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The opening symposium 2024 of the Collège de France, to be held on October 17 and 18 from 9am to 5:30pm , aims to explore the relationship between Gender and Science from two different and complementary angles. Firstly, the aim is to bring together data …

During the Bronze Age, the city of Ugarit developed an ingenious water management system. As part of the "   Les politiques de l'eau au Proche-Orient, de Sumer à nos jours   " program , supported by Avenir Commun Durable, Valérie Matoïan and her team …

The Ross Harrison 2025 Medal is awarded to Denis Duboule , Professor of Evolution of Development and Genomes , for his significant contributions to understanding the mechanisms of genetic regulation of vertebrate development and evolution, in particular …

From October 28 2024 to January 31 2025, the exhibition " Wines, oils and perfumes : an archaeological voyage around the ancient Mediterranean " presents, on two sites of the Collège de France, Marcelin Berthelot and Cardinal Lemoine (Institute of …

For the second year running, 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 Yourcenar media library ( 15th …

Millet huts and granaries, Upper Volta, Zorgo. The archives of Robert Pageard (1927-2020) were deposited with the Claude Lévi-Strauss Library in 2001. Although Robert Pageard was not an ethnologist, his career as a magistrate in Mali and then Upper Volta …

Fanny Brun - credits: IRD - Bruno Jourdain . Since 2022, the Collège de France Award for Young Researchers has recognized a young scientist for the excellence of his or her career and the innovative nature of his or her contributions to public research. …

As in previous years, the Collège de France awarded scientific prizes to researchers chosen for the excellence of their careers. In 2024, the winners were  : The Collège de France Award for Young Researchers 2024 goes to glaciologist Fanny Brun .    The …

The Huxley Memorial Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, the highest British distinction in anthropology, has been awarded to Didier Fassin for the year 2024. Previous French recipients are Marcel Mauss (1938), Claude …

A Sanskrit manuscript from Nepal held by the Bibliothèque d'études indiennes et centrasiatiques has been digitized. It can now be viewed online on Salamandre , the Collège de France's digital heritage library. The Piṅgalāmatatantra is a treatise on …

From September 26 to 28, 2024, in Le Havre, the Sur les Épaules des Géants festival will be held for the third year running . The Collège de France is a founding partner of this festival dedicated to the sciences. This event enables all publics to attend …

Credits: Illustration Claire Ardenti - BnF. This autumn, the Collège de France and the Bibliothèque nationale de France are offering a series of scientific lectures based on exceptional documents from their heritage collections, presented to the public on …

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the winners of its " Starting " grants, which finance projects by young researchers at the start of their careers. Charlotte Gervillié-Mouravieff, a researcher at the Chemistry of Materials and Energy …

The results of the "ERC Starting Grants 2024" call have just been published. Morgane Thion, a researcher at the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie (CIRB) at the Collège de France, is the winner for her project Developmental Crosstalks …

Self-copied South Arabian documents. Marcel Cohen (1884-1974) was a French linguist specializing in Chamito-Semitic languages, founder of sociolinguistics and pioneer in the study of slang and children's language. His archives were deposited by his heirs …

"Slave Trade (Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves)" by Georges Morlan (1788), National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Gabriel Darriulat holds a doctorate in philosophy, specializing in political philosophy …

To mark the European Heritage Days 2024, we asked illustrator Antoine Corbineau to sketch the Collège de France in its colorful setting on Mont Sainte-Geneviève. Credits: Antoine Corbineau The three sites of the establishment (main site …

On Saturday, October 5 2024, from 10 h to 18 h, the young researchers of the Collège de France, the ChADoC (Chercheurs Associés et Doctorants du Collège de France), once again invite you to celebrate the Fête de la science. This event, organized for the …

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (ed.) The Effectiveness of International Law in the Face of the Ecological Emergency In the face of the ecological emergency, what levers can be used to make the law more effective, for both public and private players  ? …

At the Collège de France, lectures are open to all, with no conditions of access or prior registration, subject to availability. Special event European Heritage Days 2024 For the European Heritage Days on September 21 st and 22 nd 2024, the Collège de …

The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research is pleased to announce that the 23rd edition of the Irène-Joliot-Curie Prize has been launched ! This year, 4 categories will be rewarded : The "   Woman Scientist of the Year   " category rewards a …

The ENI Award 2024, in the Energy Transition category, goes to Marc Fontecave, Professor of Chemistry of Biological Processes , for his contribution to research and technological innovation in the energy sector. The award will be presented to him on …

The public lectures program 2024-2025 is available in PDF format or online with our e-reader ! The printed version will shortly be available from the Collège de France reception desk. Lectures, which are open to all without registration and subject to …