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Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url Readings Major events In addition to its regular lectures, the Collège de France organizes a number of special events every year, aimed at a wide audience : exhibitions, European Heritage Days, themed cycles, conferences and round tables on major contemporary issues. Upcoming Previous Special events 18 Jun 2025 17:30 - 19:00 Emmanuel Sander What makes a good mathematical problem ? :(Re)reconciling intuition and… Live Special events 19 Jun 2025 17:00 - 19:00 Avenir Commun Durable Adapting ecosystems to new climatic conditions Canceled Next 2023 - 2024 Special events The city of the future Avenir Commun Durable, Patrick Boucheron, Philippe Sansonetti 30 Nov 2023 → 01 Dec 2023 The future is in the city. In 2022, 56% of the world's population - some 4.4 billion people - lived in urban areas. If this trend continues, by 2050, 7 out of 10 people will be city dwellers. 30 Nov 2023 → 01 Dec 2023 Special events 17:00 - 18:00 Hanafi law in the Mughal Empire. Islamic institutions, norms and practices in India (1650-1700) Naveen Kanalu Ramamurthy 14 Dec 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 14 Dec 2023 17:00 - 18:00 Special events Experimental approaches to education Acting for education, Esther Duflo 12 Jan 2024 → 15 May 2024 12 Jan 2024 → 15 May 2024 Guest lecturer Representations of p-adic Groups Jessica Fintzen 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 Guest lecturer Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition at critical point Piet Lammers 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 Special events Building a Climate Resilient Society Avenir Commun Durable, Jean-Marie Tarascon 24 Jan 2024 → 25 Jan 2024 In the face of global challenges, particularly those related to climate change, it is becoming imperative that science academies and institutions around the world work together, engaging all stakeholders in the development and implementation of so... 24 Jan 2024 → 25 Jan 2024 Special events Games at the Collège de France Games at the Collège de France 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Jul 2024 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Jul 2024 Special events À bras-le-corps exhibition ! : conferences Exhibitions and European Heritage Days 30 Apr 2024 → 26 Jun 2024 30 Apr 2024 → 26 Jun 2024 Symposium Music, the brain and learning at school : what does science have to say ? Stanislas Dehaene, Acting for education 22 May 2024 22 May 2024 Guest lecturer Europe and the defense of democracy Jan-Werner Müller 30 May 2024 → 20 Jun 2024 30 May 2024 → 20 Jun 2024 Symposium Experimental approaches to education – Learning Together for Children's Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening Esther Duflo, Acting for education 20 Jun 2024 20 Jun 2024 2022 - 2023 Special events European Heritage Days 2022 Exhibitions and European Heritage Days 17 Sep 2022 → 18 Sep 2022 17 Sep 2022 → 18 Sep 2022 Seminar Champollion 1822 exhibition. Public lectures and readings Exhibitions and European Heritage Days, Jean-Luc Fournet 22 Sep 2022 → 25 Oct 2022 22 Sep 2022 → 25 Oct 2022 Guest lecturer Not recorded The Power of Law in Europe Perry Anderson 05 Oct 2022 → 26 Oct 2022 05 Oct 2022 → 26 Oct 2022 Special events Deciphering : from hieroglyphics to DNA Opening symposia 20 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022 Special events Tomorrow's transport Jean-Marie Tarascon, Marc Fontecave, Avenir Commun Durable 07 Nov 2022 Today, transport is indispensable to us, whether it's to get to work, to go on vacation or to transport the goods we consume every day. Proof of its importance is that it currently accounts for over 25% of our CO2 emissions (in France). 07 Nov 2022 Guest lecturer Type III von Neumann algebras Amine Marrakchi 09 Nov 2022 → 01 Dec 2022 09 Nov 2022 → 01 Dec 2022 Special events 18:30 - 20:30 Collège de France 2022 awards ceremony Collège de France 15 Nov 2022 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 15 Nov 2022 18:30 - 20:30 Special events 16:00 - 17:00 Bacterial immunity : discovering a new world Aude Bernheim 13 Dec 2022 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 13 Dec 2022 16:00 - 17:00 Special events 17:00 - 19:00 Launch event for the " Agir pour l'éducation" initiative Collège de France 18 Jan 2023 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 18 Jan 2023 17:00 - 19:00 Pagination First page Previous page Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page Last page
