Major dates in May 2025

AI and mathematics for meteorology and climatology

Conferences organized by the Avenir Commun Durableinitiative in the form of a colloquium aimed at presenting the state of the art at the interface between mathematics, physics and statistical learning using deep neural networks. The symposium will highlight the advantages and disadvantages of different modeling strategies, as well as the a priori incorporated in the form of equations or algorithmic architectures, in relation to physics. The aim is to encourage dialogue between mathematicians, AI researchers, meteorologists and climatologists.

May 5, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre).

In search of a Sustainable Common Future

A lecture series organized as part of the Avenir Commun Durableinitiative , in the form of a round-table discussion moderated by a journalist and featuring researchers from projects supported by the initiative.

In keeping with the values of the Collège de France, Avenir Commun Durable aims to contribute to public debate by providing reliable information and data, based on rigorous and demanding research. Since its launch, the initiative has already supported five ambitious research projects in the humanities, social sciences and experimental sciences.
The aim of these roundtables is to give everyone a better understanding of the ambitions, approaches and expectations shaping this research.

"Pour une épistémologie de l'enquête sur les socio-agrosystèmes préindustriels. The case of irrigated agriculture in medieval Lombardy"
Lecture on May 13, 2025 from 6pm to 7pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheater).

The Comédie-Française at the Collège de France

The Collège de France and the Comédie-Française are organizing a series of seven meetings during which professors and actors will discuss the science of theater, what it means to play, to direct, to speak verse and prose, to embody life and society, to take to the stage to speak of the world and to the world.

"Jouer: au théâtre, au cinéma ou ailleurs" by Éric Ruf, Antoine Lilti & Isabelle Nanty
Conference on May 14, 2025 from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

Agir pour l'éducation - Reenchanting maths at school

A series of conferences on mathematicsorganized by Stanislas Dehaene, Stéphane Mallat and Pierre-Michel Mengeras part of the Agir pour l'éducationinitiative .

Notoriously difficult, but also a source of beauty, mystery and enthusiasm, mathematics is losing interest among many students. What's even more worrying is that, over the past thirty years, surveys have shown a steady decline in student performance, particularly in numeracy and problem-solving, which, according to the TIMSS survey, places France at the bottom of the European league table.

"How to cultivate a taste for mathematics with the Singapore method" by Monica Neagoy
Conference on May 21, 2025 from 5:30 pm to 7 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater) and live on the Collège de France Foundation channel.

"Electronic transfer" - Louis Fensterbank

The symposium will present major advances in single-electron transfer, exploring various contexts such as photochemistry, electrochemistry and catalysis. The rationalization of experimental results, and in particular the understanding of electron flows, will be supported by mechanistic studies and DFT modeling.

May 14, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

"Regards croisés sur la géo-ingénierie" - François-Marie Bréon

The colloquium explores geoengineering techniques, the issues at stake, as well as legal and ethical dimensions, and aims to encourage a dialogue between climatologists, representatives of the social sciences, industry and decision-makers

May 15, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Mireille Delmas-Marty amphitheater).

" The book in the Muslim world. History and techniques " - François Déroche

Studies into the materiality and history of the Arab-Islamic manuscript book, predating printing, reveal a tradition spanning eighteen centuries and covering a vast territory. This symposium offers an overview of current research, highlighting various approaches characteristic of this field.

May 15 and 16, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, May 15 in the Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre and May 16 in the Mireille Delmas-Marty amphitheatre).

" Information Processing in Biological Systems " - Thomas Lecuit

May 16, 2025 at Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

" Boulez: invention in power? The years 1975-1995 " - Pierre-Michel Menger

Symposium organized for the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth by Prof. Pierre-Michel Menger, Chair of Sociology of Creative Work, and Nicolas Donin, Professor of Musicology at the University of Geneva.
With the support of the Collège de France Foundation and its major sponsor LVMH.
The colloquium will be enhanced by two concerts given by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, partner of the event.

May 22 and 23, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre).

" Oxidative Stress in Cancer " - Hugues de Thé

May 26, 2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheatre).

Beginning of lectures for teachers :

• Franck Courchamp
• Didier Fassin
• Sonia Garel
• Edith Heard
• Marc Henneaux
• Luigi Rizzi

Further lectures for teachers :

• Nathalie Bajos
• Thierry Coquand
• Antoine Georges