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Tuesday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m Collège de France Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris By observing and analyzing remarkable Merovingian finery, how can we reveal the wealth of technical knowledge and the circulation of …

"Environmental Protection": the world's most prestigious award in this field " Hybrid materials chemistry involves, for example, endowing a simple piece of transparent glass with the suppleness and vibrant color of a flower petal to create a material with …

A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Excerpt "Just as today, in the last days of March, but in the year 1800, lies the episode that will serve as my introduction. On the 31st of that month, Alexandre de Humboldt was descending the Rio Apure lecture in …

Knowledge against poverty Chair Over the last 50 years, GDP per capita has been multiplied by more than 10 in East Asia, 4 in South Asia, but only by 2 in Latin America and 1.5 in Africa. Other development indicators point to similar disparities. Can …

L'Éloge du Savoir, Christine Goémé's program on France Culture Access podcasts of L'Éloge du savoir on Radio France Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative …

China : the return of Confucius Conference - debate Monday June 23 at 8 pm at the Université Populaire d'Arcueil, as part of the " Vivre ensemble aujourd'hui " cycle. Free admission, no reservation required. Monday, June 23 at 8 p.m Anis Gras Le lieu de …

Musée de Cluny © P. Walter Art and chemistry - Revealing the skills of medieval goldsmiths In the form of a dialogue, Philippe Walter and Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty will bring their expertise in chemistry, archaeology, history and art history to bear on this …

Colloquium organized by the Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises of the Collège de France and the Centre de recherches sur les sinologies étrangères of Beijing Foreign Language University, to mark the bicentenary of the Chair of Chinese Studies at the …

A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Extract "The expressions "life and health sciences", or "biological and medical sciences", which are in common use, are redundant. Medical sciences" are obviously part of the biological sciences. As a species, we …

" The Arctic climate is changing, and at a rate that has taken the scientific community by surprise [...]. But the facts are inescapable. While the changes underway and those yet to come offer vast economic opportunities for some, they are also the cause …

François Jacob (1920-2013) Born in Nancy in June 1920, François Jacob was the only son of Simon Jacob and Thérèse Franck, both from Jewish families with strong but surprisingly divergent convictions. Of his father, who combined religious practice with …

The study of emotions at the Collège de France in the early 20th century 09:20 Welcome of participants 09:30 Introduction Anne Chatellier, Claire Guttinger, Sarah Rey, Collège de France 09:40 Recording the "total pulse" of the living world. The paroxysm …

You'll find abstracts for each professor's lectures and assignments on their web pages in the 'Annual Abstracts' section. …

Excerpt The public lends economists a power of influence, admired or envied, vaunted or suspected, but a power of influence whose reality is not fully established, if I am to judge by the divergent statements of two eminent representatives of the …

Philippe Walter, Collège de France and Véronique Milande, Head of the Cité de la céramique's preventive conservation and restoration department. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 5:30 p.m Collège de France Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre 11, place …

A Collège de France coproduction - CNED Excerpt "This brief exchange is part of the golden legend of our discipline. It took place, seventy-eight years ago in one month's time, on the afternoon of Sunday November 26, 1922, on one of those luminous late …

Exhibition from April 24 to September 8, 2014 Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine Palais de Chaillot 1, place du Trocadéro 75016 Paris " The exhibition explores developments in architecture during the Second World War, analyzing the effects of the …

A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Extract "My point of reference will be the Greek city, the concept of polis, which has recently been the subject of numerous studies, notably as part of the vast international survey carried out over the last ten …

Collège de France opens its doors to Chinese internet users. Since April 29, 2014, a traditional Chinese version of our website has been online. Two professors are currently available for consultation: - Professor Anne Cheng, Chair of Chinese Intellectual …

Excerpt "To be, or not to be, that is the question " : why does this line, which contains the most famous phrase in English literature, exert such a spellbinding force? And how can it help us, when we think of the specificity of English-language …

Excerpt "Today, we are strangely lacking in certainty when it comes to specifying what in the world is the work of man and what is the work of God, or, as the saying goes, of "nature". How much of our work is human? How much is totally determined …

Presentation If development is to be judged by the ability of developing countries to catch up with the developed world and reduce poverty, then performance over recent decades has been mixed. Some countries, notably in Asia and China in particular, have …

Tribute days, April 4 and 5, 2014 and exhibitions from April 4 to May 11 or May 31, 2014, depending on city locations. See program : Nevers multimedia library Detailed …

10:00-18:30 inserm is organizing a day of debates in the Grand Amphithéâtre of the Sorbonne. The symposium will bring together scientists, politicians, institutional and economic partners and patient associations. It will look at the future, …