Special events 18 Jun 2025 17:30 - 19:00 Emmanuel Sander What makes a good mathematical problem ? :(Re)reconciling intuition and… Live
Special events 19 Jun 2025 17:00 - 19:00 Avenir Commun Durable Adapting ecosystems to new climatic conditions Canceled
Special events The city of the future Avenir Commun Durable, Patrick Boucheron, Philippe Sansonetti 30 Nov 2023 → 01 Dec 2023 The future is in the city. In 2022, 56% of the world's population - some 4.4 billion people - lived in urban areas. If this trend continues, by 2050, 7 out of 10 people will be city dwellers. 30 Nov 2023 → 01 Dec 2023
Special events 17:00 - 18:00 Hanafi law in the Mughal Empire. Islamic institutions, norms and practices in India (1650-1700) Naveen Kanalu Ramamurthy 14 Dec 2023 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 14 Dec 2023 17:00 - 18:00
Special events Experimental approaches to education Acting for education, Esther Duflo 12 Jan 2024 → 15 May 2024 12 Jan 2024 → 15 May 2024
Guest lecturer Representations of p-adic Groups Jessica Fintzen 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024
Guest lecturer Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition at critical point Piet Lammers 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024 24 Jan 2024 → 14 Feb 2024
Special events Building a Climate Resilient Society Avenir Commun Durable, Jean-Marie Tarascon 24 Jan 2024 → 25 Jan 2024 In the face of global challenges, particularly those related to climate change, it is becoming imperative that science academies and institutions around the world work together, engaging all stakeholders in the development and implementation of so... 24 Jan 2024 → 25 Jan 2024
Special events Games at the Collège de France Games at the Collège de France 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Jul 2024 08 Feb 2024 → 04 Jul 2024
Special events À bras-le-corps exhibition ! : conferences Exhibitions and European Heritage Days 30 Apr 2024 → 26 Jun 2024 30 Apr 2024 → 26 Jun 2024
Symposium Music, the brain and learning at school : what does science have to say ? Stanislas Dehaene, Acting for education 22 May 2024 22 May 2024
Guest lecturer Europe and the defense of democracy Jan-Werner Müller 30 May 2024 → 20 Jun 2024 30 May 2024 → 20 Jun 2024
Symposium Experimental approaches to education – Learning Together for Children's Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening Esther Duflo, Acting for education 20 Jun 2024 20 Jun 2024
Special events European Heritage Days 2022 Exhibitions and European Heritage Days 17 Sep 2022 → 18 Sep 2022 17 Sep 2022 → 18 Sep 2022
Seminar Champollion 1822 exhibition. Public lectures and readings Exhibitions and European Heritage Days, Jean-Luc Fournet 22 Sep 2022 → 25 Oct 2022 22 Sep 2022 → 25 Oct 2022
Guest lecturer Not recorded The Power of Law in Europe Perry Anderson 05 Oct 2022 → 26 Oct 2022 05 Oct 2022 → 26 Oct 2022
Special events Deciphering : from hieroglyphics to DNA Opening symposia 20 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022 20 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022
Special events Tomorrow's transport Jean-Marie Tarascon, Marc Fontecave, Avenir Commun Durable 07 Nov 2022 Today, transport is indispensable to us, whether it's to get to work, to go on vacation or to transport the goods we consume every day. Proof of its importance is that it currently accounts for over 25% of our CO2 emissions (in France). 07 Nov 2022
Guest lecturer Type III von Neumann algebras Amine Marrakchi 09 Nov 2022 → 01 Dec 2022 09 Nov 2022 → 01 Dec 2022
Special events 18:30 - 20:30 Collège de France 2022 awards ceremony Collège de France 15 Nov 2022 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 15 Nov 2022 18:30 - 20:30
Special events 16:00 - 17:00 Bacterial immunity : discovering a new world Aude Bernheim 13 Dec 2022 Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot 13 Dec 2022 16:00 - 17:00
Special events 17:00 - 19:00 Launch event for the " Agir pour l'éducation" initiative Collège de France 18 Jan 2023 Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 18 Jan 2023 17:00 - 19:00
