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Jacques Livage Jacques Livage (1938–2025) Dear colleagues, I would like to take this opportunity at our meeting to pay tribute to Jacques Livage. Jacques was born on October 26, 1938, in Neuilly-sur-Seine and passed away on November 9 of last year in …

François-Marie Bréon The Disrupted Carbon Cycle Carbon is one of the major elements of life on Earth. It plays a role in a large number of processes that influence Earth’s climate; for example, the increase in CO₂ in the atmosphere is the main cause of …

Tune in tonight on France 5 for a scientific and archaeological investigation featuring Ms. Nele Ziegler, a CNRS researcher at the Institute of Civilizations at the Collège de France (UMR Proclac). Long before it became an art form and a form of …

Viewed before restoration of the frame and canvas Pierre Danès (1497–1577) was the first royal lecturer (a former title for professors at the Collège de France) in Greek, alongside Jacques Toussaint. He taught from 1530 to 1535, before being appointed the …

René Bloch The Beginnings of Jewish Philosophy in Antiquity An invitation to discover a little-known aspect of the Greco-Roman world and ancient philosophy. During the Hellenistic period, certain Jewish authors set out to explore points of convergence …

Lea Ypi The Idea of Moral Socialism In light of the failures of state socialism and capitalism in the 20 th century, the idea of moral socialism offers a new path forward, rooted in the legacy of the Enlightenment and grounded in a universalist conception …

Maria Melchior Mental Health and Addiction: From the Individual to the Population Level This book addresses the fundamental principles of epidemiological research in the field of mental health and addiction, ranging from the management of personal …

To celebrate the release of the book J’ai rêvé de Préhistoire , Jean-Jacques Hublin, Arthur Dreyfus, and Léa Louis will be guests at Le Divan bookstore on Saturday , June 20 , 2026 , at 11 a.m . The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the …

In 1951, the main library (now the Heritage Library) of the Collège de France purchased an original reproduction of Paul Gauguin’s manuscript, *L’Ancien culte Mahorie* , for which René Huyghe’s study, *La Clef de Noa-Noa *, was written specifically. This …

The Collège de France Foundation is authorized to receive donations as well as bequests, an act of generosity whereby the donor can pass on part of his estate to the Foundation, in support of research and the dissemination of knowledge. Courtyard of the …

Yola Gloaguen Western Modernism and Japanese Housing: The Villas Designed by Antonin Raymond in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s This book examines the life and work of the Czech-born American architect Antonin Raymond (1888–1976) in interwar Japan. Initially …

The list of new titles available at the library is online and can be viewed here  Download the latest acquisitions from the Library of Tibetan Studies Tibetan Studies …

A current scientific topic discussed by a researcher from the Collège de France. Carole Jarsaillon The Egyptologist evokes the romantic image of the archaeologist searching for ancient treasures amid the dunes. Yet, far from these clichés, Egyptology …

At the Collège de France, courses are open to the general public, with no admission requirements or prior registration required, subject to availability. Exhibition Prehistory: Between Utopia and Reality The Collège de France’s major exhibition , …

Hugues de Thé The 2026 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine was awarded to Prof. Hugues de Thé , a professor at the Collège de France and holder of the Chair in Cellular and Molecular Oncology; to Prof. Anne Déjean, professor emerita at the Pasteur …

On Friday June 5 2026, Prof. Dario Mantovani will give a lecture at the Narbo Via Museum as part of a partnership between this institution, Château l'Hospitalet and the Collège de France. Entitled " The ship in the storm, an example of the permanence of …

Louis William Graux, Before the storm , Burgundy, 1913, private collection In February 2026, Mrs. Martine Graux-Vidal donated to the Collège de France archives two letters from Louis Lavelle (1883-1951, chair of philosophy from 1941 to 1951), accompanied …

Jean-Pierre Serre To mark the 100th birthday of Professor Jean-Pierre Serre, a conference in his honor will be held in Paris on September 15 and 16 2026 . Venue : Institut Henri Poincaré Address : 11, rue-Pierre et-Marie-Curie, 75005 Paris Lectures will …

Around 1870, France became fascinated with the history of Byzantium, and this interest spread among historians—who were few in number  as well as writers, painters, and architects. In a documentary aired on France on 10, 2026, and available online, …

valentine Sarda, Lycée Édouard-Branly - Amiens. Entre-Temps, the digital magazine of current chair Patrick Boucheron, invites you to join us on Thursday 11 June 2026 at 19  h at the Théâtre de la Concorde for a performance centered on the figure of …

Laënnec's stethoscope. Collection d'Arsonval, Collège de France. From May 4 to July 31 2026, the Bibliothèque patrimoniale du Collège de France will be hosting an exhibition to mark the bicentenary of the death of René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec …