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Before the development of printing in the 15th   century, every manuscript contained an unpublished text. Even the "   copies   " show numerous more or less significant changes. In fact, the writing of the Bible is no exception to this reality, reflecting …

The Palais de la découverte, by Celette/Wikipedia. Download the press release The Collège de France is concerned by alarming news about the future of the Palais de la découverte, which was to have taken its place in the Grand Palais when the latter …

Dominique Charpin, in his book En quête de Ninive. Des savants français à la découverte de la Mésopotamie (Collège de France/Les Belles Lettres, 2022), takes an in-depth look at Jules Oppert's career and his role in the development of Assyriology. …

Graphics and illustration : Clément Barbé/printed by DILA. Retour sur les JEP 2025 au Collège de France en photos Download the JEP program at the Collège de France Download the press release Download the game booklet Download the program of PSL …

Conference organized by Stéphane Mallat, Data Science Chair, and Akim Viennet, Pedagogical Director of the MathAData program, ENS Collège de France, as part of the Agir pour l'éducation initiative, on June 27, 2025 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, at the Collège de …

Jean-Jacques Hublin The Biology of Culture. Palaeoanthropology of the genus Homo How can the extraordinary fate of hominins be explained? Humanity's close kinship with African great apes has been soundly established today, but our species stands out due …

Edhem Eldem The Ottoman Empire and Turkey facing the West During the long nineteenth century, faced with an increasingly powerful and arrogant West, the Ottoman Empire modernised itself with the objective of dealing with an increasingly precarious …

collège de France. The results of the " ERC Advanced Grant 2024 " call have just been published. Thomas Lecuit, Dynamics of Living Systems Professor , is the winner of the GeoMorpho project " Constraints and geometric feedbacks during morphogenesis ". …

How do you move on a hyperbolic surface? What's the unexpected link between the metro network and a mountain landscape? Mathematician Nalini Anantharaman, holder of the Spectral Geometry chair at the Collège de France, answers questions from critic and …

Willy, one of the Butmas chiefs, explains to Florence Brunois (anthropologist) how certain plants are useful not only to humans or animals, but also to the spirits that inhabit the forest. The Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale pays tribute to Florence …

A study published on Wednesday 11   June 2025 in the journal Nature and carried out on nearly three   million children attending school in France between 2018 and 2022, coordinated by Pr   Stanislas Dehaene and Dr.   Pauline Martinot, a physician and …

Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Daimōn. How the gods acted in ancient Greece Greek myths speak of gods and heroes, and cities were full of shrines in which to honor them. But archaic poetry brings to light what seems to be a third type of divine power, namely …

Pierre Toubert The Chairman of the Collège de France, the Board of Professors and the entire Collège de France community are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Pierre Toubert, Professor of the History of the Mediterranean West in the Middle Ages …

Peter Sloterdijk A new episode of Arte's documentary series Les grands entretiens avec Peter Sloterdijk , co-produced with the Collège de France, is available online at arte.tv from Friday June 6, 2025. Peter Sloterdijk, guest professor at the The …

To mark the publication of the book La Ville du futur (The City of the Future) , the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme is organizing a meeting with Philippe Sansonetti and Patrick Boucheron on June 26, 2025 at 6 pm   30 as part of an evening …

A current scientific topic is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. Sarah Joiret How did the Earth form ? What processes shaped the other planets ? Exploring the dynamics of the Solar System aims to answer these questions. Through an …

Lecture by Prof. Thomas Römer, June 5, 2025 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Narbo Via Museum, Narbonne. Bas-relief depicting 2 rows of superimposed containers. 1st century A.D. In his work on the texts of the Hebrew Bible, Thomas Römer uses archaeology to …

Étienne-Émile Baulieu The Administrator, the Board of Professors and the entire Collège de France community are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair in Foundations …

M. l'abbé Grégoire : parish priest of Emberménil, deputy of Nancy to the National Assembly. 1790-1792. BnF, Department of Prints and Photography. Gabriel Darriulat, specialist in political philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment, is organizing a study day …

ASMi, MMD arrotolate, 0035, Corso del Po con alluvioni presso Sannazzaro, 1623. On Wednesday June 4, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Collège de France, Patrick Boucheron and Louise Gentil are organizing a day of round-table discussions in the …

At the Collège de France, all lectures are open to the general public, with no admission requirements or prior registration required, subject to availability. Major Events A Legacy for the Future As part of its commitment to Avenir Commun Durable, the …

Avenir Commun Durable , true to its original mission, has been funding research programs at the Collège de France for several years. Launched by several professors at the institution, the initiative brings together researchers from numerous disciplines to …

Clouds of toxic foam on the water's surface, caused by pollutants—such as PFAS—discharged by factories. Avenir Commun Durable , true to its original mission, has been funding research programs at the Collège de France for several years. Launched by …

Wajdi Mouawad L'Ombre en soi qui écrit An intimate, sensitive and resolutely political book about the power of writing and poetry in the face of the violence of reality. " Ulysses, hero that he is, asks to be tied to the ship's mast to resist the sirens' …