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Total Synthesis Using Designed Hydrocarbons
Michael Sherburn

Guest lecturer
11:00 to 12:00
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European Heritage Days 2026 – September 19
Collège de France

Special events
10:00 to 18:00
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European Heritage Days 2026 – September 20
Collège de France

Special events
10:00 to 18:00
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Electing Foucault to the Collège de France: Scientific and Political Implications
Orazio Irrera & Céline Surprenant

Special events
17:30 to 19:00

Education 2026 Forum
Agir pour l'éducation

Special events
09:00 to 17:00

Are new ideas harder to come by? (1)
Philippe Aghion

Lecture
14:00 to 16:00
High turnout

Why and How Should We Innovate Today?
Collège de France

Symposium
14:00 to 18:00

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Prehistory: Between Utopia and Reality
College of France
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Exhibition and Lectures
Foucault: An Intellectual Journey at the Collège de France
In partnership with the National Library of France
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Why and How Should We Innovate Today?
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair

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Tintin's Cultures: Aiming for the Centennial

Collège de France
Published on 3 July 2026

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European Heritage Days 2026

Collège de France
Published on 3 July 2026

Foucault and the College de France

Didier Fassin, chair Moral Questions and Political Issues in Contemporary Societies
Published on 1 July 2026

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Education 2026 Forum

Collège de France
Published on 1 July 2026

Tribute to Étienne-Émile Baulieu

Étienne-Émile Baulieu, chair Foundations and principles of human reproduction
Published on 30 June 2026

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Tribute to Jacques Livage

Jacques Livage, chair Condensed matter chemistry
Published on 30 June 2026

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Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition

Libraries and archives
Published on 24 June 2026

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Foucault Rediscovered

Michel Foucault, chair History of systems of thought
Published on 16 June 2026

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Thomas Lecuit
Symposium
Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo
On the Response of Bacteria to Complex Environments
Symposium
Lorenzo Fontolan
Do Neural Dynamics Explain How the Brain Controls Behavior?
Symposium
Mukund Thattai
Affordance Theory and the Evolution of Eukaryotic Endomembrane Compartments
Symposium
James Briscoe
The Dynamics of Neural Tube Development
Symposium
Dimitri Laboury
Who painted the tombs of the elite necropolis at Thebes during the 18th dynasty?
Guest lecturer
Nicoletta Petrido
Timing, Noise and Collectives: How the Cell Cycles Shape the Early Embryo
Symposium
Stephanie Palmer
What to Throw Away? How the Brain Makes Efficient Codes
Symposium

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