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The functioning of the brain relies on the establishment of very precise connections between neurons  : synapses. A recent study, published in Nature Neuroscience by a team from the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie du Collège de France …

Nathalie Bajos Documents and media Discover this article with our online reader Download article Nathalie Bajos is Director of Research at Inserm and Director of Studies at EHESS. Her research focuses on the social production of health inequalities in the …

On February 3 and 4, 2025, the international symposium " SCIENCES VIVANTES : Indigenous perspectives in the world of research and the arts " will be held at the Collège de France, organized by the Anthropologie Linguistique team of the Laboratoire …

The project " Reinvesting in rhetoric. Why ? How ? " is led by teachers William Marx and Jean-Luc Fournet, and carried out in the field by Lucie Donckier, Sarah Pariser and Benjamin Sevestre-Giraud. It is the very first project of the " Agir pour …

Wajdi Mouawad, invited to occupy The Invention of Europe through languages and cultures Annual Chair , will deliver his opening lecture on February 6 2025. Documents and media Download the press release Read the article "Writing for …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Major events Agir pour l'éducation - Reenchanting maths at school A series of conferences on mathematics organized by …

La liste des nouvelles acquisitions de la bibliothèque pour la période avril- décembre 2024 est en ligne ici : List of acquisitions from April to December 2024 It has been enriched with new sections : in addition to new titles on the shelves, you'll find …

Marey's dismantled chronophotograph. Marey Collection In an interview, restorers Klaus Lorenz and Catherine Oudouin Lorenz retrace their career, their experiences and the work they have carried out on some of the Collège de France's objects. From the …

A current scientific topic is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. Samuel Alizon In 2023, France recorded 1,100   deaths from cervical cancer, despite screening campaigns. As these cancers are all caused by papillomaviruses (HPV), the …

Cycle of round tables organized by the Avenir Commun Durable initiative , from February 4   to June 12   2025 at the Collège de France (Marcelin-Berthelot site). Like an ecosystem, knowledge is never an immutable, balanced sum of knowledge. It's …

Louis Fensterbank Molecular chemistry  : new challenges and sustainable innovation This book examines the dynamics of activation processes in Molecular Chemistry and their contribution to green innovation. Molecular synthesis is the science of …

Documents and media Discover this article with our online reader Download article Born in Lebanon in 1968, playwright Wajdi Mouawad fled to France between the ages of ten and fifteen   , before living in Quebec until   2000. His adaptations and stagings …

Johann Friedrich Overbeck: The Selling of Joseph (1816 - 1817) Professor Thomas Römer gave a public lecture on January 9, 2024 entitled "The Question of Wisdom Influence in the Composition of the Joseph Narrative" as part of a one-day conference at the …

Article by Pr Alain Supiot  : Between Alienation and Ecstasy: Simone Weil's degrees of attention , Critical Legal Thinking, January 13, 2025. Read the article online "Between Alienation and Ecstasy: Simone Weil's degrees of attention" Read the article …

The Collège de France Award for Young Researchers 2025 will be awarded in the fields of law, history and philosophy. The theme of the prize is "Knowledge and Democracy". The proper integration of knowledge into politics is a long-debated issue. It is also …

In the face of climate change, researchers in a wide range of fields are attempting to understand and anticipate changes in agricultural practices. Gathered within the MATS project, an acronym for "   Modeling Agricultural TransitionS   " -   modeling …

From January 22 to June 18, 2025, at the Collège de France. Vassily Kandinsky, Happy Structure, 1924 (detail). Professors Stanislas Dehaene, Stéphane Mallat and Pierre-Michel Menger are organizing a series of lectures as part of the Agir pour l'éducation …

A current scientific topic is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. Charlotte Gervillié-Mouravieff In a world where electric mobility is developing rapidly, improving electric batteries is becoming crucial. Despite some promising avenues, …

Cycle of lectures, from January 22 to February 12, 2025, at the Collège de France. The Alexandria Lighthouse, Robert von Spalart, ca.1804-1811. René Bloch will give a series of four lectures on the theme of "The beginnings of Jewish philosophy in …

Sébastien Lecommandoux, invited to occupy the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair , will give his opening lecture on January 16  2025. Documents and media Download the press release Read the article "Architect of bio-inspired …

The Collège de France and the Comédie-Française are organizing a series of seven meetings during which professors and actors will discuss the science of theater, what it means to act, to direct, to speak verse and prose, to embody life and society, to …

The administrator, professors and entire Collège de France community wish you an excellent year 2025. Illustration : Les trois sites du Collège de France au Quartier latin, avec les lieux publics portant le nom de ses professeurs, dessinés par Antoine …