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Yousuke Kaifu
Jean-Jacques Hublin, chair Paleoanthropology
Yousuke Kaifu
Jean-Jacques Hublin, chair Paleoanthropology
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Five paddlers set out on the journey from Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands, just as the first humans who settled there did 30,000 years ago Kaifu et al./Science Advances (CC-BY-ND). Yousuke Kaifu has been invited by the College of France on the recommendation …
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Moderator: Matteo Bächtold Abstract In the face of climate crises and growing pressure on water resources, technologies for harnessing atmospheric water—such as cloud seeding, mist nets, condensation towers, and the modification of atmospheric rivers—are …
08:45 to 10:30
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Moderator: Damien Delorme Abstract Technologies that alter the environment profoundly challenge our relationship with nature. This panel explores the ethical, religious, and legal limits of manipulating nature and its implications for societies and …
10:45 to 12:30
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
Michel Foucault at the Collège de France
Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
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Michel Foucault © BnF. A series of lectures accompanying the exhibition “Foucault: An Intellectual Adventure at the Collège de France.” From September 30, 2026, to January 15, 2027, the Collège de France exhibition, in partnership with the Bibliothèque …
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Lecture in English. Abstract Language is a defining human trait, yet the developmental specializations of the language-associated cortex remain poorly understood. The neuroanatomical infrastructure underlying language comprises a network of cortical and …
16:30 to 17:30
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Image taken from a simulation of the Moon's formation by Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute (Boulder, Colorado). © Robin Canup, Donna Cox, Jeff Carpenter - Advanced Visualization Lab @ University of Illinois. Overview This year, Alessandro …
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One of the three mosaics in Al-Rastan. © General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria Houmam Saad and Komait Abdallah have been invited by Professor Jean-Luc Fournet, holder of the Chair in Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine …
14:30 to 16:00
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Lecture in English. Abstract We have constructed a single-cell multiomic atlas of the human neocortex across development, revealing molecular and cellular dynamics in cell composition, spatial organization, intercellular signaling, gene regulation, and …
16:30 to 17:30
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Illustration by Jean Leblanc/printed by DILA. To mark European Heritage Days on September 19 and 20, 2026—whose theme this year is “Heritage in Peril ”—the Collège de France invites you to join an exceptional tour of its two sites in the heart of the …
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La vidéo sera disponible prochainement. As a special exception, this class will be held on a Friday. …
10:00 to 12:00
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11:00 to 12:00
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As a special exception, this class will be held on a Thursday. …
16:30 to 18:30
Yousuke Kaifu
Paleolithic Origins of Seafaring: Theoretical, Simulation, and Experimental Approaches
Yousuke Kaifu
Paleolithic Origins of Seafaring: Theoretical, Simulation, and Experimental Approaches
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Abstract The rise of water transport technology enabled modern humans to expand their habitable territory to insular environments beginning in the Late Pleistocene or Late Paleolithic. However, aside from extensive discussion regarding Wallacea, the …
16:00 to 17:00
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Statue of the divine wife of Amun-Ankhnesneferibre. Nubian Museum, Aswan Photo © Laurent Coulon. …
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Yousuke Kaifu
The Enigma of Homo floresiensis : A Small-Bodied Hominin from an Isolated Indonesian Island
Yousuke Kaifu
The Enigma of Homo floresiensis : A Small-Bodied Hominin from an Isolated Indonesian Island
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Abstract The discovery of Homo floresiensis , reported in 2004, has upended the definition of the genus Homo . This species exhibited a bizarre combination of Homo-like slender cranio-dental morphology and Australopithecus-like small brain and body size, …
16:00 to 17:00
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Schedule for the Day 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Welcome: 11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris, Marguerite de Navarre Lecture Hall 9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Introductory remarks by William Marx (Collège de France) 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Keynote lecture by …
09:00 to 17:00
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Schedule for the Day 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Lecture by Pierre FRESNAULT-DERUELLE (University of Paris 1): Hergé’s Dupondts: Figurines from a Cabinet of Curiosities Economics and Collecting Session Chair: Michel PORRET 9:30–9:35 a.m.: Introduction …
09:00 to 17:00
Aurèle Méthivier & Sandra Boehringer
Foucault and College Life: Dialogue with Peers, Establishment of Chairs
Aurèle Méthivier & Sandra Boehringer
Foucault and College Life: Dialogue with Peers, Establishment of Chairs
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© Patrick Imbert, Collège de France. Moderator: Niki Kasumi Clements (Rice University) Abstract This session, chaired by Niki Kasumi Clements (Rice University), will focus on Michel Foucault’s institutional and intellectual exchanges with his peers at the …
17:30 to 19:00
Agir pour l'éducation
Education 2026 Forum
Agir pour l'éducation
Education 2026 Forum
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© Patrick Imbert, Collège de France. Introduction How can we help students learn more effectively and give them the best chance of success by drawing on research findings? Which classroom experiments have proven successful? What tools are already …
09:00 to 17:45