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This series of lectures and seminars will explore the early phases of the formation of the inner solar system, for which a great deal of information is available through asteroids and their fragments, which from time to time reach the Earth in the form of …
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Audience scene at Tutankhamun's court : Horemheb, his interpreter and the foreign ambassadors. Blocks from Horemheb's tomb at Saqqara, Leiden Museum. This year's lecture is the second part of a cycle devoted to the court in Ancient Egypt, which began last …
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Abstract Were the sophists, as Condorcet thought, the ancestors of modern charlatans, skilled rhetors who were enemies of the truth ? Or was Socrates himself, as Voltaire claimed, a bit of a charlatan ? To better understand the importance of the Greek …
14:30 to 15:30
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Abstract We demonstrate that the Stieltjes transform of Hermitian random matrices NxN is the fixed point of a certain transformation (to within N^{-2}). The study is completed using a method inspired by Froese-Hasler-Spitzer : we show that the …
10:00 to 11:30
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Round-table discussion with Pascal Dusapin , composer ; Netia Jones , director, set designer and video artist, and Carlo Ossola , Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, holder of the Modern Literatures of Neolatin Europe chair. Moderator : Chloë …
18:30 to 19:30
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Documents and media Download support Abstract Optically active spins in solids are strong candidates for scalable devices towards quantum networks. Semiconductor quantum dots set the state-of-the-art as single-photon sources with high level tuneability, …
15:45 to 16:45
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Abstract In search of an archaeology of Dostoyevskian belief in the saving power of aesthetic emotion, we propose to focus on a " text " of the political mystique of beautifying places of power in the XV th century: leon Battista Alberti's De re …
14:00 to 15:00
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Documents and media Download support Abstract Quantum superposition, the cornerstone of the second quantum revolution, is a very fragile property : it disappears as soon as the system is exposed to external disturbances, such as fluctuating magnetic or …
14:00 to 15:30
Fabienne El-Khoury
Violence against girls and women: the continuum and its effects on mental health
Fabienne El-Khoury
Violence against girls and women: the continuum and its effects on mental health
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Documents and Download support Résumé En Europe, une femme sur trois subit des violences physiques ou sexuelles au cours de sa vie. Une femme sur huit subit des violences sexuelles. Ces violences s’inscrivent dans un continuum, de l’enfance à l’âge …
11:15 to 12:15
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Documents and media Download support Abstract Experiencing violence—verbal, physical, sexual—particularly during childhood, has short, medium and long-term effects on the psychological make-up of individuals, as well as on their risk of psychiatric …
10:00 to 11:00
Negotiating without believing : the challenges of Europe-Africa relations
Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions
Negotiating without believing : the challenges of Europe-Africa relations
Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions
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Carlos Lopes has been invited to the Collège de France by Prof. Samantha Besson , Chair of International Law of Institutions . Carlos Lopes This series of four lectures by Carlos Lopes is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. In 2024-2026, …
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Japanese Economy
Philippe Aghion, chair Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth
Japanese Economy
Philippe Aghion, chair Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth
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Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo Takeo Hoshi is invited by the Collège de France assembly at the suggestion of Prof. Philippe Aghion. Takeo Hoshi Conferences in …
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Order to disorder - © T. Gowers, Collège de France. Presentation This seminar focuses on the nature of mathematics in general, rather than on specific mathematical topics. The emphasis is on how mathematics is practiced. Seminar speakers include …
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Presentation Shannon entropy, defined for a discrete probability distribution, is a fundamental concept in information theory. It is also a surprisingly useful tool for proving theorems in Combinatorics. This lecture will present several uses of this …
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Forms of intelligence
Opening symposia
Forms of intelligence
Opening symposia
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Opening symposium 2025-2026 Forms of intelligence : AI, knowledge, deduction, learning The rise of AI is challenging, if not the practices, at least the epistemologies of all disciplines. What's more, this technological advance is having such powerful …
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The site of Gamla Uppsala in Sweden Niel Price has been invited by the Collège de France assembly on the recommendation of Professor Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge. Neil Price Presentation Today, the Norse myths can be found collected into handy volumes in …
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