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Are new ideas harder to come by? (2)
Philippe Aghion

Lecture
14:00 to 16:00
High turnout

Terrestrial Planets: Orbital, Physical, and Compositional Characteristics
Alessandro Morbidelli

Lecture
16:45 to 18:45

The God’s Wife: A Historiographical…
Laurent Coulon

Lecture
11:00 to 12:30

Are new ideas harder to come by? (3)
Philippe Aghion

Lecture
14:00 to 16:00
High turnout

Depicting the Adorers in Later Periods
Olivier Perdu

Seminar
11:00 to 12:30

The Moon and Its Formation
Alessandro Morbidelli

Lecture
16:45 to 18:45

Claire Denis

Opening lecture
18:00 to 19:00
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Reading texts related to the course (1)
Dominique Charpin

Seminar
10:30 to 12:30

The New Territories of the God's
Wife 1. Palaces and Estates
Laurent Coulon

Lecture
11:00 to 12:30

The Stalker - A Conversation with Aurélien Barrau
Claire Denis & Aurélien Barrau

Lecture
15:00 to 17:00

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Claire Denis

Opening lecture [live]

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Foucault: an intellectual journey at the Collège de France
In partnership with the Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Food sovereignty and the agroecological transition in Europe
Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions

Published on 19 October 2026

Death of Pierre Joliot
Pierre Joliot, chair Cellular bioenergetics

Published on 14 October 2026

Winners of the 2026 Collège de France Awards
Collège de France

Published on 5 October 2026

High School at the Library – Season 3rd
Jean-François Joanny, chair Soft Matter and Biophysics

Published on 2 October 2026

Passive matter and active matter
Jean-François Joanny, chair Soft Matter and Biophysics

Published on 2 October 2026

The major events in October 2026
Collège de France

Published on 28 September 2026

Digital publication of Professor Pascale Senellart-Mardon’s opening lecture
Pascale Senellart, chair Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt

Published on 16 October 2026

Digital publication of Professor Franck Courchamp’s opening lecture
Franck Courchamp, chair Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Published on 16 October 2026

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Claire Denis
Opening lecture

Developing a Cell-Based Therapy for Medically Intractable Epilepsy

Arnold Kriegstein
Guest lecturer

Foucault and College Life: Dialogue with Peers, Establishment of Chairs

Aurèle Méthivier & Sandra Boehringer
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Genomic Insights into Cortical Expansion and Language Function

Arnold Kriegstein
Guest lecturer

Addressing Climate Change

Esther Duflo
Lecture

The Origin of Cortical Interneurons in Human Brain Development

Arnold Kriegstein
Guest lecturer

Are new ideas harder to come by? (1)

Philippe Aghion
Lecture

Genomic Insights into Human Brain Development, Evolution, and Disease

Arnold Kriegstein
Guest lecturer

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