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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 …
Published on 4 June 2026
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Abstract Between the wealthiest and the most vulnerable, between countries of the North and those of the South, between cities and rural areas... climate change acts as a powerful catalyst for inequality around the world. Findings from national agencies …
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Abstract The fight against medical quackery in the XVIIIᵉ century inherited an ancient critical tradition, but it was part of a new context, that of the rise of a health policy at the crossroads of " noso-politics " (Michel Foucault) and the medical …
14:30 to 15:30
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Knowledge of Sanskrit essential. …
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Lea Ypi
The critical method
Lea Ypi
The critical method
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Abstract The relevance of the critical method to the critique of capitalism lies in its ability to articulate reason and history to analyze contemporary social structures. Drawing on Kant and Marx, this approach examines the foundations of modern …
16:30 to 17:30
Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain
Stanislas Dehaene, chair Experimental Cognitive Psychology
Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain
Stanislas Dehaene, chair Experimental Cognitive Psychology
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Conference in English. Presentation Over the past decades, behavioral measures, brain imaging and neurophysiological recordings, in both humans and non-human primates, have led to major progress in understanding the neuronal and circuit-level properties …
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Abstract No experiment today provides evidence that gravity requires a quantum description. The quantum optical control of solid-state mechanical devices, quantum optomechanics, may change that situation -- by enabling experiments that directly probe the …
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Abstract Since Plutarch, political literature has been teaching princes how to choose between offering and withdrawing, between public exposure and the shadow of secrecy. Places of power, in their very architecture, put these dilemmas to the test. Such is …
14:00 to 15:00
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Documents and media Download support Abstract The vibrations of a single atom, or of a multitude of atoms in a solid, are both a source of decoherence that must be overcome, and a fully-fledged quantum system that can be manipulated. This lecture will …
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Exceptionally, the lecture will take place on Monday from 5pm to 6.30pm. …
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Abstract This final lecture will explore the role of sleep as a privileged state of dialogue between body and brain. It will show how sleep modifies the activity of cerebral and systemic immune cells, with consequences for the stabilization of neural …
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Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Altmann, R. (1894). Die Elementarorganismen und ihre Beziehungen zu den Zellen . deGruyter. Guven, J. (2013). 1. Stacked endoplasmic reticulum sheets are connected by helicoidal …
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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 …
Published on 3 June 2026
Inheriting the future (continued)
Sustainable Common Future
Inheriting the future (continued)
Sustainable Common Future
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Presentation As part of its commitment to a common sustainable future, the Collège de France is offering a series of round-table discussions bringing together leading figures from the worlds of academia, business, associations and institutions, and …
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Documents and media Download support Abstract The question of the function of the stories about the first kings of Israel and of their historicity will be addressed. The stories of these kings can be found in the books of Samuel and Kings, and in part in …
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Documents and media Download support Abstract The introduction to Alexander's Rhetoric showed the importance of references to tradition, piety and economy in the management of cults and the sacrifices that are an essential part of them. This time, it's …
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