News

Key dates in September 2025

September 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.

Major events

European Heritage Days 2025

For the European Heritage Days on September 20 and 21, 2025, the Collège de France is opening its doors to you for an exceptional tour of its two sites in the heart of the Latin Quarter. This itinerary will enable you to appreciate the richness and diversity of the heritage and missions of an illustrious establishment, dedicated for five centuries to the advancement of knowledge.
A children's trail, in the form of a booklet-game, will enable you to discover the history of the Collège de France through riddles and questions, on the two sites open to visitors.

Find out more about the event

Inheriting the future

As part of its commitment to a shared sustainable future, the Collège de France is organizing a series of round-table discussions bringing together leading figures from the worlds of academia, business, associations and institutions, and students from higher education.

Conceived as a structured forum for dialogue, this cycle aims to enable the younger generation to question, understand and debate the major issues surrounding climate change. It is part of a process of transmitting knowledge, but also of active listening and co-construction. The Collège de France plays the role of guarantor and facilitator, ensuring the scientific quality of exchanges without influencing their content.

September 11 and 18, 2025 from 5pm to 7pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

Find out more about the " Inheriting the future" event

Colloquium

The "Province of All Mankind"? Property in Outer Space under Public and Private International Law & Philosophy

Conference organized by Professor Samantha Besson, holder of the International Law of Institutions Chair.

September 25-26, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre).

This two-day symposium will bring together international jurists specializing in public and private law, as well as political and legal philosophers, to discuss the complex issues raised by ownership in outer space, in particular its relationship with notions of territory, jurisdiction and sovereignty, but also the international legal status of scientific research, data and samples.

Find out more about the symposium

Guest speakers

Understanding the Mysteries of the Cell

Series of 4 lectures by Stephen Quake, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Pre Edith Heard, holder of the Epigenetics and Cellular Memory chair.

September 8 and 22, 2025 from 5pm to 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre).

Previous lectures: May 12 and 26, 2025.

Find out more about conferences

Coordination Self-Assembly: From Origins to the Latest Advances

Series of 2 lectures by Makoto Fujita, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Louis Fensterbank, holder of the Activations in Molecular Chemistry chair.

September 12 and 18, 2025 from 11am to 12pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Mireille Delmas-Marty amphitheater).