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Marcel Mauss
Sociology
Marcel Mauss
Sociology
1931 - 1942
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Between 1931 and 1940, Marcel Mauss held the first sociology chair at the Collège de France. A nephew of Durkheim, Mauss's lectures were as much sociology as anthropology, religion and ethnology. Marcel Mauss's election to the Collège de France, at the …
Paul Langevin
General and experimental physics
Paul Langevin
General and experimental physics
1909 - 1946
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General and experimental physics. …
Henri Bergson
Modern philosophy
Henri Bergson
Modern philosophy
1904 - 1921
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The Collège de France was a perfect match for Henri Bergson's personality and aspirations, where he taught two lectures a week on Friday and Saturday afternoons. The first lecture is devoted to a philosophical problem, while the second comments on the …
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French language and literature in the Middle Ages. …
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The Collège de France is hiring a biological engineer (F/M) to join the Di Nardo team, “Multimodal Brain Signaling and Plasticity, ” at the Interdisciplinary Research Center in Biology (CIRB). Category: A – Research Engineer; Fixed-term contract ( 1 year, …
Published on 26 August 2026
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The Collège de France is hiring a Periodicals, Exchange, and Donations Coordinator (F/M) assigned to the Library of Chinese Studies within the Asian Worlds Department of the Institute of Civilizations. Category: A – Research Engineer; Fixed-term contract …
Published on 26 August 2026
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The Collège de France is seeking an Administrative and Financial Manager (F/M) assigned to the following chairs: History of Powers in Western Europe, 13 th -16 th century (Professor Patrick Boucheron) History of the Enlightenment, 18 th to 21 st century …
Published on 25 August 2026
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Drawing of the bison ceiling in the Altamira Cave (Spain), surveyed at a scale of 1:5 by Father Henri Breuil and Émile Cartailhac, 1902, pencil on paper, 140 x 320 cm, Toulouse, Natural History Museum (MHNT.PRE 2024.0.227 [formerly PRE.99.127.1]) On view …
Published on 24 August 2026
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Jean Clouet (attributed) – Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre. Established in 2024 and named in honor of Marguerite de Navarre 1 , the Collège de France’s Marguerite Program aims to strengthen and foster reciprocal international exchanges between the …
Published on 19 August 2026
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The 2026 Dirac Medal from the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) was awarded in equal shares to Bernard Derrida, professor emeritus at the Collège de France, and Marc Mézard, professor at Bocconi University in Milan , Deepak …
Published on 17 August 2026
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Ancient Near East Library The Collège de France libraries will be closed during the summer on the following dates: The five libraries in the Asian Worlds Department will be closed from August 3 to 21, then will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from August …
Published on 23 July 2026
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The 2026–2027 public lectures program is available as a PDF or online via our e-reader! The printed version will soon be available at the Collège de France reception desk. The courses, which are open to everyone free of charge and without …
Published on 23 July 2026
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The Collège de France is hiring an Electrical Workshop Manager (F/M) for the Real Estate Management Department (DPI). Category A – Assistant Engineer / B+ – Senior Technician Fixed-term contract (1 year, renewable ) Desired start date: December 1 st , …
Published on 23 July 2026
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A lecture in English titled “Reading, Writing, Philosophizing in Medieval India ,” delivered on June 9, 2026, by Professor Isabelle Ratié at the Center for Research on Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg. It has often been pointed out—and …
Published on 20 July 2026
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Samantha Besson Democratic Representation in and by International Organizations International organizations (IOs) play a central role in contemporary international law-making: they institutionalize most of the processes through which international law is …
Published on 20 July 2026
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On the morning of July 16, 2026, Jean-François Champollion was returned to his place in the center of the main courtyard. A crane was deployed to install the resin replica of this sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi; the original, which had been weakened by …
Published on 20 July 2026
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Annick Horiuchi, Pierre-Emmanuel Roux (eds.) Kyushu in East Asian History: A Regional Crossroads of People, Trade, Knowledge, and Skills This collective volume seeks to shift the focus of Japanese history along two complementary axes: by situating it …
Published on 17 July 2026
