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Nathalie Bajos The Social Production of Health Inequalities This book analyzes the production of health inequalities from a sociological perspective. Health inequalities represent a major challenge for social justice. While a number of social determinants …

François-Marie Bréon The disrupted carbon cycle This book describes the carbon cycle, its disruption by human activities, and the issues involved in quantifying it in the context of ongoing climate change. Carbon is one of the major elements of life on …

Maria Melchior Maria Melchior, invited to hold the Public Health Annual Chair , will deliver her opening lecture on December 4  2025. Documents and media Download the press release Read the interview "Young people's mental health has been deteriorating …

Pascale Senellart Documents and media Discover this interview with our online reader Download the interview Passionate about quantum physics, Pascale Senellart wants to put light at the service of tomorrow's technologies. Her research into semiconductor …

On December 3, 2025, the Collège de France is hosting the Journée François Jacob "The Living Clock: Biology in the Flow of Time", organized by the Institut de biologie du Collège de France . Every year, the Journées François Jacob, organized by the …

For the third year in a row, the City of Paris library network, in partnership with the Collège de France, is hosting a bimonthly event focusing on the major intellectual and scientific issues of our time at the Marguerite Duras mediatheque ( 20 th ). The …

In 2024, visual artist Caroline Delétoille, philosopher of emotions, aesthetics and cognitive sciences Céline Boisserie-Lacroix, and physics doctoral student Aurore Young set out to make quantum physics more comprehensible to the layman, by combining each …

Maria Melchior Documents and media Discover this interview with our online reader Download the interview Maria Melchior is a specialist in the study of mental health, particularly that of young people. She explains how the epidemiological approach can …

To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong or Tibet Mirror (1925-1963), the Centre d'études tibétaines of the Collège de France is co-organizing the following event with the University of Leipzig and SOAS: A Mirror to History: …

Exhibition on file at the Institute of Civilizations (salle Françoise Héritier). From November 17 2025 to January 9 2026. To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong , or Tibet Mirror , of which the Collège de France houses the …

Jacques Livage It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of French chemist Jacques Livage, who held the Chemistry of Condensed Matter chair at the Collège de France from 2001 to 2009, on Sunday 9 November 2025, aged 87 . A great name in …

In response to the controversy surrounding the symposium entitled "Palestine et Europe: poids du passé et dynamiques contemporaines" (Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics) to be held at the Collège de France on November …

In 2015, the conclusion of the Paris Agreement was seen as a milestone in the fight against climate disruption. Ten years later, the Collège de France, through its Avenir Commun Durable initiative , Le Mans Université and the city of Le Mans are …

Interview with Chloé Santoro, winner of the Collège de France Award 2025 for young researchers. Chloé Santoro Documents and media Discover this article with our online reader Download the interview Can citizens make important decisions without …

A topical scientific subject is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. François Waquet How did European monarchs legitimize their power over the centuries ? At the heart of this question lies an often overlooked but decisive heritage: Roman …

Institute of Civilizations The Institute of Civilizations of the Collège de France adopts a new publishing policy focused on open access. With the support of the Documentation and Publications research support unit of the Institute of Civilizations of the …

The Programme d'accueil en urgence des scientifiques et des artistes en exil (PAUSE), supported by the Collège de France, is launching an urgent appeal to the French government and civil society. Since 2017, PAUSE has been giving concrete expression to …

The conference is cancelled! Map of Palestine under the British Mandate (detail), coll. Amjad Ghannam Conference organized by Prof. Henry Laurens, holder of the Contemporary History of the Arab World chair, and the Centre arabe de recherches et d'études …

This series of four lectures by Carlos Lopes is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. In 2024-2026, this cycle is devoted to the theme " Africa-Europe ". This series of four lectures by Carlos Lopes is part of the Collège de France's Europe cycle. …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Special event Music! The Philharmonie at the Collège de France Cycle of meetings in partnership with the Cité de la musique - …

Jean Clouet (attributed) - Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre Created in 2024 and named in honor of Marguerite of Navarre 1 the Collège de France's Marguerite program aims to strengthen and nurture the reciprocal nature of the institution's international …

In its latest special issue (Band 45 (2025), Heft 2), Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie publishes several reports on the colloquium organized on May 23 and 24 2024 by the "  ereinigung für Recht und Gesellschaft " and Berlin's Marc Bloch Center to compare …

Thomas Römer, Chairman of the Collège de France and Professor in the chair The Hebrew Bible and its Contexts, opened the Congrès national de traumatologie à l'usage de l'urgentiste (CNT2U ) in Grenoble, France, on October 2 2025, with a lecture offering a …

On Saturday, October 11 2025, the ChADoCs (associate researchers and doctoral students at the Collège de France) and the teams at the Collège de France welcomed many of you to the Fête de la Science. There were over a thousand visitors ! The free …