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Some New Aspects of the Glass Transition in Simple Polymer Melts
Kurt Kremer

Guest lecturer
2:00 - 3:00pm

Challenges in Education, from Preschool to College
Esther Duflo

Lecture
4:30 - 6:30pm
High turnout

European Heritage Days 2026 – September 19
Collège de France

Special events
10:00am - 6:00pm
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European Heritage Days 2026 – September 20
Collège de France

Special events
10:00am - 6:00pm
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Evolutionary History and Biology of …
Yousuke Kaifu

Guest lecturer
4:00 - 5:00pm

Electing Foucault to the Collège de France: Scientific and Political Implications
Orazio Irrera & Céline Surprenant

Special events
5:30 - 7:00pm

Multiscale Modeling of Open Systems
Kurt Kremer

Guest lecturer
2:00 - 3:00pm

Health and Public Health
Esther Duflo

Lecture
4:30 - 6:30pm
High turnout

Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Co(non)-Solvency, Co-Solvency…
Kurt Kremer

Guest lecturer
2:00 - 3:00pm

The Enigma of Homo floresiensi…
Yousuke Kaifu

Guest lecturer
4:00 - 5:00pm

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Tour - JEP 2026
Heritage in Peril
The Collège de France is opening its doors to the public in celebration of European Heritage Days
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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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Conference
Why and how should we innovate today?
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair

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2026 Opening Symposium: Animals

Collège de France
Published on 7 September 2026

Major Events in September 2026

Collège de France
Published on 1 September 2026

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Discovery of a superorganelle, the Zollo body , which enables mammalian oocytes to grow

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)
Published on 1 September 2026

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Europe 2026–2028 Cycle: Rural Europe

Samantha Besson, chair International Law of Institutions
Published on 28 August 2026

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Virtual Tour of the Exhibition “Prehistory: Between Utopia and Reality”

Libraries and archives
Published on 24 August 2026

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2026–2027 Public Lectures Program

Collège de France
Published on 23 July 2026

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Science Festival 2026

Collège de France
Published on 7 July 2026

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Tintin's Cultures: Aiming for the Centennial

Collège de France
Published on 3 July 2026

Audios and videos

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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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