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Founded in 1960 by Claude Lévi-Strauss, then Professor of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France, the Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale has always had a generalist vocation, covering all the major themes of ethnology and social anthropology. Its …
Research Center
The Center for Ottoman Studies is an integral part of the " Mediterranean and African Worlds Department " of the Institute of Civilizations at the Collège de France. It hosts scientific programs, publications and a research library. It is currently …
Research Center
The Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance, founded by P. Lemerle in 1972, is a component of the UMR  8167 Orient et Méditerranée, part of the " Mediterranean and African Worlds Department " of the Institute of Civilizations at the Collège de …
Research Center
Founded in 2006, the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations de l'Asie orientale (CRCAO) - UMR 8155 is a CNRS joint research unit under the auspices of the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), the Collège de France and the University of Paris. It is …
Research Center
In January 2014, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, the École normale supérieure de Paris and the Collège de France joined forces to create a new research unit: "La République des savoirs: Lettres, sciences, philosophie" (USR, now UAR …
Library
Presentation In its spacious premises, the library offers a wide range of open-access journals, online resources and almost 80 000 documents. Its collections include works written by past and present teachers, publications dedicated to them, and …
Library
Presentation The Archives Department preserves documents that bear witness to the history of the Collège de France. Scientific archives illustrating the work and experiments of the institution's professors and laboratories, posters and registers recording …
Library
Presentation The main component of the Center for Tibetan Studies , the Tibetan Studies Library is a specialized research library whose holdings focus mainly on the religious field (Tibetan Buddhism and Bön ) and the history of Tibet up to the modern …
Library
Presentation The Ottoman Studies Library offers 20 000 books and 40 printed journal titles, as well as online books, databases and encyclopedias on the history of the Ottoman Empire, in particular from the capture of Constantinople (1453) to the …
Institute
The Institute brings together all the biology research activities carried out on the Collège de France sites, in particular the Berthelot site. These activities are carried out by the professors' chair teams and the host teams. The scope of research …
Institute
Mathematics has been practiced since antiquity, but its themes and fields of application have exploded over the last hundred years. Computer science was born as one of these new applications, then developed into its own disciplinary field. The Institut de …
Institute
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 …
Institute
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 …
Institute
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 …
Institute
This institute, created in 2012, aims to bring together, coordinate and develop the chairs, teams and specialized libraries housed on the Cardinal-Lemoine site within an interdisciplinary entity. This institute was born out of an observation : born out of …
Institute
Call for Two Junior Group Leaders in Physical Sciences 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 …
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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 …