, holder of the Planetary Formation: from Earth to Exoplanets chair.

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.