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Teaching Research in the Making

Discover contemporary research in the sciences, humanities and arts. Lectures, seminars and conferences are free and open to all.

The Collège de France in 10 questions

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Lecture
12 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:00
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture (2)

Lecture
12 Feb 2026
14:00 to 15:00
Thomas Römer

Saul, David, Solomon : mythical or historical figures ?…

High turnout
Seminar
12 Feb 2026
15:15 to 16:45
Andrea Pillon

Legitimations and contestations of political power in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near Ea…

Lecture
12 Feb 2026
15:30 to 16:30
Frantz Grenet

The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…

Opening lecture
12 Feb 2026
18:00 to 19:00
Lea Ypi

The idea of moral socialism

Live
Lecture
13 Feb 2026
10:00 to 12:00
Pierre-Michel Menger

Artistic work as the subject of a contract

Lecture
13 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:30
Stanislas Dehaene

Depth and limits of non-conscious processing : recent data

Lecture
16 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:00
Dominique Charpin

The kingdom of Apum and its capital (Šubat-Enlil/Šehna)

Lecture
16 Feb 2026
14:00 to 15:30
Jean-François Joanny

Endoplasmic reticulum

Seminar
16 Feb 2026
15:45 to 16:45
Pierre Sens

Modelling Self-Organisation and Transport in Cellular Organelles with Non-Equilibrium Dynamics…

Lecture
16 Feb 2026
16:00 to 18:00
Sonia Garel

Cleaning up sleep and other biological rhythms

Lecture
16 Feb 2026
17:00 to 18:30
Jean-Jacques Hublin

Sapiens replaces Neandertal (6)

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Lecture
17 Feb 2026
14:00 to 15:30
Pascale Senellart

Vibration and quantum technologies

Lecture
17 Feb 2026
14:00 to 15:00
Patrick Boucheron

Places of power (7)

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Seminar
17 Feb 2026
15:45 to 16:45
Markus Aspelmeyer

How Does a Quantum Object Gravitate?

Lecture
17 Feb 2026
16:00 to 17:00
Isabelle Ratié

The Buddhist principle of non-self

Lecture
18 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:00
Jean-Luc Fournet

A blind spot in documentation (1)

Lecture
18 Feb 2026
14:30 to 15:30
Antoine Lilti

Charlatans! Scholars and philosophers in the public arena (7)

High turnout
Seminar
18 Feb 2026
16:00 to 18:00
Isabelle Ratié

Reading Sanskrit philosophical texts (3)

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Lecture
18 Feb 2026
16:30 to 17:30
Lea Ypi

The critical method

Lecture
19 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:00
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge

In the cities: Greece as a sacrificial culture (3)

Lecture
19 Feb 2026
14:00 to 15:00
Thomas Römer

Saul and the origin of monarchy

High turnout
Seminar
19 Feb 2026
15:15 to 16:45
Valérie Matoïan

The use of dynastic seals in the northern Levant

Seminar
19 Feb 2026
15:30 to 17:00
Jean-Luc Fournet, Korshi Dosoo & Valérie Schram

Orpheus on the Nile: a new Orphic poem on papyrus (1)

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Lecture
19 Feb 2026
15:30 to 16:30
Frantz Grenet

The origins of medieval Khurâsân: interactions between Sassanid Iran and Central Asia (3rd-7th…

Opening lecture
19 Feb 2026
18:00 to 19:00
Yvon Maday

Reducing complexity to master the resolution of mathematical models

Live
Lecture
20 Feb 2026
10:00 to 12:00
Pierre-Michel Menger

Is there a science of artworks? Ambitions and limits of the social sciences

Lecture
20 Feb 2026
11:00 to 12:30
Stanislas Dehaene

Ignition, a brain signature of access to consciousness

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Lea Ypi
Opening lecture [live] [in French]
The idea of moral socialism
Lea Ypi
12 Feb 2026
Yvon Maday
Opening lecture [live] [in French]
Reducing complexity to master the resolution of mathematical models
Yvon Maday
19 Feb 2026
Conque
Music! The Philharmonie at the Collège de France
Figuring out music
Gaëlle Choisne & Patrick Boucheron
03 Mar 2026

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Statue en pierre suspendue par des sangles devant un bâtiment en pierre

An exceptional heritage to protect

Collège de France
Published on 10 February 2026

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February events at the Collège de France

Key dates in February 2026

Collège de France
Published on 30 January 2026

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Prix du Collège de France 2026 : Sciences mathématiques pour la planète

Collège de France Award 2026

Collège de France
Published on 27 January 2026

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Claude Grison

I try to break down the artificial barriers between scientific disciplines

Claude Grison, chair Avenir Commun Durable
Published on 27 January 2026

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Exposition Du terrain au texte, prolongation

Exhibition : From field to text. Publishing ethnology and its images

Social Anthropology Laboratory (LAS)
Published on 13 January 2026

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Yvon Maday

Mathematical research comes into its own when it links theory to action

Yvon Maday, chair Computer Sciences and Digital Technologies
Published on 9 January 2026

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Lea Ypi

Being free also means thinking about what makes us free

Lea Ypi, chair The Invention of Europe through languages and cultures
Published on 6 January 2026

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Les jeudis du Cnam – Dialogues avec le Collège de France (entrée principale du Collège de France)

Les jeudis du Cnam - Dialogues with the Collège de France

Collège de France
Published on 15 December 2025

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Yvon Maday
Reducing complexity to master the resolution of mathematical models
19 February 2026
Opening lecture
Lea Ypi
The idea of moral socialism
12 February 2026
Opening lecture
Jean-Jacques Hublin
Sapiens replaces Neandertal (5)
11 February 2026
Reconstitution réaliste de deux hommes préhistoriques nus, à la peau tannée et au corps robuste, présentés sur fond neutre : l’un est vu de face avec une barbe longue et des traits marqués, l’autre est montré de profil avec des cheveux grisonnants et une posture voûtée
Lecture
Pierluigi Lanfranchi
Christian animal sacrifice: the history and anthropology of a little-known ritual
11 February 2026
Vase grec antique à figures noires représentant une scène de sacrifice
Seminar
Antoine Lilti
Charlatans! Scholars and philosophers in the public arena (6)
11 February 2026
"Le charlatan", Léonard Defrance (1735–1805), domaine public
Lecture
Sonia Wieder-Atherton & William Marx
Literary discourse and musical discourse
10 February 2026
Musique ! La Philharmonie au Collège de France 2025-2026
Special events
Isabelle Ratié
Philosophical prehistory: about the ancient Upaniṣad
10 February 2026
Statue sculptée représentant un Bouddha au visage serein, les yeux clos, entouré de nombreuses petites figures humaines, formant un décor dense et symétrique autour de sa tête et de ses épaules
Lecture
Patrick Boucheron
How to take the bastilles 
10 February 2026
Frères de Limbourg, « La Tentation du Christ », Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (1411-1416), musée Condé, Ms.65, f° 161v.
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