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Philosophy at the Collège de France is currently represented by two chairs, Professor François Recanati's Philosophy of Language and Mind chair (2019) and Professor Claudine Tiercelin's Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge chair (2010), taking up, from …
Claude Hagège
Linguistic theory
Claude Hagège
Linguistic theory
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A Collège de France coproduction - Doriane Films Abstract " Linguistics, and linguistics alone, provides us with the lifeline which, guiding us through the thick darkness of ignorance, helps us to reconstruct our past in the most plausible way. Thus, in …
6:00 - 7:00pm
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Maurice Agulhon
History of contemporary France
Maurice Agulhon
History of contemporary France
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Summary The French Revolution did not create French nationality, but neither did it demolish it. The desire to usher in a new era - An I de la Liberté - was not a desire to wipe the slate clean. The enlightened majority of the National Assembly that …
6:00 - 7:00pm
Molecular interaction chemistry
Jean-Marie Lehn, chair Molecular interaction chemistry
Molecular interaction chemistry
Jean-Marie Lehn, chair Molecular interaction chemistry
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Yves Coppens
Paleoanthropology and prehistory
Yves Coppens
Paleoanthropology and prehistory
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A Collège de France - CNRS co-production Summary In his opening lecture, Yves Coppens pays tribute to three great figures in prehistory (Teilhard de Chardin, Henri Breuil and André Leroi-Gourhan), describing their respective work and contributions to the …
6:00 - 7:00pm
Christian Goudineau
National Antiques
Christian Goudineau
National Antiques
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Abstract In the space of a single generation, we have destroyed more than all the generations that preceded us since the invasions of late Antiquity. I feel a sense of solidarity with this long chain of men and women from the mists of time who have handed …
6:00 - 7:00pm
Françoise Héritier
Comparative study of African societies
Françoise Héritier
Comparative study of African societies
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Summary It would be a mistake to think that Africa remained on the sidelines of world history until it was opened up by colonization, just as it would be a mistake to believe that nothing happened there that wasn't introduced from the outside. This great …
6:00 - 7:00pm
Gérard Fussman
History of the Indian world
Gérard Fussman
History of the Indian world
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Abstract Indianists must stop defining themselves solely by reference to India, and think of themselves in terms of disciplines: Indianism is merely the application of the human sciences to a specific region of the world. To be a historian of ancient …
6:00 - 7:00pm
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The Institut du Monde Contemporain is dedicated to knowledge of contemporary societies. At the initiative of one of its professors, the Institute organizes seminars, study days and colloquia devoted to cross-disciplinary subjects common to the various …
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The Institut des Études Littéraires et Linguistiques brings together the professors who hold a chair in literature and language science at the Collège de France. Its aim is to organize joint research in the various fields covered by these chairs. It …
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This institute, founded in 2012, aims to bring together, coordinate, and develop the chairs, research teams, and specialized libraries located on the Cardinal-Lemoine campus within an interdisciplinary entity. This institute arose from the observation …
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The Institut de Chimie du Collège de France comprises two professorships and two associated laboratories located on the Marcelin-Berthelot site. One is the Chemistry of Biological Processes Chair, held by Prof. Marc Fontecave , who heads the Laboratory …
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Physics research at the Marcelin-Berthelot site of the Collège de France continues a long tradition, illustrated in the past by the laboratories of Paul Langevin, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Louis Leprince-Ringuet, Marcel Froissart and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. …
