Share Facebook LinkedIn Bluesky Threads Copy url Search results Search 28408 results Filters Content type Content type Lessons (24207) News (1798) People (1402) Chair (360) Editions (352) Page (230) Research (27) Library (14) Annual Chair (12) Award (6) Series How to read (continued) William Marx, chair Comparative Literatures Lecture Nicolas Poussin, Les Bergers d'Arcadie (Et in Arcadia ego) (detail), second version, circa 1638, Musée du Louvre Last year's lecture focused on building mental libraries, finding lost works and editing texts. But once the texts and corpora are there, what … 14 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025 News "A Mirror to History" international conference Leipzig, November 22-23, 2025 Center for Tibetan Studies To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong or Tibet Mirror (1925-1963), the Centre d'études tibétaines of the Collège de France is co-organizing the following event with the University of Leipzig and SOAS: A Mirror to History: … Published on 10 November 2025 News Mirror, my beautiful mirror. The Mélong, pioneering Tibetan newspaper (1925-1963) Center for Tibetan Studies Exhibition on file at the Institute of Civilizations (salle Françoise Héritier). From November 17 2025 to January 9 2026. To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong , or Tibet Mirror , of which the Collège de France houses the … Published on 10 November 2025 Event Hervé Reculeau At the source of the Flood : environmental catastrophe as a literary and religious motif in Mesopotamia Guest lecturer Abstract To conclude the lecture series, we will explore the perceptions and concepts developed by the ancient Mesopotamians themselves to account for the complex relationships between societies and environments. In particular, we will focus on the motif … 26 May 2025 11:00 to 12:00 News Jacques Livage passes away Jacques Livage, chair Condensed matter chemistry Jacques Livage It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of French chemist Jacques Livage, who held the Chemistry of Condensed Matter chair at the Collège de France from 2001 to 2009, on Sunday 9 November 2025, aged 87 . A great name in … Published on 10 November 2025 Series upper Mesopotamia in the 18th century : portrait gallery Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization Lecture Mari's palace being excavated (1937). Aerial view of the French Air Force in the Levant. Mission archéologique de Mari n° 1683b, 1937. As part of the PCEHM program (" Power and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the eighteenth century BC "), funded … 13 Jan 2025 → 07 Apr 2025 Event Didier Fassin In search of origins Lecture 13 May 2025 15:15 to 16:15 News Cancellation of the symposium "Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics" on November 13 and 14, 2025 Press release In response to the controversy surrounding the symposium entitled "Palestine et Europe: poids du passé et dynamiques contemporaines" (Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics) to be held at the Collège de France on November … Published on 9 November 2025 Series Central Asia's lost literatures saved by the figurative arts Frantz Grenet, chair History and Cultures of Pre-Islamic Central Asia Lecture Punjikent (Tajikistan), detail of a mural painting, circa 740: a Sogdian variation on the theme of Beauty and the Beast (the cursed young girl goes to draw water and encounters the aquatic demon) Pre-Islamic Central Asia produced a large number of texts … 09 Jan 2025 → 27 Mar 2025 Event Hourig Sourouzian Statuary groups Guest lecturer Abstract The study of different types of statuary groups allows us to glimpse, when we know their exact position in a given part of a temple, the role and interference of the figures represented. King and deities For the most part, the statuary group … 21 May 2025 17:00 to 18:00 Series In the name of the universal : crises and legacies Antoine Lilti, chair History of the Enlightenment, 18th-21st century Lecture 1848 / Universal Democratic and Social Republic / Le Pacte. Sorrieu, Frédéric , Dessinateur-lithographe / Goldsmid, Marie-Cécile (Citoyenne), Dessinateur-lithographe. Musée Carnavalet, … 08 Jan 2025 → 26 Mar 2025 Event Frantz Grenet Sogdiane: state of the art and research in progress (2) Symposium The symposium will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July 2025 at the ENS, in the Jean Jaurès amphitheatre (entrance via 28 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris). Program Pre-Islamic Late Antiquity (200 - 750 CE) 9.00am - 9.30am: "Preliminary Results of the Study … 3 Jul 2025 09:00 to 18:00 Event Mark Bowick Membranes - Control by Geometry in Graphene Statistical Mechanics Guest lecturer Abstract Thermalized elastic membranes show strong scale-dependence of their elastic moduli. A beautiful realization is in the physics of thermalized 2D metamaterials, such as graphene, where thermal effects already set in at microscopic length scales. … 20 May 2025 14:00 to 15:00 Series The sex of power Patrick Boucheron, chair History of power in Western Europe, XIIIth-XVIth century Lecture Phyllis straddling Aristotle , bronze Aquamanile (late 14th-early 15th century), New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection. This year's lecture extends and clarifies the inquiry into " politiques de l'amour ", which attempts to … 07 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025 Series Philosophy of Language and Mind François Recanati, chair Philosophy of Language and Mind Seminar Caesar at the Rubicon , Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917). … 06 Jan 2025 → 10 Feb 2025 Event Frantz Grenet Sogdiane: state of the art and research in progress (1) Symposium The symposium will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July 2025 at the ENS, in the Jean Jaurès amphitheatre (entrance via 28 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris). Program Final Bronze - Earliest Iron Age 9.00am - 9.30am: "Connecting the Dots: the site of … 2 Jul 2025 09:00 to 18:00 Series Cognitive dynamics François Recanati, chair Philosophy of Language and Mind Lecture Caesar at the Rubicon , Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917). Presentation In this lecture on concepts and their persistence through time, we begin by recalling the classical theory (now discredited) that the content of a concept is a "definition". The definition … 06 Jan 2025 → 10 Feb 2025 Event Hervé Reculeau Mesopotamians and climate : the " climate paradigm " and its critics Guest lecturer Abstract Faced with the growing success of discourses that make climate change the driving force behind the successes and (above all) the failures of ancient societies, we need to give a voice to the actors - humans and non-humans alike - of … 19 May 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Series One hand, many scripts: aspects of polygraphism Jean-Luc Fournet, chair Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology Symposium VIIth day of the Groupe de recherches transversales en paléographie (GRTP) The Groupe de recherches transversales en paléographie (GRTP), which aims to develop a transdisciplinary approach to palaeography, invites you to take part in a new day of study … 05 Dec 2024 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Tragic sacrifices (2) Lecture Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is … 30 Apr 2025 11:00 to 12:00 Event Loïc Fel The science of invasions and culture Seminar Documents and media Download support Abstract The humanities and social sciences provide a means of examining the political, semiological, functional and representational implications of the perception and management of biological invasions. Whether in … 30 Jun 2025 11:15 to 12:15 Event Franck Courchamp Mathematics to the rescue of foxes: when equations help the ecologist Lecture Abstract This lecture series ends with a more positive conclusion, highlighting a successful example of the fight against biological invasions and the rescue of a species unique to a small Pacific archipelago, a dwarf fox whose numbers were decimated in a … 30 Jun 2025 10:00 to 11:00 Event Didier Fassin The birth of a question Lecture 6 May 2025 15:15 to 16:15 Event Ensemble intercontemporain & Jean-Louis Leleu Closing concert: Figures of incompletion Symposium This event is not broadcast online. The concert is open to the public by invitation or prior registration . Registration is compulsory: attendance on the day of the 23 rd does not guarantee a place. 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Series How to read (continued) William Marx, chair Comparative Literatures Lecture Nicolas Poussin, Les Bergers d'Arcadie (Et in Arcadia ego) (detail), second version, circa 1638, Musée du Louvre Last year's lecture focused on building mental libraries, finding lost works and editing texts. But once the texts and corpora are there, what … 14 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025
News "A Mirror to History" international conference Leipzig, November 22-23, 2025 Center for Tibetan Studies To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong or Tibet Mirror (1925-1963), the Centre d'études tibétaines of the Collège de France is co-organizing the following event with the University of Leipzig and SOAS: A Mirror to History: … Published on 10 November 2025
News Mirror, my beautiful mirror. The Mélong, pioneering Tibetan newspaper (1925-1963) Center for Tibetan Studies Exhibition on file at the Institute of Civilizations (salle Françoise Héritier). From November 17 2025 to January 9 2026. To mark the centenary of the founding of the Tibetan newspaper Mélong , or Tibet Mirror , of which the Collège de France houses the … Published on 10 November 2025
Event Hervé Reculeau At the source of the Flood : environmental catastrophe as a literary and religious motif in Mesopotamia Guest lecturer Abstract To conclude the lecture series, we will explore the perceptions and concepts developed by the ancient Mesopotamians themselves to account for the complex relationships between societies and environments. In particular, we will focus on the motif … 26 May 2025 11:00 to 12:00
News Jacques Livage passes away Jacques Livage, chair Condensed matter chemistry Jacques Livage It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of French chemist Jacques Livage, who held the Chemistry of Condensed Matter chair at the Collège de France from 2001 to 2009, on Sunday 9 November 2025, aged 87 . A great name in … Published on 10 November 2025
Series upper Mesopotamia in the 18th century : portrait gallery Dominique Charpin, chair Mesopotamian Civilization Lecture Mari's palace being excavated (1937). Aerial view of the French Air Force in the Levant. Mission archéologique de Mari n° 1683b, 1937. As part of the PCEHM program (" Power and written culture in Upper Mesopotamia in the eighteenth century BC "), funded … 13 Jan 2025 → 07 Apr 2025
