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The annual L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures chair was created in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture (Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France). Some bookmarks in the Book of Europe In his …

The Mondes francophones annual chair was created in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. Language dynamics in the French-speaking world Human history is marked by a succession of migrations, colonizations and language contacts, …

The annual Avenir Commun Durable chair is supported by the Fondation du Collège de France and its major sponsors, the Covéa Foundation and TotalEnergies. History, society and climate  : between fragility and resilience The urgent challenge of confronting …

The annual Biodiversity and Ecosystems Chair is supported by the Jean-François and Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Foundation. Plant-pollinator interactions   : an ancient co-evolution in the midst of transformation The living world is under threat from …

Created in partnership with Inria, the Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies Annual Chair reflects a shared determination to highlight the importance of this scientific discipline, and the need to give it its rightful place. Teaching languages to …

The annual Liliane Bettencourt Chair in Technological Innovation , created in 2006, marks the joint determination of the Collège de France and the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation to highlight the importance of work devoted to technological innovation. …

Egyptology has been a traditional field of research at the Collège de France since Jean-François Champollion was appointed Professor in 1831. Combined with a specialized library - one of the richest in the world - and a major archive, the The Civilization …

The Chair focuses on all aspects of the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Since the discovery of numerous extrasolar planets (planets orbiting stars other than the Sun) from 1995 onwards, it has become apparent that the structure of our own …

Molecular chemistry, and organic chemistry in particular, has a long history at the Collège de France, with illustrious figures who have left their mark on the discipline ( Histoire de la Chimie au Collège de France , Lettre n°26 CdF, J. Livage (2009)). A …

The annual Artistic Creation Chair at the Collège de France is dedicated to all forms of artistic creation. For one academic year, it hosts a leading figure in contemporary artistic creation. In 2022-2023, this chair will be held by Benoît Peeters, in …

The annual L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures chair was created in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture (Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France) . A cultural dream : Europe in the plural Rooted …

The annual Avenir Commun Durable chair is supported by the Fondation du Collège de France and its major sponsors, the Covéa Foundation and TotalEnergies. International law and water Freshwater is an essential natural resource whose many uses leave their …

Spectral Geometry is the field of mathematics that aims to relate the geometry of an object to its vibrational spectrum. The field had its first birth in the years 1910, when the precursors of quantum mechanics sought to calculate the spectrum of atoms …

The annual Liliane Bettencourt Chair in Technological Innovation , created in 2006, marks the joint determination of the Collège de France and the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation to highlight the importance of work devoted to technological innovation. …

The annual Biodiversity and Ecosystems Chair is supported by the Jean-François and Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Foundation. Thinking differently about living things The living world is fascinating. Its complexity surpasses that of the most …

Created in partnership with the national agency Santé publique France, the annual Public Health Chair is designed to encourage excellence in research and intellectual debate at the highest level on public health issues. Nutritional prevention of chronic …

The last thirty years present an astonishing paradox : while the world's richest have seen their fortunes multiply and their share of global income distribution become ever more overwhelming, the world's poorest have also enjoyed a period of remarkable …

From human rights to humanitarian action, from truth and reconciliation commissions to international conventions on refugees, from the integrity of governments to the regulation of finance, from the recognition of gender relations to the legitimization of …

The Enlightenment is at once a historical moment, a philosophical ideal and an intellectual legacy. This polysemy is what makes them so complex and interesting. As a period, it corresponds to a long eighteenth century, marked by profound transformations, …

The development of a fertilized egg, first into an embryo and then into an adult form, depends largely on the genetic information contained in its DNA. While DNA is the same in all cells, the information produced is specific to each of our cells. In …

The Mondes francophones annual chair was created in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. Vietnamese women : Powers, cultures and plural identities As a witness to the contemporary history of Việt Nam and a historian, I invite you …

Priest, naturalist, archaeologist and first holder of the Prehistory chair at the Collège de France from 1929 onwards, Henri Breuil put the study of prehistory on a scientific footing, using empirical methods and standardized field description protocols. …

Created in partnership with the national agency Santé publique France, the Public Health Annual Chair is designed to encourage excellence in research and intellectual debate at the highest level on public health issues. Environment and Health in the …

The Biodiversity and Ecosystems Annual Chair is supported by the Fondation Jean-François et Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Biodiversity dynamics and evolution : species formation, domestication and adaptation Today's threats to biodiversity are …