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Introduction This year, Denis Duboule ’s course will focus on On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , Charles Darwin’s work published in 1859. In this seminal text, inspired by Malthus’s ideas, Darwin develops a theory of natural …

Introduction Digital data constitutes a “second world”—that is, a representation, shaped by modeling choices, of a wide range of human activities, such as the economy, communications, healthcare, and culture. Data is also created to describe the physical …

Myrrhinè lekythos , 5th c. BC (Athens Archaeological Museum no. 4485). g. Dall'Orto Study day organized by Adrien Zirah (research engineer at Collège de France, associate member of ANHIMA and LIER-FYT) with the support of Professeure Pirenne-Delforge It …

Admission Policy : Due to high attendance, the public is advised to arrive at least 45 minutes before the event begins. Seats cannot be reserved and are assigned strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. If the venue reaches capacity, the public may …

Introduction A subject of reflection for over a millennium, Roman law has given rise to numerous clichés, often to the detriment of our understanding of it. This year’s course by Dario Mantovani will examine several of these, which have been challenged by …

Overview This year, Lluis Quintana-Murci’s lectures will focus on variations in gene regulation among individuals and populations, as well as the factors—genetic, epigenetic, and also age and sex—that contribute to these variations. They will also address …

Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves , oil on canvas by George Morland, c. 1788. Public domain. Colloquium organized in partnership with the BnF as part of the postdoctoral contract co-funded by the Collège de France and the Bibliothèque …

Christopher Domínguez Michael has been invited by the Assembly of the Collège de France at the recommendation of Professor William Marx. Christopher Domínguez …

Peccot International Course Created in 2023, the Peccot International course specifically rewards young European women mathematicians, who are invited to give a series of lectures at the Collège de France. Vera Traub is the winner of the Peccot …

Introduction This course will analyze how our societies deal with uncertainty. It will begin by describing the deployment of risk management tools, designed to bring within the realm of governance phenomena whose nature, origin, properties, effects, or …

Gilles Bransbourg has been invited by the College of France on the recommendation of Professors Jean-Luc Fournet and Frantz Grenet. …

Introduction For decades, mathematical models describing the spread of infectious diseases have primarily been conceptual models, whose realism could be limited by the lack of data necessary to characterize the underlying processes. This symposium will …

Photography © Dimitri Laboury Dimitri Laboury has been invited by the College of France on the recommendation of Professor Laurent Coulon. Dimitri Laboury Presentation Almost a century ago, in 1931, Jean Capart published a now-famous book in which he …