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A Collège de France coproduction - CNED Extract " My research has often touched on human genetics and, like all researchers in this field, I am very impressed by the recent sequencing of our genetic heritage. Today marks exactly fifty years since Watson …

Alain de Libera Where is medieval philosophy going? " Where does medieval philosophy go? It goes where philosophy goes . It goes where philosophy goes . It became medieval after the Middle Ages. It was only philosophy when the Middle Ages were still …

Maurice Agulhon History of contemporary France The French Revolution did not create French nationality, but neither did it demolish it. The desire to usher in a new era - l'An I de la Liberté - was not a desire to wipe the slate clean. The enlightened …

From the infinitely small to the infinitely large, covering more than sixty orders of magnitude of spatial dimension, quantum theory is invoked, both to describe the still largely mysterious vibrations of microscopic strings that could be the elementary …

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France (1982-2001). Abstracts of his lectures and seminars, as well as the activities of his chair, are now available for download from the Collège de France's "Cours et travaux" yearbook …

Jacques Bouveresse was Professor at the Collège de France (1982-2001) and held the Chair of Philosophy of Language and Knowledge (1995-2010). The abstracts of his lectures and seminars, as well as the activity of his chair, are now available to download …

A Collège de France coproduction - CNED Extract "In my opinion, the study of dead civilizations is an irreplaceable tool for maintaining control over assertions concerning the identity of one's community, country or continent, no less than over the …

Extract " A recent science, born just a few decades ago, solid state chemistry is in fact part of a thousand-year-old tradition. As Jean Rouxel points out, it is undoubtedly the potter's gesture that best expresses the continuity that links this …

Excerpt " If the physician's task is to prevent or cure disease, the anthropologist's is to "resocialize" the tragedy of those who suffer needlessly, to reveal what links it to the whole of contemporary society as well as to past events (...) What …

La Lettre du Collège de France , created in January 2001, is published three times a year. Its articles reflect the life of the institution and the events taking place there. It includes announcements and information about Collège de France professors and …

Abstract The lecture was devoted to analyzing the relationship between nihilism - that is, Nietzsche's conception of the absence of all foundation and the end of values - and the radical transformation taking place in the European novel between the …

Cerisy International Symposium September 14 to 20, 2014 Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle Editors: Sarah Al-Matary and Florent Guénard From L'Âge de l'autogestion (1976) to La Société des égaux (2011), Pierre Rosanvallon's work is shaped by …

A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Extract "Biology is, of all the sciences, the closest to human existence. It is, after all, the only one that plausibly promises to reduce the suffering caused by disease, to put an end to famine, to fight death, …

Conference in English with simultaneous translation. June 24, 2014 Collège de France Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris This International Symposium presents some of the most advanced research activities in medical …

June 26 and 27, 2014 Collège de France Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris This colloquium presents three directions of research in the field of analytical chemistry . The first, highly interdisciplinary session will …

Professor at New York University, visiting professor at the Collège de France. Monday, June 23, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m Collège de France Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre 11, place Marcelin Berthelot 75005 Paris The experience of architectural …

Tuesday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m Collège de France Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris By observing and analyzing remarkable Merovingian finery, how can we reveal the wealth of technical knowledge and the circulation of …

"Environmental Protection": the world's most prestigious award in this field " Hybrid materials chemistry involves, for example, endowing a simple piece of transparent glass with the suppleness and vibrant color of a flower petal to create a material with …

A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Excerpt "Just as today, in the last days of March, but in the year 1800, lies the episode that will serve as my introduction. On the 31st of that month, Alexandre de Humboldt was descending the Rio Apure lecture in …

Knowledge against poverty Chair Over the last 50 years, GDP per capita has been multiplied by more than 10 in East Asia, 4 in South Asia, but only by 2 in Latin America and 1.5 in Africa. Other development indicators point to similar disparities. Can …

L'Éloge du Savoir, Christine Goémé's program on France Culture Access podcasts of L'Éloge du savoir on Radio France Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative …

China : the return of Confucius Conference - debate Monday June 23 at 8 pm at the Université Populaire d'Arcueil, as part of the " Vivre ensemble aujourd'hui " cycle. Free admission, no reservation required. Monday, June 23 at 8 p.m Anis Gras Le lieu de …

Musée de Cluny © P. Walter Art and chemistry - Revealing the skills of medieval goldsmiths In the form of a dialogue, Philippe Walter and Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty will bring their expertise in chemistry, archaeology, history and art history to bear on this …

Colloquium organized by the Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises of the Collège de France and the Centre de recherches sur les sinologies étrangères of Beijing Foreign Language University, to mark the bicentenary of the Chair of Chinese Studies at the …