Lessons

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

Foucault et la vie du Collège : dialogue avec les pairs, création de chaires
Aurèle Méthivier & Sandra Boehringer

Special events
17:30 to 19:00

Foucault the Teacher: The Coherence of a Career Path and Its Place in His Work
Philippe Sabot & Elisabetta Basso

Special events
17:30 to 19:00

Working with Foucault: The College's Seminars
Pasquale Pasquino & Carolina Verlengia

Special events
17:30 to 19:00

The History and Legacy of a Lesson: “What Is the Enlightenment?”
Antoine Lilti

Special events
17:30 to 19:00

Edith Heard

Special events
10:00 to 12:00

When Genetics Is No Longer Enough (2)
Edith Heard

Special events
10:00 to 12:00

2023 - 2024

Building a Climate Resilient Society
Sustainable Common Future, Jean-Marie Tarascon

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Special events

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...

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Berezinsky-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition at critical point
Piet Lammers

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Guest lecturer
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Games at the Collège de France
Games at the Collège de France

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Special events
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À bras-le-corps exhibition ! : conferences
Exhibitions and European Heritage Days

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Special events
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Music, the brain and learning at school : what does science have to say ?
Stanislas Dehaene, Taking Action for Education

Symposium

Europe and the defense of democracy
Jan-Werner Müller

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Guest lecturer
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Experimental approaches to education – Learning Together for Children's Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening
Esther Duflo, Taking Action for Education

Symposium

2022 - 2023

European Heritage Days 2022
Exhibitions and European Heritage Days

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Special events
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Champollion 1822 exhibition. Public lectures and readings
Exhibitions and European Heritage Days, Jean-Luc Fournet

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Seminar
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The Power of Law in Europe
Perry Anderson

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Guest lecturer
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Deciphering: From Hieroglyphs to DNA
Opening symposia

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Symposium
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Tomorrow's transport
Jean-Marie Tarascon, Marc Fontecave, Sustainable Common Future

Special events

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).

Type III von Neumann algebras
Amine Marrakchi

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Guest lecturer
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Collège de France 2022 awards ceremony
Collège de France

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Special events
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Bacterial immunity : discovering a new world
Aude Bernheim

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Special events
Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Launch event for the " Agir pour l'éducation" initiative
Collège de France

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Special events
Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Learning to read and its difficulties
Taking Action for Education, Stanislas Dehaene

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Dynamics and geometry in negative curvature : recent progress and prospects
Thibault Lefeuvre

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Guest lecturer
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Reading IPCC reports to understand the world ahead - An introduction to societal issues between science, utopia and reality
Sustainable Common Future, Dario Mantovani

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The Power of Peace in Europe
Stella Ghervas

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Guest lecturer
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