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Esther Duflo Experimentation, science and the fight against poverty (almost) fifteen years on Over the last twenty years, a new method of studying economic development has emerged : the experimental approach. It consists of evaluating anti-poverty …

Benoît Peeters A new art : comics For decades, comics had neither a name nor a history. Associated with childhood and entertainment, they were published on ephemeral media and rarely saw the light of day in book form. Initially prized by collectors …

Nalini Anantharaman Spectrum stories In the years 1920, a mathematical theory (the diagonalization of matrices) and a physical question (the determination of the spectrum of atoms), born independently, came together to give birth to quantum mechanics and …

Mieke Bal A cultural dream : Europe in the plural Europe brings together a wide variety of languages and cultures. At once one and plural, it conveys a cultural dream of integration. How can languages, literatures and cultures be made to live together, …

Seminar organized on June 8 and 9 2023 at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Free France in the Mediterranean (1940-1945). Enemies, threats, rivalries Much of the current renewal in the historiography of Gaullism during the war can be …

At the Collège de France, all lectures are open to the general public, with no admission requirements or prior registration required, subject to availability. Closing Lecture Jean-Noël Robert: Philology, Hierology, Hieroglossia June 27, 2023, at 10:30 …

Seminar organized by Antoine Compagnon, Chair of Modern and Contemporary French Literature : history, criticism, theory and the Republic of Knowledge June 12 and 19, 2023 from 3 pm to 6 pm, at the Collège de France. Admission free without registration, …

The faculty and community of the Collège de France congratulate Antoine Compagnon on his induction into the Académie française on May 11 2023. He was elected on February 17 2022 to Yves Pouliquen's 35th   faute uil . Professor emeritus at the Collège de …

Colloquium organized by Professor Didier Fassin, on May 31   2023 in the Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Racial Borders Border control has become a major political issue in many countries, raising …

© Taiwo Aina / Climate Visuals ( CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Laurent Fonbaustier, associate professor in the law schools at Paris-Saclay University, a legal scholar and historian of ideas, spoke on May 15, 2023, at the Collège de France as part of the lecture series …

On 16 May 2023, the French President announced the twelve projects selected for the third wave of the Instituts Hospitalo-Universitaires (IHU) label. The Collège de France is a partner in one of these, via the chair held by Pr Hugues de Thé. IHU THEMA-2 …

Death of Ian Hacking, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, who held the Philosophy and History of Scientific Concepts Chair from 2000 to 2006. The administrator, the faculty assembly and the entire Collège de France community are deeply saddened …

As part of the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale seminar " Anthropologie du visuel : pratiques filmiques et anthropologiques " by Corinne Fortier (anthropologist and film-maker, CNRS-LAS), a screening of the film Salomé, le second souffle by Maï Le Dû …

Created in 2017, Histoire à venir is a festival of history and social sciences organized in Toulouse. Its ambition is to show that history can and must help us understand the issues at stake in contemporary debates. In 2023, the Collège de France is …

Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Marek Węcowski Politeia and Koinōnia: Studies in Ancient Greek History in Honour of Josine Blok Politeia and Koinōnia are forms of government and citizenship, community and participation, from Sappho's social and political status …

Colloquium in English organized by Professor Hugues De Thé, 22   May 2023 in Salle 2, Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Find out more Go to the symposium page Hugues de Thé, chair Cellular and Molecular …

Colloquium in English organized by Professor Pierre-Michel Menger, 22 May 2023 in the Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Find out more Go to the symposium page Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of …

Colloquium organized by Professor Dominique Charpin, on May 25 and 26   2023 in the Marguerite de Navarre amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Palaeo-Babylonian Archives : 140 years of publications and studies (1882-2022) In …

Colloquium organized by Professor Lydéric Bocquet, on May 25   2023 in the Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Nanofluidics at the crossroads This symposium is a continuation of the lecture on nanofluidics …

Colloquium organized by Professor Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, 22   May 2023 in the Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology This symposium will review recent advances …

Colloquium organized by Professor Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, on May 12   2023 in the Maurice Halbwachs amphitheatre at the Collège de France (Marcelin Berthelot site). The Whanganui River in New Zealand has acquired the status of a legal person. It …

Strasbourg's Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire pays tribute to the eminent Egyptologist Étienne Drioton with an exhibition based on his colossal scientific work   : "   Étienne Drioton, une vie pour l'égyptologie   ". The thematic tour features a …

At the Collège de France, all lectures are open to the general public, with no admission requirements or prior registration required, subject to availability. Special events Avenir Commun Durable: Reading the IPCC Reports to Understand the World Ahead – …

© Raphael Pouget / Climate Visuals Countdown ( CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) This op-ed, written by Prof. Dario Mantovani , a professor at the Collège de France and a legal historian, introduces the overall aim of the lecture series “Reading the IPCC Reports to …