News Cancellation of the symposium "Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics" on November 13 and 14, 2025 Press release In response to the controversy surrounding the symposium entitled "Palestine et Europe: poids du passé et dynamiques contemporaines" (Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics) to be held at the Collège de France on November … Published on 9 November 2025
Series Central Asia's lost literatures saved by the figurative arts Frantz Grenet, chair History and Cultures of Pre-Islamic Central Asia Lecture Punjikent (Tajikistan), detail of a mural painting, circa 740: a Sogdian variation on the theme of Beauty and the Beast (the cursed young girl goes to draw water and encounters the aquatic demon) Pre-Islamic Central Asia produced a large number of texts … 09 Jan 2025 → 27 Mar 2025
Event Hourig Sourouzian Statuary groups Guest lecturer Abstract The study of different types of statuary groups allows us to glimpse, when we know their exact position in a given part of a temple, the role and interference of the figures represented. King and deities For the most part, the statuary group … 21 May 2025 17:00 to 18:00
Series In the name of the universal : crises and legacies Antoine Lilti, chair History of the Enlightenment, 18th-21st century Lecture 1848 / Universal Democratic and Social Republic / Le Pacte. Sorrieu, Frédéric , Dessinateur-lithographe / Goldsmid, Marie-Cécile (Citoyenne), Dessinateur-lithographe. Musée Carnavalet, … 08 Jan 2025 → 26 Mar 2025
Event Frantz Grenet Sogdiane: state of the art and research in progress (2) Symposium The symposium will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July 2025 at the ENS, in the Jean Jaurès amphitheatre (entrance via 28 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris). Program Pre-Islamic Late Antiquity (200 - 750 CE) 9.00am - 9.30am: "Preliminary Results of the Study … 3 Jul 2025 09:00 to 18:00
Event Mark Bowick Membranes - Control by Geometry in Graphene Statistical Mechanics Guest lecturer Abstract Thermalized elastic membranes show strong scale-dependence of their elastic moduli. A beautiful realization is in the physics of thermalized 2D metamaterials, such as graphene, where thermal effects already set in at microscopic length scales. … 20 May 2025 14:00 to 15:00
Series The sex of power Patrick Boucheron, chair History of power in Western Europe, XIIIth-XVIth century Lecture Phyllis straddling Aristotle , bronze Aquamanile (late 14th-early 15th century), New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection. This year's lecture extends and clarifies the inquiry into " politiques de l'amour ", which attempts to … 07 Jan 2025 → 18 Mar 2025
Series Philosophy of Language and Mind François Recanati, chair Philosophy of Language and Mind Seminar Caesar at the Rubicon , Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917). … 06 Jan 2025 → 10 Feb 2025
Event Frantz Grenet Sogdiane: state of the art and research in progress (1) Symposium The symposium will be held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 July 2025 at the ENS, in the Jean Jaurès amphitheatre (entrance via 28 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris). Program Final Bronze - Earliest Iron Age 9.00am - 9.30am: "Connecting the Dots: the site of … 2 Jul 2025 09:00 to 18:00
Series Cognitive dynamics François Recanati, chair Philosophy of Language and Mind Lecture Caesar at the Rubicon , Wilhelm Trübner (1851-1917). Presentation In this lecture on concepts and their persistence through time, we begin by recalling the classical theory (now discredited) that the content of a concept is a "definition". The definition … 06 Jan 2025 → 10 Feb 2025
Event Hervé Reculeau Mesopotamians and climate : the " climate paradigm " and its critics Guest lecturer Abstract Faced with the growing success of discourses that make climate change the driving force behind the successes and (above all) the failures of ancient societies, we need to give a voice to the actors - humans and non-humans alike - of … 19 May 2025 11:00 to 12:00
Series One hand, many scripts: aspects of polygraphism Jean-Luc Fournet, chair Written Culture in Late Antiquity and Byzantine Papyrology Symposium VIIth day of the Groupe de recherches transversales en paléographie (GRTP) The Groupe de recherches transversales en paléographie (GRTP), which aims to develop a transdisciplinary approach to palaeography, invites you to take part in a new day of study … 05 Dec 2024
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Tragic sacrifices (2) Lecture Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is … 30 Apr 2025 11:00 to 12:00
Event Loïc Fel The science of invasions and culture Seminar Documents and media Download support Abstract The humanities and social sciences provide a means of examining the political, semiological, functional and representational implications of the perception and management of biological invasions. Whether in … 30 Jun 2025 11:15 to 12:15
Event Franck Courchamp Mathematics to the rescue of foxes: when equations help the ecologist Lecture Abstract This lecture series ends with a more positive conclusion, highlighting a successful example of the fight against biological invasions and the rescue of a species unique to a small Pacific archipelago, a dwarf fox whose numbers were decimated in a … 30 Jun 2025 10:00 to 11:00
Event Ensemble intercontemporain & Jean-Louis Leleu Closing concert: Figures of incompletion Symposium This event is not broadcast online. The concert is open to the public by invitation or prior registration . Registration is compulsory: attendance on the day of the 23 rd does not guarantee a place. Program Presentation by Jean-Louis Leleu, Professor … 23 May 2025 20:00 to 21:30
