Published on 27 February 2026
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The major events of March 2026

march 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 lectures

Ecological transition: the hope of sustainability sciences

Opening lecture by Claude Grison, visiting professor at the Avenir Commun Durable Annual Chair.

March 12, 2026 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater) and live on the Collège de France Youtube channel.

Introduction to functional ecology

Opening lecture by Sandra Lavorel, visiting professor at the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Annual Chair.

March 26, 2026 at 6pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater) 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.

"Figurer la musique" with Gaëlle Choisne, Patrick Boucheron & Chloë Cambreling
March 3, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

"What symphonic concerts for tomorrow?" with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thompson & the Orchestre de Paris
March 31, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

The hospital of the future

In keeping with its tradition, and with the support of its Avenir Commun Durable initiative, the Collège de France is organizing a two-day symposium to provide information on the major challenges facing the hospital. A wide-ranging program will be addressed from a variety of medical, scientific, sociological and economic angles by specialists committed to the transformation of the hospital.

March 16 and 17, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

Exhibition

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 March 27, 2026 at the Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France, Cardinal Lemoine site (52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris).

Colloques

Les arts au défi des sciences sociales - Theory and case studies

Conference organized by Professor Pierre-Michel Menger, Sociology of Creative Work Chair.

March 23, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre).

In Margine. La philologie des paratextes et ses enjeux. Law, literature and religion

Conference organized by Professor Dario Mantovani, Chair of Law, Culture and Society in Ancient Rome.

March 26 and 27, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, room 2).

Discourse Files

Colloquium organized as part of the ERC project Mental Files: New Foundations, hosted by Professor François Recanati's Philosophy of Language and Mind Chair.

Interdisciplinary colloquium, in English, focusing on the notion of "discourse referent" and its interpretation within the theory of mental files.

March 30 and 31, 2026 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, room 2).

Guest speakers

Athens and Jerusalem: Literature, History, Writing

Series of 4 lectures by Daniel Mendelsohn, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor William Marx, holder of the Comparative Literatures chair.

March 2, 9, 16 and 25 2026, 6pm-7pm, Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Marguerite de Navarre amphitheater).

Anything new? Four lessons on the book of Qohelet

Cycle of 4 lectures given by Markus Saur, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor Thomas Römer, holder of the Chair of The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts.

March 4, 11, 18 and 25 2026, 11am-12pm, Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Maurice Halbwachs amphitheater).

Kenichi Abe

Series of 2 lectures by Kenichi Abe, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor William Marx, holder of the Comparative Literatures chair.

March 17 and 24, 2026 from 3 to 4 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Mireille-Delmas-Marty amphitheater).

Challenging Assumptions about Social Cognition in Infants

Series of 2 lectures by Gergely Csibra, invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Professor François Recanati, holder of the Philosophy of Language and Mind chair.

March 24 and 26, 2026 from 11am to 12pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, Guillaume Budé amphitheater).

Authenticity, Authentification and Transmutation in Late Classical and Early Medieval China

Lecture given by Robert Campany, invited by the assembly of the Collège de France at the suggestion of Professor Anne Cheng, holder of the Chinese Intellectual History chair.

March 26, 2026 from 2 pm to 3 pm at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site, salle Jacques Glowinski).