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Maps have played an important role in the history of mankind. Recent research has shown that prehistoric man was capable of drawing them, and archaeological excavations in China between 1970 and 1980 unearthed maps dating back to the 4th century BC. A …
Published on 14 October 2025
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Abstract After a brief look back at the Egyptian Expedition and the notion of Orientalism, this session explores the emergence of French cultural imperialism under Napoleon, showing how the universalist, civilizing ideals of the Enlightenment were …
14:30 to 15:30
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Abstract A translation surface is a Riemann surface with a holomorphic differential. This differential defines a flat metric (outside the singular locus) whose holonomy is trivial. I will explain how the counting of long geodesics on a generic translation …
09:30 to 10:20
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" Docet omnia (we teach everything) is the motto of the Collège de France For the second year running, the Collège de France and the Bibliothèque nationale de France are offering a series of scientific lectures based on exceptional documents from their …
Published on 14 October 2025
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The Bibliothèque nationale de France continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its scientific collections. Thomas Lecuit The " unveiling " of the living world is the result of a historical journey. …
Published on 14 October 2025
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The Bibliothèque nationale de France continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its scientific collections. Timothy Gowers Algebra based its historical development on a process of abstraction. Nicole …
Published on 14 October 2025
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The Bibliothèque nationale de France continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its scientific collections. Emmanuelle Porcher By ensuring the reproduction of most plants, pollinating animals play a …
Published on 14 October 2025
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The Bibliothèque nationale de France continues its partnership with the Collège de France, offering its teachers a unique insight into its scientific collections. Alessandro Morbidelli The idea of life elsewhere than on Earth dates back to antiquity. In …
Published on 14 October 2025
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Abstract When Barthes asserts that we must not emotionally adhere to fiction in order to maintain objectivity, he is reactivating a questioning that goes back to the Greek tragedies. But the reader's inner experience is ambivalent: awareness of the …
18:00 to 19:00
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Abstract The extravagant readings of Poussin's Shepherds of Arcadia may serve to define what a good reading should be. To read well, unlike certain Kabbalistic decodings, we must neither eliminate the surface of the work nor disengage ourselves from its …
17:00 to 18:00
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Daisy Delogu has been invited by the Collège de France Assembly at the suggestion of Professor Patrick Boucheron. Daisy Delogu …
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Abstract The talk deals with a type of random geometry which combines convex and integral geometry together with probability theory and specifically the notion of point processes. In general, it consists in starting with a discrete set of random points in …
10:00 to 10:50
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Abstract In this lecture, Laurent Billon will introduce the concepts of biomimicry and bio-inspiration for materials. These concepts will then be explained through examples of his research on microgels inspired by marine sponges, which led to the creation …
11:00 to 12:00
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10:00 to 11:00
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Résumé Le droit de cuissage a-t-il existé au Moyen Âge ? Certainement pas comme ius primae noctis, et il faut pour cela suivre la démonstration d’Alain Boureau qui montre comment les controverses sur cette redevance seigneuriale imaginaire au XIX e …
14:00 to 15:00
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Abstract The ability to attribute beliefs to others (mentalization) and the ability to perform a disjunctive syllogism share something in common. To believe that [Sally believes that p], one must be able to think p without judging p to be true. To believe …
11:30 to 13:00
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Abstract In a Fregean case, a rational subject can believe that a certain entity possesses property F, and , at the same time, refuse to believe that this same entity possesses property F . It follows that concepts, the constituents of thoughts, are not …
10:00 to 11:30
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Abstract First, we look at the women of the royal family: Queen Mother Addu-duri, and Zimri-Lim's two principal wives, Dam-huraṣi and Šibtu respectively. We'll then look at the status of the royal children, the princesses having had a special place in …
11:00 to 12:00
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Series of lectures on the theme of the exhibition " À bras-le-corps ! Savants et instruments au Collège de France au XIXe siècle ". The exhibition, which runs from April 25 to July 12 2024 at the Collège de France, focuses on the great figures of …
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Meanwhile: public history in review Edited by Patrick Boucheron and Aurélien Peter From the digital magazine Entre-temps , this book is an anthology of texts showing, through a wide variety of approaches, what public history can be today. Entre-temps …
Published on 13 October 2025
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Philippe Aghion The Chairman of the Collège de France Award, the professors and the entire Collège de France community are delighted to announce that Professor Philippe Aghion, holder of the Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth Chair , and …
Published on 13 October 2025
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A topical scientific subject is explored by a researcher from the Collège de France. Aurore Young Quantum physics is overturning our classical conceptions of reality. To enable as many people as possible to grasp this scientific revolution, the exhibition …
Published on 13 October 2025
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11:00 to 12:30